Toronto—Danforth

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Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It lies to the east of downtown Toronto.

New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton is the Member of Parliament of the riding. At the provincial level, the riding is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Peter Tabuns of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). The southern part of the riding (Ward 30) is represented on Toronto City Council by councillor Paula Fletcher. The northern part of the riding (Ward 29) is represented by Case Ootes.

Toronto—Danforth includes a vibrant array of ethnicities, including large Greek, Chinese, Muslim and East-Indian communities.

It has long been one of the more left-leaning ridings in Toronto. Most election contests take place between the New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. The NDP held the riding for the first nine years of its existence before Liberal Dennis Mills won the seat in 1988 and held it during the long period of Liberal dominance of the federal scene. He was unseated in 2004 by Layton, who had previously run against Mills in 1997.

The northern portion of the riding, East York, tends to lean right-of-centre, while the southern half, including Riverdale, Leslieville and Queen-Broadview Village, usually swings to the left. This is evident through the sharp contrast in political ideologies by the conservative Ootes (who represents most of East York) and the social democratic councillor Fletcher (who represents Riverdale).

Currently, Layton is in the process of receiving neighbourhood input for another name change to the riding. Layton's supposed choice is "East York—Danforth—Riverdale".

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Former boundaries 1.2 Members of Parliament 1.3 Federal election results 1.3.1 Toronto—Danforth 1.3.2 Broadview—Greenwood 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 Member of Provincial Parliament 2.2 Provincial election results 2.2.1 Toronto—Danforth 2.2.2 Broadview—Greenwood 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

The riding was created in 1976 as "Broadview—Greenwood" from parts of Broadview and portions of York East.

It consisted initially of the part of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Queen Street East, on the west by the Don River, and on the east and north by a line drawn north from Queen Street along Jones Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, west along O'Connor Drive, north along Don Mills Road to the Don River.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Toronto and the Borough of East York bounded on the west by the Don River, on the south by Queen Street, and on the east and north by a line drawn from the lake north along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Danforth Avenue, north along Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, and west along Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch to the Don River.

In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the City of Toronto and the Borough of East York north along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, north along Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, west along Taylor Creek, the Don River East Branch and the Don River, northwest along Millwood Road, southwest along the Canadian Pacific Railway and the eastern limit of the City of Toronto, south along the Don River to Toronto Harbour.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 2000 to "Toronto—Danforth" on the suggestion of Dennis Mills, the riding's Member of Parliament. Many local citizens were upset at the name change, particularly due to the lack of public say in the matter.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries, which consist of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and Toronto Harbour, on the east by Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, on the north by Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch, and on the west by the Don River.

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Bob Rae, New Democratic Party (1979–1982)
• Lynn McDonald, New Democratic Party (1982–1988)
• Dennis Mills, Liberal (1988–2004)
• Jack Layton, New Democratic Party (2004–present)

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Toronto—Danforth

Probable candidates in the next federal election are Jack Layton, Deborah Coyne and Charles Battershill.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	24,412	48.4	+2.0	$74,966
	Liberal	Deborah Coyne	17,256	34.2	-7.2	$74,304
	Conservative	Kren Clausen	4,992	9.9	+3.7	$32,139
	Green	Al Hart	3,583	7.1	+1.7	$6,771
	Marxist-Leninist	Marcell Rodden	172	0.3	+0.1	$0
Total			50,415

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	22,198	46.4	+18.9
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	19,803	41.4	-10.7
	Conservative	Loftus Cuddy	2,975	6.2	-9.5
	Green	Jim Harris	2,575	5.4	+3.8
	Marijuana	Scott Yee	265	0.6	-0.4
	Marxist-Leninist	Marcell Rodden	84	0.2	+0.0
Total			47,898

Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] Broadview—Greenwood

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	20,330
	New Democrat	Paula Turtle	10,830
	Progressive Conservative	Rose A. Dyson	3,138
	Canadian Alliance	Chris Butryn	3,021
	Green	Robert Nevin	769
	Marijuana	Sean Keir	513
	Canadian Action	William Angus Millar	202
	Natural Law	Linda Martin	154
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	129
	Marxist-Leninist	Melanie Cishecki	82

