Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district)

Etobicoke Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Location in Toronto
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Kinga Surma ; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2016)	118,020
Electors (2018)	92,715
Area (km²)	37
Pop. density (per km²)	3,189.7
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Last updated January 29, 2024

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

When the riding was created, it included all of Etobicoke south of a line following the 401 to Dixon Road to Royal York Road to La Rose Avenue and north of a line following Dundas Street to the 427 to Burnhamthorpe Road to Kipling Avenue to Mimico Creek to the Canadian Pacific Railway to Dundas Street.

In 2007, the northern border was altered to follow Dixon Road all the way to Humber River.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Etobicoke Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Etobicoke West and Etobicoke—Humber
37th	1999–2003		Chris Stockwell	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Donna Cansfield	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018		Yvan Baker
42nd	2018–2022		Kinga Surma	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Kinga Surma	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kinga Surma	21,999	48.61	+5.61
	Liberal	Noel Semple	15,403	34.04	-0.64
	New Democratic	Heather Vickers-Wong	3,886	8.59	-9.56
	Green	Brian MacLean	2,033	4.49	+2.15
	New Blue	Cathy Habus	1,117	2.47
	Ontario Party	Mitchell Gilboy	530	1.17
	None of the Above	Richard M. Kiernicki	198	0.44
	Moderate	Genadij Zaitsev	86	0.19
Total valid votes			45,252
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				48.05	-13.86
Eligible voters			94,168
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.13
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kinga Surma	24,432	43.00	+10.58
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	19,708	34.68	-14.02
	New Democratic	Erica Kelly	10,311	18.15	+6.63
	Green	Shawn Rizvi	1,329	2.34	-0.29
	Canadians' Choice	Paul Fromm	631	1.11
	Libertarian	Basil Mummery	252	0.44
	Independent	Wallace Richards	162	0.29
Total valid votes			56,825	99.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			573	1.00
Turnout			57,398	61.91
Eligible voters			92,715
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.30
Source: Elections Ontario ^[3]

2014 general election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,694	48.70
	Progressive Conservative	15,104	32.41
	New Democratic	5,368	11.52
	Green	1,223	2.62
	Others	2,210	4.74

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	23,848	50.28	-1.20
	Progressive Conservative	Pina Martino	15,520	32.72	-0.06
	New Democratic	Chris Jones	5,758	12.14	+0.16
	Green	George Morrison	1,254	2.64	+0.67
	Libertarian	Alexander T. Bussmann	528	1.11	+0.12
	The People	John J. Martins	193	0.41	–
	Freedom	Andrew Kuess	189	0.40	+0.15
	Vegan Environmental	Felicia Trigiani	142	0.30	–
Total valid votes			47,432	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.57
Source: Elections Ontario ^[5]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Cansfield	21,916	51.48	+1.30
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Anne DeMonte-Whelan	13,956	32.78	-1.35
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Rivero	5,099	11.98	+3.59
	Green	Cheryll San Juan	837	1.97	-5.33
	Libertarian	Alexander Bussman	422	0.99
	Family Coalition	Liz Millican	231	0.54
	Freedom	Marco Renda	108	0.25
Total valid votes			42,569	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			273	0.64
Turnout			42,842	52.62
Eligible voters			81,413
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.33
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Cansfield	22,939	50.07	+0.77
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Pringle	15,667	34.20	-5.30
	New Democratic	Anita Agrawal	3,847	8.40	+0.78
	Green	Greg King	3,357	7.33	+3.75
Total valid votes			45,810	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			367	0.60
Turnout			46,177	59.40
Eligible voters			77,733

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Cansfield	22,070	49.41	+9.04
	Progressive Conservative	Rose Andrachuk	17,610	39.43	-14.69
	New Democratic	Margaret Anne McHugh	3,400	7.61	+4.83
	Green	Ralph M. Chapman	1,584	3.55	+2.75
Total valid votes			44,664	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Stockwell	25,518	54.12
	Liberal	Agnes Ugolini Potts	19,035	40.37
	New Democratic	Bonte Minnema	1,309	2.78
	Family Coalition	Dan Mc Cash	389	0.83
	Green	Christopher J Morton	375	0.80
	Natural Law	Geraldine Jackson	316	0.67
	Independent	Elaine Couto	209	0.44
Total valid votes			47,151	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,457	65.3
	Mixed member proportional	15,158	34.7
	Total valid votes	43,615	100.0

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References

↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Chris Stockwell's Legislative Assembly information see "Chris Stockwell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- For Donna Cansfield's Legislative Assembly information see "Donna H. Cansfield, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- For Yvan Baker's Legislative Assembly information see "Yvan Baker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
↑ "Candidates in: Etobicoke Centre (028)". Elections Ontario . Retrieved May 21, 2022.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
↑ "28 - Etobicoke Centre".
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 023 Etobicoke Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Etobicoke Centre" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Chris Stockwell's Legislative Assembly information see "Chris Stockwell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
For Donna Cansfield's Legislative Assembly information see "Donna H. Cansfield, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
For Yvan Baker's Legislative Assembly information see "Yvan Baker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[mwgw] For Chris Stockwell's Legislative Assembly information see "Chris Stockwell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[mwiw] For Donna Cansfield's Legislative Assembly information see "Donna H. Cansfield, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[mwkw] For Yvan Baker's Legislative Assembly information see "Yvan Baker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[2] "Candidates in: Etobicoke Centre (028)". Elections Ontario . Retrieved May 21, 2022.

[3] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[4] "28 - Etobicoke Centre".

[5] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 023 Etobicoke Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Etobicoke Centre" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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