Eglinton—Lawrence (provincial electoral district)

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Eglinton—Lawrence

Ontario electoral district
Eglinton—Lawrence in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Mike Colle Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	110,066
Electors (2007)	72,202
Area (km²)	24
Pop. density (per km²)	4,586.1
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Eglinton—Lawrence is a provincial electoral district in in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Lawrence, York Mills, Wilson Heights, Oakwood, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Eglinton.

When the riding was created, it included all of Metro Toronto within the following line: Highway 401 to the CN Railway to Eglinton Avenue to Dufferin Street to Rogers Road to Oakwood Avenue to Holland Park Avenue to Winona Drive to the border of Old Toronto to Bathurst Avenue to the Belt Line to Eglinton Avenue to Yonge Street.

In 2007, the southern border was altered so that it was Eglinton Avenue from the CN Railway to Yonge Street.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

• Mike Colle, Liberal (1999 - present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	17,324	43.1
	Progressive Conservative	Bernie Tanz	15,098	37.5
	New Democrat	Karin Wiens	4,135	10.3
	Green	Andrew James	2,899	7.2
	Libertarian	Tom Gelmon	296	0.7
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	253	0.6
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	128	0.3
	Independent	Joseph Young	107	0.3

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23405	60.9%
	Mixed member proportional	15052	39.1%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	23,743	56.89	+0.11
	Progressive Conservative	Corinne Korzen	12,402	29.72	-5.53
	New Democrat	Robin Alter	43,51	10.43	+6.12
	Green	Mark Viitala	1,236	2.96	+1.86

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	24,151	56.78
	Progressive Conservative	John Parker	14,994	35.25
	New Democrat	Jay Waterman	1,835	4.31
	Family Coalition	Frank D'angelo	821	1.93
	Green	Shelly Lipsey	470	1.1
	Natural Law	Neil C. Dickie	263	0.62

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