Davenport (federal electoral district)

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Davenport
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Davenport in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Julie Dzerowicz
Liberal
District created1933
First contested 1935
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 105,946
Electors (2021)77,306
Area (km²) [2] 12.08
Pop. density (per km²)8,770.4
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto
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Map of Davenport

Davenport is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.

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Demographics

The Davenport riding has the highest percentage of ethnic Portuguese of all Canadian federal ridings (27.4%), [3] and the highest percentage of European immigrants (28.5%, of whom 25.0% are from Southern Europe, and 19.2% from Southern European countries other than Italy), in all of Canada. [4] [5] It also has the highest percentage of native speakers of Portuguese (20.7%) and of Romance languages other than the French language of Canada (32.0%, with many Italian and Spanish). [6] The same holds true for home language (Portuguese: 14.0%; non-French Romance languages: 21.2%, both Canadian riding records) [7]

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation [8]

Languages: 54.2% English, 14.3% Portuguese, 4.9% Spanish, 3.4% Italian, 2.3% Yue, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.5% French, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions: 48.2% Christian (35.6% Catholic, 1.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Anglican), 40.5% No religion, 3.4% Jewish, 3% Muslim, 2.3% Buddhist, 1.4% Hindu
Median income (2020): $40,400
Average income (2020): $55,550

Panethnic groups in Davenport (2011−2021)
Panethnic group2021 [9] 2016 [10] 2011 [11]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 68,31571,85067,215
African 7,1006,8856,745
East Asian [b] 6,9757,7706,590
Latin American 6,1305,8506,715
Southeast Asian [c] 5,6005,1956,165
South Asian 4,8204,5454,065
Indigenous 1,2051,2601,145
Middle Eastern [d] 1,1851,0251,140
Other/multiracial [e] 3,4103,0152,255
Total responses104,735107,395102,040
Total population105,946108,473102,360
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

2023 representation

According to the 2021 Canadian census [12]

Languages: 58.4% English, 15.1% Portuguese, 5.2% Spanish, 3.5% Italian, 2.3% French, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.1% Mandarin
Race: 63.7% White, 7.8% Black, 6.1% Latin American, 4.9% Chinese, 4.5% South Asian, 3.9% Filipino, 2.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Indigenous
Religions: 51.1% Christian (37.5% Catholic, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Anglican, 10.3% other), 3.1% Jewish, 3.0% Muslim, 2.1% Buddhist, 1.4% Hindu, 38.0% none
Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $54,100 (2020)

Geography

The district includes parts of west-end Toronto, and includes the neighbourhoods of Fairbank, Oakwood-Vaughan, St. Clair Gardens, Corso Italia, Dovercourt Village, Bloordale Village, Bloorcourt Village, Brockton Village, the Junction Triangle and the western part of Rua Acores.

History

The federal electoral district was created in 1933 from parts of Parkdale and Toronto Northwest ridings.

The federal riding of Davenport has been one of the most consistently Liberal ridings in Canada over the last century.

In 1958, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Douglas Morton was elected. Since then, Liberals Walter Gordon and Charles Caccia (who himself held the seat for nearly 40 years) won the seat by increasing margins, finally culminating in a 17,500-vote majority in 1993. Meanwhile, the opposition parties in the constituency were shifting, and the New Democratic Party candidate beat the Progressive Conservative or Conservative candidate in every election since 1979.

In late 2003, Charles Caccia lost the Liberal nomination for the seat to local city councillor Mario Silva, who then went on to win the election and serve as Davenport's Member of Parliament.

