York South—Weston

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York South–Weston

Canadian Federal electoral district
York South–Weston in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Member of Parliament		Alan Tonks Liberal
Population (2001)	114,530
Electors (2006)	58,450
Area (km²)	23.18
Pop. density (per km²)	6,482.1
Riding created	1976
Census divisions	Toronto
Subdivisions	Toronto

York South—Weston 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 ^[1].

The current federal Member of Parliament for the riding is Liberal Alan Tonks and the current provincial Member of Provincial Parliament is New Democrat Paul Ferreira.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Former boundaries 1.2 Members of Parliament 1.3 Federal elections results 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 1999 Provincial electoral district description 2.2 Member of Provincial Parliament 2.3 Provincial general election results 2.4 2007 by-election 2.5 2007 Provincial electoral district description 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. The riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park^[1].

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway situated west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, southeast along Old Weston Road, west along Lavender Road, south along Keele Street, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the Humber River to Highway 401^[1].

[edit] Former boundaries

It was created in 1976 from parts of York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke ridings ^[1].

It consisted originally of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Eglinton Avenue West north along Keele Street, west along Lawrence Avenue West, south along the Humber River, east and north along the north limit of the City of Toronto, south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, south along Keele Street, east along Humberside Avenue, northwest along the Canadian National Railway, east along the north limit of the City of Toronto, north along the east side of Prospect Cemetery, and west along Eglinton Avenue West to Keele Street^[1].

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, south along Keele Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, south along Keele Street, west along the southern limit of the City of York, southeast along the Canadian National Railway line, west along Dupont Street, northwest along Dundas Street West, west along Annette Street, north along Runnymede Road, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and north along the western limits of the Cities of York and North York to Highway 401^[1].

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, southeast along the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, south along Old Weston Road, west along the northern limit of the City of Toronto, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the western limit of the cities of York and North York to Highway 401^[1].

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		Ursula Appolloni	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		John Nunziata	Liberal
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1996
	1996-1997			Independent
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004		Alan Tonks	Liberal
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Federal elections results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	14,913
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	11,236
	New Democratic Party	Vito Cautillo	10,451
	Libertarian	Maria Sproule	336
	Marxist-Leninist	Tim Sullivan	117

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	16,520
	New Democratic Party	Vince Del Buono	9,280
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	8,711
	Libertarian	George Dance	299
	Communist	Mike Phillips	99
	Marxist-Leninist	Barbara Nunn	82

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Nunziata	14,217
	New Democratic Party	Steve Krashinsky	11,679
	Progressive Conservative	Carlo Testa	10,789
	No affiliation	Mike Luczkiw	526
	Libertarian	Myron Petriw	281
	Communist	Mike Phillips	174

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Nunziata	21,111
	New Democratic Party	Steve Krashinsky	9,095
	Progressive Conservative	Carlo Testa	8,488
	Libertarian	Clifford Trewin	295
	Communist	Omar Latif	210
	Commonwealth	Myrtle Thompson	105

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Nunziata	23,919
	Reform	Kathleen Crone	5,047
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Figliano	2,332
	New Democratic Party	Sil Salvaterra	1,864
	Natural Law	Greg W. Roberts	265
	Libertarian	Roma Kelembet	261
	Independent	Danny Red Goldstick	119
	Abolitionist	Philip Scott Carter	88
	Commonwealth	Felix Duda	80
	Independent	Peter Hones	71
	Marxist-Leninist	Heather Robertson	68

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Nunziata	17,163
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	12,732
	New Democratic Party	Odoardo Di Santo	3,552
	Reform	Kathleen Crone	2,363
	Progressive Conservative	Jan Harnett	1,925
	Green	Shelley Lipsey	171
	Marxist-Leninist	Ginette Boutet	112
	Independent	Hassan Husseini	98

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alan Tonks	15,841
	Independent	John Nunziata	14,344
	Canadian Alliance	Dan Houssar	1,754
	New Democratic Party	Tom Parkin	1,288
	Progressive Conservative	Jason Daniel Baker	986
	Green	Denis Calnan	293
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	130
	Marxist-Leninist	Anna Dicarlo	102

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alan Tonks	20,537
	New Democratic Party	Paul Ferreira	7,281
	Conservative	Stephen Halicki	5,133
	Green	Jessica Fracassi	1,199
	Communist	Shirley Hawley	175

