Fort York (provincial electoral district)

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Fort York
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1987
District abolished1999
First contested 1987
Last contested 1995
Demographics
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto

Fort York was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1987 and was subsequently abolished in 1999 when the ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. The riding had only two representatives:

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Boundaries

The riding occupied the central downtown area of Toronto. The western border zigzagged from the Lake along Atlantic Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Ossington Avenue to Bloor Street. It then followed Bloor east to Bathurst Street, then south on Bathurst to College Street, then east on College and then on Carlton Street past Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street. It then went south on Sherbourne to the lake. It then followed the lakeshore west back to Atlantic. The riding also included the Toronto Islands.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Fort York
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created from parts of St. Andrew—St. Patrick, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, and St. George in 1987
34th  1987–1990   Bob Wong Liberal
35th  1990–1995   Rosario Marchese New Democratic
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre after 1996

Electoral results

1987 Ontario general election : Fort York
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Bob Wong8,95143.9
New Democratic Joe Pantalone 8,79543.2
Conservative Tom Pang1,5347.5
Libertarian Paul Barker3641.8
Green Andrew Scorer2211.1
Freedom Glen J. Magder1740.9
Independent Bill Wheton1670.8
Independent Ronald Rodgers1610.8
20,367
Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
147 out of 159 polls reporting.
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [2] [nb 1] Vote %
  New DemocratRosario Marchese10,80146.8
  LiberalBob Wong9,25640.1
  ConservativeJohn Pepalt2,1919.5
Libertarian Paul Barker5192.2
  IndependentRonald Rodgers3311.4
Total23,098
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [3] Vote %
  New DemocratRosario Marchese10,76241.0
  LiberalBob Wong8,48232.3
  ConservativeJacob Ginsberg6,02523.0
Green Kevin Ells3001.1
Libertarian Paul Barker2661.0
  IndependentMatthew Shepherd1400.5
   Natural Law Maurice Seguin1330.5
  IndependentJohn Steele1290.5
Total26,237

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References

Notes

  1. 141 out of 164 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Bob Wong's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Charles Wong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Rosario Marchese's Legislative Assembly information see "Rosario Marchese, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  3. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2012-09-04.