In 2011, Andrew Cash of the New Democratic Party won the seat, becoming the first non-Liberal in 49 years to represent the riding. In 2015, Cash was defeated by Liberal candidate Julie Dzerowicz, who became the first female Member of Parliament for Davenport. Dzerowicz ran for re-election in 2019 and won, again defeating Andrew Cash.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Toronto—St. Paul's during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will gain the area south of Eglinton Avenue and east of the CPR from York South—Weston (Keelesdale-Eglinton West), the area south of Vaughan Road and west of Winona Drive from Toronto—St. Paul's (in Oakwood Village), and the area north of Queen Street and west of Ossington Avenue (in Beaconsfield Village) from Spadina—Fort York. These changes will come into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Davenport
Riding created from Parkdale and Toronto Northwest
18th  1935–1940   John Ritchie MacNicol Conservative
19th  1940–1945   National Government
20th  1945–1949   Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   Paul Hellyer Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958   Douglas Morton Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963   Walter L. Gordon Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Charles Caccia
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Mario Silva
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015   Andrew Cash New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019   Julie Dzerowicz Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Davenport (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2025 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dzerowicz
New Democratic Sandra Sousa
Conservative Francis Lavoie
People's Costa Skoulikas
Green Lilian Barrera
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2021 federal election redistributed results [13]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 23,20643.60
  New Democratic 21,06239.57
  Conservative 5,77710.85
  People's 1,7383.27
  Green 1,2772.40
 Others1630.31
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dzerowicz 19,93042.13-1.59$101,254.58
New Democratic Alejandra Bravo 19,85441.97+0.95$102,816.01
Conservative Jenny Kalimbet4,77410.09+0.84$6,403.32
People's Tara Dos Remedios1,4993.17+2.24$3,001.04
Green Adrian Currie1,0872.30-2.21$14,660.32
Independent Troy Young860.18none listed
Independent Chai Kalevar770.16+0.01none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit47,30799.10$109,525.37
Total rejected ballots4290.90+0.12
Turnout47,73661.07-4.26
Eligible voters78,167
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dzerowicz 22,81343.6-0.66$92,294.42
New Democratic Andrew Cash 21,34140.8-0.56none listed
Conservative Sanjay Bhatia5,0149.6-0.95$35,793.71
Green Hannah Conover-Arthurs2,3414.5+1.41none listed
People's Francesco Ciardullo4920.9-none listed
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 1370.3-0.23$626.70
Independent Troy Young850.2-none listed
Independent Chai Kalevar800.2-0.02$1,610.25
Total valid votes/expense limit52,303100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters79,822
Liberal hold Swing -0.05
Source: Elections Canada [16] [17]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dzerowicz 21,94744.26+16.36$81,434.76
New Democratic Andrew Cash 20,50641.36-12.36$113,630.62
Conservative Carlos Oliveira5,23310.55-3.67$8,821.20
Green Dan Stein1,5303.09-0.33$8,434.06
Communist Miguel Figueroa 2610.53
Independent Chai Kalevar1070.22$1,430.00
Total valid votes/expense limit49,584100.00 $205,012.65
Total rejected ballots2870.58
Turnout49,87169.19
Eligible voters72,082
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +14.36
Source: Elections Canada [18] [19]
2011 federal election redistributed results [20]
PartyVote %
  New Democratic 20,98453.72
  Liberal 10,89727.90
  Conservative 5,55314.22
  Green 1,3353.42
 Others2940.75
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Andrew Cash 21,09653.74+22.48
Liberal Mario Silva 10,94627.89-17.88
Conservative Theresa Rodrigues5,57314.20+3.19
Green Wayne Scott1,3443.42-7.07
Communist Miguel Figueroa 1670.43-0.03
Animal Alliance Simon Luisi1280.33+0.07
Total valid votes/expense limit39,254100.00
Total rejected ballots2350.60-0.10