2006 federal election : York South—Weston edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Alan Tonks	22,871	57.06%	$36,134.39
	New Democratic Party	Paul Ferreira	8,525	21.26%	$24,432.95
	Conservative	Stephen Halicki	6,991	17.44%	$22,529.03
	Green	Maria De Angelis-Pater	1,506	3.75%	$1,002.89
	Independent	Dragan Cimesa	189	0.47%	N/A

[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. New electoral district boundaries will follow the current federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 elections. They became law after Bill 214 (2005), otherwise known as the "Representations Act, 2005",was passed in the Ontario Legislature^[2]. The upcoming October 4, 2007 Ontario general election will be run on the new boundaries, with only minor changes to the boundaries in the south-east corner of the riding, along the border with the Davenport riding ^[3].

[edit] 1999 Provincial electoral district description

YORK SOUTH-WESTON consisting of those parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of North York with the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway No. 401); thence easterly along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along Rogers Road to Old Weston Road; thence southerly along Old Weston Road to the northerly limit of the City of Toronto; thence westerly along the northerly limit of the City of Toronto to the Canadian National Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the Canadian Pacific Railway to the westerly limit of the City of York; thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of the cities of York and North York to the point of commencement ^[4].

[edit] Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
39th	1999 – 2003		Joe Cordiano	Liberal
40th	2003 – 2007
	2007 –		Paul Ferreira	NDP

[edit] Provincial general election results

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.39
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.91
	New Democrat	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.09
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.59
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.43
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.77
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.43
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.41

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	19,932	61.56	+8.17
	New Democrat	Brian Donlevy	6,247	19.29	-0.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Halicki	4,930	15.23	-6.68
	Green	Enrique Palad	794	2.45	+2.02
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	475	1.47	-0.12

[edit] 2007 by-election

Cordiano announced in September 2006 that he was resigning from the Legislature to spend more time with his family ^[5]. The seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the riding boundaries were the same as the 2003 Ontario general election.

Information about candidates and parties (note that candidate order is based on candidate's last name, as per Elections Ontario ^[6]

As of 08/02/07 22:31:11 EST, with 216 of 216 polls reporting in, the unofficial results in the riding of York SouthWeston show Paul Ferreira of the New Democratic Party of Ontario coming out on top with 43.3% of the votes, followed closely by Laura Albanese of the Ontario Liberal Party with 41.8% of the votes, and Pina Martino of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario rounding out the top three with 10.3% of the vote. Unofficial Election Results from Elections Canada.

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Paul Ferreira	8,188	43.3%	+24.0%
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	7,830	41.4%	-20.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Pina Martino	1,941	10.3%	-4.9%
	Green	Mir Kamal	262	1.4%	-1.1%
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	220	1.2%	-
	Independent	Mohammed Choudhary	142	0.8%	-
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	139	0.7%	-0.8%
	Libertarian	Nunzio Venuto	98	0.5%	-
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	77	0.4%	-

[edit] 2007 Provincial electoral district description

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Highway No. 401; thence easterly along said highway to the Canadian National Railway situated westerly of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along said road to Old Weston Road; thence southeasterly along Old Weston Road to Lavender Road; thence westerly along Lavender Road to Keele Street; thence southerly along said street and its production to the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along said railway to the Humber River; thence generally northerly along said river to the point of commencement ^[7].

With the recent amendments to the Ontario Election Act, particulary a new section 9, the next general election will be contested using the new boundaries on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 ^[8]. Thereafter, regular general elections will always be held on the first Thursday in October in the fourth calendar year following the most recent general election ^[9].

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} York South Weston electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (2007). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
2. ^ Bill 214 2005 An Act to amend the Election Act,the Election Finances Act and the Legislative Assembly Act, to repeal the Representation Act, 1996 and to enact the Representation Act, 2005 (HTML). Journals and Procedural Research Branch Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2006). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
3. ^ New electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 19, 2007.
4. ^ York South Weston electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (1996). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
5. ^ Kim, Clark. "Three parties wait for byelection to be called in York South-Weston", The Guardian (York), 2007-01-04, pp. 1. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
6. ^ PREPARING BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
7. ^ York South–Weston: New electoral boundaries and ED maps (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
8. ^ Howlett, Karen. "Ontario government changes election date", The Globe and Mail Newspaper, 2007-02-07, pp. Online update. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
9. ^ Fixed election dates (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• York South-Weston history from the Parliament of Canada website includes election results and evolving boundary descriptions.
• Pina Martino Progressive Conservative campaign

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