Don Valley West

Don Valley West
Ontario electoral district
	Don Valley West in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rob Oliphant ; Liberal
;
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	101,959
Electors (2015)	69,333
Area (km²)	30.22
Pop. density (per km²)	3,373.9
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Last updated October 12, 2023

Don Valley West (French : Don Valley-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539. 13.6% of the population is Muslim, the highest in Canada.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2021 Census ^[2]

Ethnic groups: 52.4% White, 13.3% South Asian, 12.3% Chinese, 5.3% West Asian, 3.8% Black, 3.5% Filipino, 2.1% Latin American, 1.6% Korean, 1.5% Arab
Languages: 55.1% English, 4.6% Mandarin, 4.3% Urdu, 2.8% Persian, 2.8% Cantonese, 1.9% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.7% Tagalog, 1.4% French, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Russian, 1.1% Pashto, 1.1% Portuguese
Religions: 41.3% Christian (17.5% Catholic, 4.5% Anglican, 4.5% Christian Orthodox, 3,7% United Church, 1.0% Presbyterian, 8.0% Other), 16.5% Muslim, 6.3% Jewish, 2.2% Hindu, 31.8% None
Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $113,600 (2020)

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of York Mills, Silver Hills, the western half of Don Mills, the eastern half of Lawrence Park, Leaside, and Thorncliffe Park in the City of Toronto–mostly in the former municipalities of North York and East York. The area is 37 km².

History

The federal electoral district was created in 1976 from Don Valley riding.

John Godfrey, who had represented the riding since 1993, announced in November 2007 that he would be resigning his seat on July 1, 2008 in order to accept a position as headmaster of Toronto French School and would leave earlier if an election were called before that date. Godfrey subsequently postponed his resignation until August 1.^[3]

On August 17, 2008, the Prime Minister's Office issued a press release on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper announcing a by-election for Don Valley West on September 22, 2008.^[4] The by-election was canceled with the announcement of the federal election to be held on October 14, 2008.

This riding lost significant territory to Don Valley East and gained territory from St. Paul's during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2003
2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Don Valley West Riding created from Don Valley
31st	1979–1980	John Bosley	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	John Godfrey	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Rob Oliphant
41st	2011–2015	John Carmichael	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Rob Oliphant	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Don Valley West (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Oliphant	24,798	52.7	-3.1	$98,666.75
	Conservative	Yvonne Robertson	16,695	35.5	+4.3	$93,591.10
	New Democratic	Syeda Riaz	3,814	8.1	+0.8	$26.24
	People's	Michael Minas	881	1.9	+1.0	$1,582.23
	Green	Elvira Caputolan	761	1.6	-2.7	$0.00
	Centrist	Adil Khan	65	0.1	N/A	$5,233.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,014	99.2	–	$107,129.06
Total rejected ballots			363	0.8
Turnout			47,377	66.3
Eligible voters			71,465
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.7
Source: Elections Canada ^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Oliphant	29,148	55.8	+2.02	$97,454.94
	Conservative	Yvonne Robertson	16,304	31.2	-6.40	$98,556.64
	New Democratic	Laurel MacDowell	3,804	7.3	+1.28	$0.00
	Green	Amanda Kistindey	2,257	4.3	+2.64	$0.98
	People's	Ian Prittie	444	0.9	-	$3,650.11
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	277	0.5	-0.14	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,234	100.0
Total rejected ballots			422
Turnout			52,656	71.5
Eligible voters			73,652
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.21
Source: Elections Canada ^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Oliphant	27,472	53.78	+12.29	$146,981.61
	Conservative	John Carmichael	19,206	37.60	-6.29	$142,970.98
	New Democratic	Syeda Riaz	3,076	6.02	-4.73	$14,563.91
	Green	Natalie Hunt	848	1.66	-1.91	–
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	325	0.64	–	$202.00
	Communist	Elizabeth Hill	84	0.16		–
	Independent	Sharon Cromwell	75	0.15	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,086	100.00		$203,797.06
Total rejected ballots			217	0.42
Turnout			51,303	72.22
Electors on lists			71,037
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.29
Source: Elections Canada ^[8]^[9]^[10]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,893	43.89
	Liberal	18,805	41.49
	New Democratic	4,871	10.75
	Green	1,616	3.57
	Others	140	0.31