Turnout39,48961.92+8.88
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Mario Silva 15,95345.77-6.10$47,491
New Democratic Peter Ferreira10,89631.26-1.35$55,530
Conservative Theresa Rodrigues3,83811.01+0.21$13,993
Green Wayne Scott3,65510.49+6.79$12,172
Canadian Action Wendy Forrest1720.49+0.18$723
Communist Miguel Figueroa 1600.46+0.02$432
Animal Alliance Simon Luisi920.26$957
Marxist–Leninist Sarah Thompson870.25-0.01
Total valid votes/expense limit34,853100.00$79,438
Total rejected ballots2450.70+0.09
Turnout35,09853.03-7.58
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mario Silva 20,17251.87+1.18
New Democratic Gord Perks 12,68132.61-1.52
Conservative Theresa Rodrigues4,20210.80+1.50
Green Mark O'Brien1,4403.70-0.48
Communist Miguel Figueroa 1720.44+0.03
Canadian Action Wendy Forrest1220.31+0.02
Marxist–Leninist Sarah Thompson1030.26+0.02
Total valid votes38,892100.00
Total rejected ballots2400.61-0.22
Turnout39,13260.61+7.72
Elections Canada, Riding of Davenport, Electoral District 35015.
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mario Silva 16,77350.69-16.03
New Democratic Rui Pires11,29234.13+20.57
Conservative Theresa Rodrigues3,0779.30-4.61
Green Mark O'Brien1,3844.18+1.66
Marijuana Elmer Gale2510.76-1.12
Communist Johan Boyden1370.41
Canadian Action John Riddell970.29-0.84
Marxist–Leninist Sarah Thompson790.24
Total valid votes33,090100.00
Total rejected ballots2780.83
Turnout33,36852.89
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 17,01466.7+0.9
New Democratic Jordan Berger3,45713.6-4.9
Alliance Anthony Montenegrino2,0217.9
Progressive Conservative Eduardo Marcos1,5266.0-4.1
Green Mark O'Brien6422.5+0.4
Marijuana Elmer Gale4801.9
Canadian Action Ann Emmett2881.1
Natural Law Stephen Porter730.3
Total valid votes25,501100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 17,19565.9-8.0
New Democratic Chris Masterson4,80718.4+9.4
Progressive Conservative Adele Pereira2,62810.1+5.5
Green Richard Procter5512.1+1.2
Canadian Action Ann Emmett2931.1
Marxist–Leninist Francesco Chilelli2501.0+0.7
Independent Miguel Figueroa 1940.7
Independent John Munoro1900.7
Total valid votes26,108100.0
1993 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 20,10073.9+15.0
New Democratic John Doherty2,4559.0-9.8
Reform Michael Jakubcak2,1077.7
Progressive Conservative Margaret Samuel1,2514.6-14.0
National Sherelanne Purcell4481.6
Natural Law Bruce Hislop2831.0
Green Sat K. Singh Khalsa2550.9
Libertarian Nunzio Venuto2000.7-1.0
Marxist–Leninist Barbara Seed640.2
Abolitionist Susan Lylliane Pennington330.1
Total valid votes27,196100.0
1988 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 16,43658.9+5.2
New Democratic Anna Menozzi5,24318.8-3.7
Progressive Conservative Alex Franco5,17918.6-2.6
Libertarian April Henderson4801.7+0.7
Rhinoceros Barry Heidt2140.8
Communist George P. Hewison 1960.70.0
Independent Heather Robertson1500.5
Total valid votes27,898100.0
1984 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 13,24853.7-8.8
New Democratic Manfred Netzel5,54822.5+0.3
Progressive Conservative Giovanni Rocca5,21721.1+7.5
Green Elgin Blair2561.0
Libertarian John Scott Hayes2521.00.0
Communist Gordon Massie1650.7+0.2
Total valid votes24,686100.0
1980 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 14,54562.4+6.5
New Democratic Ed Brown5,17022.2-2.2
Progressive Conservative Italo Luci3,16713.6-4.3
Libertarian Richard Brooke2301.0+0.3
Communist Gail J. Phillips1170.50.0
Marxist–Leninist Richard Daly720.30.0
Total valid votes23,301100.0
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1979 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 12,76055.9-3.7
New Democratic Ed Brown5,57924.4+7.6
Progressive Conservative Lilliana Edwards4,09017.9-4.1
Libertarian George J. Dance1560.7
Communist Gail J. Phillips1170.5-0.1
Marxist–Leninist Richard Daly800.4-0.1
Independent Steve Penner480.2
Total valid votes22,830100.0
1974 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 12,29459.6+15.9
Progressive Conservative Brownie Darubin4,54222.0-8.0
New Democratic Mairi McElhill3,47616.8-7.8
Communist Mike Phillips1230.6-0.3
Independent John Ross Taylor 1020.5
Marxist–Leninist Richard Daly950.5-0.3
Total valid votes20,632100.0
1972 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 9,36643.7-6.7