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	21,108
	New Democrat	Jack Layton	13,903
	Reform	Brian Higgins	3,247
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Garrels	3,238
	Green	Karen McCarthy	426
	Independent	Kevin Mark Clarke	211
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	205
	Marxist-Leninist	Gurdev Singh	85

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	23,485
	New Democrat	Lynn McDonald	5,378
	Reform	Frank Meyers	4,345
	Progressive Conservative	John Papadakis	3,603
	National	Barbara A. Sim	968
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	385
	Not affiliated	Elizabeth Rowley	151
	Marxist-Leninist	Manuel Gitterman	92
	Abolitionist	Brian Blonski	75

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	15,808
	New Democrat	Lynn McDonald	14,616
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Allan Shillinglaw	9,112
	Libertarian	Byron J. Garby	431
	Green	Elizabeth Rhodes	296
	Rhino	Hank Wright Snell	243
	Commonwealth	David S. Moyer	137

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Lynn McDonald	15,066
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Worthington	11,455
	Liberal	Ken Paige	6,060
	Green	Rolf Tegtmeyer	239
	Rhino	Nora Rodden	224

By-election on 12 October 1982 On the resignation of Bob Rae, March 2, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Lynn McDonald	10,967
	Not affiliated	Peter Worthington	9,004
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Fatsis	4,999
	Liberal	Dave O'Connor	2,728
	Independent	Donald Y. Hsu	159
	Rhino	Terry The Pirate Roche	90
	Independent	Christopher R.C. Boddy	41
	Independent	Sydney Thompson	38
	Not affiliated	John Turmel	19

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Bob Rae	12,953
	Liberal	Philip Deane Gigantes	10,601
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Clarke	7,677
	Libertarian	Walter Belej	352
	Rhino	Vicki Butterfield	196
	Communist	Ed McDonald	164
	Not affiliated	Don Hayward	53
	Marxist-Leninist	Dorothy J. O'Donnell	53
	Independent	Milorad Novich	40

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Bob Rae	13,187
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Clarke	9,987
	Liberal	Philipp Varelis	9,290
	Libertarian	Walter Belej	474
	Communist	John Bizzell	145
	Independent	Milorad Novich	64
	Marxist-Leninist	Dorothy J. O'Donnell	57

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It includes all of the former provincial electoral district of Riverdale, approximately 41% of the former riding of York East and 5% of the former riding of Beaches—Woodbine.[1]

[edit] Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

• Marilyn Churley, New Democratic Party (1999–2005)
• Peter Tabuns, New Democratic Party (2006-present)

[edit] Provincial election results

[edit] Toronto—Danforth

March 30, 2006 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Peter Tabuns	13,064	47.8	+0.7
	Liberal	Ben Chin	10,636	38.9	+7.3
	Progressive Conservative	Georgina Blanas	2,713	9.9	-7.0
	Green	Paul Charbonneau	582	2.1	-1.4
	Family Coalition	Wictor Borkowski	132	0.5	-0.1
	Freedom Party	Franz Cauchi	93	0.3	-
	Independent	Carol Wielhorski	62	0.2	-
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	49	0.2	0.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marilyn Churley	18,253	47.1	+0.2
	Liberal	Jim Davidson	12,246	31.6	+6.9
	Progressive Conservative	George Sardelis	6,562	16.9	-7.8
	Green	Michael Pilling	1,368	3.5	-
	Family Coalition	Masood Atchekzai	217	0.6	-0.2
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	73	0.2	-

[edit] Broadview—Greenwood

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Marilyn Churley	18,150	46.9
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Smith	9,554	24.7
	Liberal	Julie Wang Morris	9,553	24.7
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	565	1.5
	Independent	Melanie Cishecki	543	1.4
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	320	0.8

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Broadview—Greenwood riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Toronto—Danforth riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Toronto—Danforth Electoral District Association for the Green Party of Canada

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.

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