Etobicoke Centre

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Etobicoke Centre Electoral district
Etobicoke Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
MP	Borys Wrzesnewskyj (2004-)
Party	Liberal (1993-)
MPP	Donna Cansfield (2003-)
Party	Liberal (2003-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto.
Federal district created	1976]

Etobicoke Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Martin Grove Gardens, St. Phillips, Richview Gardens, Princess Margaret, Westmount, Eringate, Bloordale Gardens, Markland Wood, West Deane Park, Glen Agar, Princess Anne Manor, Thorncrest Village, Humber Valley and Chestnut Hills in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.

[edit] History

The federal riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

[edit] Members of Parliament

It has elected three members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Etobicoke prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Allan Rock	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

It has elected two members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Chris Stockwell, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Donna Cansfield, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	29,509
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,702
	New Democrat	Cynthia Cameron	5,426
	Green	John Vanderheyden	2,111
	Independent	Norman Dundas	402
	Marxist-Leninist	France Tremblay	117

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	30,441
	Conservative	Lida Preyma	14,829
	New Democrat	John Richmond	5,174
	Green	Margo Pearson	1,676
	Marxist-Leninist	France Tremblay	112

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan Rock	26,083
	Canadian Alliance	Michael G. Kraik	10,318
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Vaughan	7,566
	New Democrat	Karen Dolan	2,124
	Marxist-Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	181

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan Rock	27,345
	Progressive Conservative	Alida Leistra	11,023
	Reform	Jason Beyak	8,638
	New Democrat	Matthew Bonk	2,661
	Natural Law	Paul Gasztold	267
	Marxist-Leninist	Janice Murray	189

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan Rock	25,633
	Reform	Charles McLeod	10,440
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Donley	9,203
	New Democrat	Udayan Rege	1,037
	National	Janice Tait	500
	Natural Law	Everett Murphy	200
	Abolitionist	Kelly Ann Leblanc	77
	Marxist-Leninist	Janice Murray	53
	Commonwealth	Joseph Zmak	25

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	24,338
	Liberal	Mary Schwass	20,342
	New Democrat	Phil Jones	4,815
	Libertarian	Janice E. Hazlett	373
	Green	Isabel Van Humbeck	187
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	81
	Commonwealth	John J. Benz	70
	Not affiliated	Jeanne Gatley	62

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	34,026
	Liberal	Jim Brown	17,853
	New Democrat	Phil Jones	7,657
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	339

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	26,969
	Liberal	Joe Cruden	23,715
	New Democrat	Dan Shipley	6,181
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	308
	Marxist-Leninist	Anne Boylan	88

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	31,498
	Liberal	Alastair W. Gillespie	23,141
	New Democrat	Dan Shipley	6,237
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	272
	Communist	Nick Hrynchyshyn	112
	Independent	Helen Obadia	54
	Marxist-Leninist	James H. Reid	38

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa
* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean