Willowdale (electoral district)

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Willowdale

Ontario electoral district
Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Martha Hall Findlay Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	129,356
Electors (2007)	90,358
Area (km²)	32
Pop. density (per km²)	4,042.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Willowdale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

The federal riding was created in 1976 from part of Eglinton. The provincial riding was created in 1987 and had slightly different boundaries until all Ontario ridings were redrawn in 1999 to match their federal equivalents.

Longtime MP, Jim Peterson resigned on June 20, 2007. A federal by-election to fill the seat was held on March 17, 2008 and elected Liberal Martha Hall Findlay.

In the Ontario legislature it has been represented by David Zimmer since 2003. On Toronto city council, the western half of the riding is represented by John Filion, and the eastern portion by David Shiner.

This district is home to some famous landmarks like the Toronto Centre for the Arts, Mel Lastman Square and Claude Watson School for the Arts.

Federally, this riding is considered a Liberal stronghold, having been represented by a member of that party for all but four years since the 1980 federal election.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Federal electoral district 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Former boundaries 5 Federal election results 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Geography

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Victoria Park Avenue, southwest along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along Leslie Street, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, northeast along Bathurst Street, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Finch Avenue West and north along Yonge Street to the city limit.

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Ethnic groups: 50.5% White, 28.7% Chinese, 9.8% Korean, 4.2% South Asian, 3.9% West Asian, 3.3% Black, 1.5% Filipino.
Languages: 42.8% English, 54.6% Other, 1.6% Multiple languages
Religions: 21.7% Protestant, 21.4% Catholic, 8.4% Jewish, 6.1% Muslim, 5.6% Other Christian, 4.5% Christian Orthodox, 3.5% Buddhist, 1.5% Hindu, 26.5% No religious affiliation
Average income: $35,689

[edit] Federal electoral district

Willowdale (electoral district consisted initially of the part of the Borough of North York bounded on the north by the borough limit (Steeles Avenue), on the West by the West Branch of the Don River and Bathurst Street, on the south by Highway 401, and on the east by Bayview Avenue.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the borough limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the borough limit southeast along the Don River West Branch, south along Bayview Avenue, east along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, and northwest along the Don River West Branch to the borough limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the borough limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the borough limit south along the eastern limit of the city, west along the hydro-electric transmission line situated south of McNicoll Avenue, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the northern city limit.

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Eglinton prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		Bob Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984		Jim Peterson	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		John Oostrom	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Jim Peterson	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2007
	2008		Martha Hall Findlay	Liberal

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Federal election results

See also: Willowdale by-election, 2008

By-election on March 17, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Martha Hall Findlay	13,524	59.3
	Conservative	Maureen Harquail	6,864	30.1
	Green	Lou Carcasole	1,325	5.8
	New Democrat	Rini Ghosh	1,084	4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	30,713	52.23	-9.15	$77,156
	Conservative	Jovan Boseovski	16,247	29.31	+6.21	$81,690
	New Democrat	Rochelle Carnegie	6,334	11.35	+1.78	$12,532
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	2,271	4.09	+0.43	$5,067
Total valid votes			55,442	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216	0.39
Turnout			55,658	62.77
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.68

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	30,855	61.38
	Conservative	Jovan Boseovski	11,615	23.10
	New Democrat	Yvonne Bobb	4,812	9.57
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	1,844	3.66
	Progressive Canadian	Ardavan Behrouzi	883	1.75
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	253	0.5

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	27,038
	Canadian Alliance	Kevyn Nightingale	7,411
	Progressive Conservative	Chungsen Leung	7,134
	New Democrat	Yvonne Bobb	2,404
	Marxist-Leninist	Roger Carter	145

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	27,311
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Gardner	10,043
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,007
	New Democrat	Mikael Swayze	2,833
	Natural Law	Don Murray	268
	Independent	Paul Coulbeck	266
	Canadian Action	Randall Whitcomb	128

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	28,372
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	7,733
	Reform	Gerry Welbourn	7,052
	New Democrat	Mary Maron	1,682
	National	Shelley Goldstein	674
	Green	Tom Salsberg	461
	Natural Law	Mike Dubinsky	248
	Independent	Owen Smith	204
	Abolitionist	Jewel McKenzie	53

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	24,230
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	22,347
	New Democrat	Anne Adelson	4,517
	Rhino	Peeter Tammisto	268
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	147

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	22,425
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	22,063
	New Democrat	John Fagan	6,711
	Libertarian	George Graham	329

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	22,235
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Jarvis	17,527
	New Democrat	Bob Hebdon	6,889
	Libertarian	Shannon Vale	170
	Marxist-Leninist	Rae Greig	46

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Jarvis	22,238
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	19,848
	New Democrat	Chris Thurrott	7,128
	Libertarian	Robert Austin Leber	391
	Marxist-Leninist	Rae Greig	71

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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