Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
District created | 1963 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1963 |
Last contested | 1995 |
Demographics | |
Census division(s) | Toronto |
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Downsview was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. Downsview was located in North York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto. It was formed from part of the original riding of York Centre. In 1996 it was merged into a newly reconstituted riding of the same name.
For most of its history, Downsview was a hotly contested marginal seat between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party. Its final representative, however, was a Progressive Conservative: Annamarie Castrilli was elected as a Liberal in 1995, but crossed parties on the last sitting day of the legislature before the 1999 election.
The riding's demographics and boundaries shifted throughout its existence. In the 1960s, it consisted of the area of the borough of North York between Bathurst Street and Keele Street. During this period, the riding had a large Jewish community, representing about 40% of the population. [1] In the 1975 election, the eastern, predominantly Jewish section of the riding was redistributed to the riding of Wilson Heights and the riding became predominantly Italian. Odoardo Di Santo, elected as a New Democrat in 1975, was one of the first three Italian-Canadians to serve in the Ontario legislature.
Downsview | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Created from part of York Centre riding in 1963 | ||||
27th | 1963–1967 | Vern Singer | Liberal | |
28th | 1967–1971 | |||
29th | 1971–1975 | |||
30th | 1975–1977 | Odoardo Di Santo | New Democratic | |
31st | 1977–1981 | |||
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | Joseph Cordiano | Liberal | |
34th | 1987–1990 | Laureano Leone | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | Anthony Perruzza | New Democratic | |
36th | 1995–1999 | Annamarie Castrilli | Liberal | |
1999–1999 | Progressive Conservative | |||
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [2] | ||||
Merged into York Centre riding after 1999 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [3] | Vote % | |
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Liberal | Vern Singer | 7,328 | 38.0 | |
New Democrat | Alan Borovoy | 6,806 | 35.3 | |
Progressive Conservative | David Vanek | 5,168 | 26.8 | |
Total | 19,302 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [4] | Vote % | |
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Liberal | Vern Singer | 8,875 | 36.6 | |
New Democrat | Murray Chusid | 8,848 | 36.4 | |
Progressive Conservative | Max Shecter | 6,293 | 25.9 | |
Independent | Sonee Cohen | 261 | 1.1 | |
Total | 24,277 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [5] | Vote % | |
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Liberal | Vern Singer | 16,933 | 52.2 | |
New Democrat | Murray Chusid | 10,803 | 33.3 | |
Progressive Conservative | Lorraine Deane | 4,673 | 14.4 | |
Total | 32,409 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [6] | Vote % | |
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New Democrat | Odoardo Di Santo | 8,090 | 37.0 | |
Liberal | Michael Spensieri | 7,962 | 36.4 | |
Progressive Conservative | Barbara Greene | 5,832 | 26.6 | |
Total | 21,884 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [7] | Vote % | |
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New Democrat | Odoardo Di Santo | 10,238 | 45.3 | |
Progressive Conservative | Sam Stabile | 6,109 | 27.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph De Angelis | 5,818 | 25.7 | |
Independent | Doreen Leitch | 252 | 1.1 | |
Libertarian | Michael Little | 187 | 0.8 | |
Total | 22,604 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [8] | Vote % | |
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New Democrat | Odoardo Di Santo | 8,718 | 39.4 | |
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 8,039 | 36.3 | |
Progressive Conservative | Ross Charles | 5,368 | 24.3 | |
Total | 22,125 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [9] | Vote % | |
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Liberal | Joseph Cordiano | 11,250 | 43.9 | |
New Democrat | Odoardo Di Santo | 11,119 | 43.7 | |
Progressive Conservative | Vincent Stabile | 3,250 | 12.7 | |
Total | 28,559 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [10] | Vote % | |
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Liberal | Laureano Leone | 11,921 | 46.7 | |
New Democrat | Maria Augimeri | 11,778 | 46.2 | |
Progressive Conservative | David McCreadle | 1,816 | 7.1 | |
Total | 19,058 |
Party | Candidate | Votes [11] | Vote % | |
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New Democrat | Anthony Perruzza | 13,440 | 56.7 | |
Liberal | Laureano Leone | 8,180 | 34.5 | |
Progressive Conservative | Chris Smith | 1,471 | 6.2 | |
Libertarian | David Kenney | 618 | 2.6 | |
Total | 23,709 |
1995 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | Annamarie Castrilli | 9,142 | 39.48 | $36,676.53 | ||||
New Democratic | Anthony Perruzza | 8,782 | 37.92 | $36,600.54 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Ellis | 4,444 | 19.19 | $8,755.28 | ||||
Independent | Donato De Dominicis | 572 | 2.47 | $3,816.31 | ||||
Green | Tiina Leivo | 217 | 0.94 | $1,046.57 | ||||
Total valid votes | 23,157 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 439 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,596 | 63.90 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 36,926 | |||||||
"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04. |
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