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Carmichael	22,962	42.93	+4.11	–
	Liberal	Rob Oliphant	22,351	41.79	-2.57	–
	New Democratic	Nicole Yovanoff	6,280	11.74	+1.55	–
	Green	Georgina Wilcock	1,703	3.18	-3.12	–
	Communist	Dimitris Kabitsis	186	0.35	+0.02	–
Total valid votes			53,482	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			176	0.33	–
Turnout			53,658	66.84	–
Eligible voters			80,276	–	–
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.34

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rob Oliphant	22,212	44.36	-9.2	$60,129
	Conservative	John Carmichael	19,441	38.83	+5.6	$82,633
	New Democratic	David Sparrow	5,102	10.19	+1.1	$67,984
	Green	Georgina Wilcock	3,155	6.30	+2.8	$10,725
	Communist	Catherine Holliday	162	0.32	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,072	100.00	$85,470
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–	62.8
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.4

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	28,709	53.4	-6.4
	Conservative	John Carmichael	17,908	33.3	+5.0
	New Democratic	David Thomas	4,902	9.1	+0.5
	Green	Daphne So	1,906	3.5	+0.2
	Libertarian	Soumen Deb	226	0.4
	Canadian Action	Paul Barnes	151	0.3
Total valid votes			53,802	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	30,615	59.8	+4.4
	Conservative	David Turnbull	14,495	28.3	-10.7
	New Democratic	David Thomas	4,393	8.6	+4.2
	Green	Serge Abbat	1,703	3.3
Total valid votes			51,206	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	25,329	55.4	+2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Murton	10,583	23.1	-7.3
	Alliance	John Wakelin	7,239	15.8	+6.4
	New Democratic	Ali Naqvi	2,024	4.4	-1.5
	Marijuana	Greg Stock	469	1.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	97	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			45,741	100.0

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

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	26,209	52.9	+3.3
	Progressive Conservative	Joanne Flint	15,046	30.4	+1.4
	Reform	Jonathan Silbert	4,669	9.4	-5.7
	New Democratic	Richard Tiller	2,922	5.9	+3.2
	Green	Dan King	378	0.8	+0.2
	Natural Law	Debbie Webberg	173	0.3	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Judith A. Snow	104	0.2
Total valid votes			49,501	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	25,756	49.7	+12.9
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	15,023	29.0	-24.4
	Reform	Julian Pope	7,872	15.2
	New Democratic	Leonard Swartz	1,410	2.7	-5.6
	National	Dorothy Campbell	1,111	2.1
	Green	Dan King	302	0.6
	Natural Law	Bob Pepper	262	0.5
	Independent	Judith A. Snow	91	0.2
	Abolitionist	Stephen Wilson	26	0.1
Total valid votes			51,853	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	27,683	53.3	-6.6
	Liberal	Liz Yorke	19,097	36.8	+11.0
	New Democratic	Ian Cameron	4,307	8.3	-4.9
	Libertarian	Clarke Slemon	408	0.8	-0.4
	Independent	J. Michael McCutcheon	292	0.6
	Communist	Chris Frazer	73	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Peter Hetherington	36	0.1
Total valid votes			51,896	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	29,905	59.9	+8.2
	Liberal	David Wishart	12,855	25.8	-12.0
	New Democratic	Ian Cameron	6,570	13.2	+3.5
	Libertarian	Michael Beech	577	1.2	+0.4
Total valid votes			49,907	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	25,260	51.8	-2.3
	Liberal	Frank Felkai	18,430	37.8	+3.3
	New Democratic	Jonathan Lomas	4,702	9.6	-1.0
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	365	0.7	0.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Ian Hyman	42	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			48,799	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	28,427	54.1
	Liberal	Frank Felkai	18,117	34.5
	New Democratic	Jean Smith	5,572	10.6
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	405	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Ian Hyman	34	0.1
Total valid votes			52,555	100.0

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References

"Don Valley West (Code 35017) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 2, 2012.

Notes

1 2 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Don Valley West". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Don Valley West [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
↑ "Godfrey's long $100,000 goodbye". Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
↑ "Prime Minister of Canada: PM announces by-elections for September 22, 2008". Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
↑ "Official Voting Results / Don Valley West". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
↑ "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley West". September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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[pop-1] 1 2 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Don Valley West". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Don Valley West [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[3] "Godfrey's long $100,000 goodbye". Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2008.

[4] "Prime Minister of Canada: PM announces by-elections for September 22, 2008". Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2008.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[8] "Official Voting Results / Don Valley West". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2021.

[9] "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley West". September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.

[10] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[11] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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