Progressive Conservative John A. Gillespie6,44230.1+8.0
New Democratic Angelo Principe5,27224.6-2.9
Independent William Kashtan 1900.9
Independent Richard Daly1600.7
Total valid votes21,430100.0
1968 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Caccia 10,73650.4-7.9
New Democratic Otto Bresan5,86527.5+10.3
Progressive Conservative Ken Dear4,68822.0-1.0
Total valid votes21,289100.0
1965 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter L. Gordon 9,88758.4+3.6
Progressive Conservative Daniel Iannuzzi3,90723.1+0.6
New Democratic Nelson W. Abraham2,91817.2-4.4
Communist William Kashtan 2241.3
Total valid votes16,936100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter L. Gordon 11,02354.7+12.1
Progressive Conservative Pauline Miles4,52022.4-9.0
New Democratic Vic Cathers4,34721.6-2.7
Social Credit Roland Ring2451.2+0.7
Total valid votes20,135100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter L. Gordon 9,10142.6+11.1
Progressive Conservative M. Douglas Morton 6,71331.5-17.1
New Democratic Bill Sefton5,18124.3+4.4
Communist Phyllis Clarke2311.1
Social Credit Raymond Bell1170.5
Total valid votes21,343100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative M. Douglas Morton 12,11748.6+7.8
Liberal Paul Hellyer 7,87231.5+1.3
Co-operative Commonwealth F. Andrew Brewin 4,96319.9-9.2
Total valid votes24,952100.0
1957 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative M. Douglas Morton 8,98940.7-0.4
Liberal Paul Hellyer 6,66530.2-2.1
Co-operative Commonwealth F. Andrew Brewin 6,41429.1+6.2
Total valid votes22,068100.0
1953 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Hellyer 8,91941.1+2.1
Progressive Conservative Harold McBride6,99832.3-3.5
Co-operative Commonwealth Fred Young 4,96822.9-2.3
Labor–Progressive Hector Harold MacArthur8023.7
Total valid votes21,687100.0
1949 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Hellyer 11,43139.0+10.5
Progressive Conservative John Ritchie MacNicol 10,47635.8-12.9
Co-operative Commonwealth David B. Archer7,36625.2+6.9
Total valid votes29,273100.0
1945 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Ritchie MacNicol 13,11048.6-8.6
Liberal William Alexander Gunn7,68228.5-14.3
Co-operative Commonwealth George Eamon Park4,93118.3
Labor–Progressive Richard W. Robertson8823.3
Social Credit David Ewald Hartman3461.3
Total valid votes26,951100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Government John Ritchie MacNicol 14,89057.2+17.6
Liberal Neil Cameron11,14042.8+15.0
Total valid votes26,030100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election, Toronto
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Ritchie MacNicol 10,91939.6
Liberal John P. Travers7,67527.8
Co-operative Commonwealth John Williams Bruce4,76617.3
Reconstruction W. Harvey Brown4,21615.3
Total valid votes27,576100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. Statistics Canada: 2022
  2. Statistics Canada: 2022
  3. "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  4. "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. November 20, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  6. "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  7. "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  8. "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Davenport; Federal electoral district;, Ontario and Ontario; Province;". December 15, 2022.
  9. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  10. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  11. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  12. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 2, 2024). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Davenport [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  13. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  14. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  15. - Official Voting Results
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  17. "Election Night Results -". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  18. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Davenport, 30 September 2015
  19. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
  20. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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