Oakwood (provincial electoral district)

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Oakwood
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1975
District abolished1997
First contested 1975
Last contested 1999
Demographics
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto

Oakwood was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1975 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. It was abolished into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's. Oakwood was located in York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.

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Oakwood was a fairly safe seat for the New Democratic Party for most of its existence, although the Liberals won in 1987 and 1995. Both Liberal MPPs, Chaviva Hošek and Mike Colle, served in the Ontario cabinet at one time or another.

The longest-serving member for Oakwood was Tony Grande, who held the seat from 1975 to 1987. Tony Rizzo, elected in 1990, was forced to sit as an Independent MP for twenty months after it was disclosed that his construction firm had been charged with violating Ontario's labour code in 1989. He returned to caucus in 1992. [1]

The riding had large Italian and Portuguese communities, and there was a significant increase in Caribbean immigrants during the 1980s. [2]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oakwood
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created from parts of York South and York-Forest Hill ridings in 1975
30th  1975–1977   Tony Grande New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990   Chaviva Hosek Liberal
35th  1990–1995   Tony Rizzo [nb 1] New Democratic
36th  1995–1999   Michael Colle Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [3]
Merged into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's (1999)

Electoral results

1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [4] [nb 2] Vote %
  New DemocratTony Grande7,30240.3
  LiberalRichard Meagher5,93932.8
   Conservative J.A. Marrese4,61925.5
Communist Val Bjarnason 2671.5
Total18,127
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [5] [nb 3] Vote %
  New DemocratTony Grande9,39043.3
  Conservative Fergy Brown 6,55030.2
  LiberalRichard Meagher5,12823.6
  IndependentWillis Cummins2381.7
Communist Val Bjarnason 2321.7
Libertarian Alex Eaglesham1530.7
Total21,691
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  New DemocratTony Grande9,23545.0
  ConservativeHarriet Wolman6,24130.4
  LiberalJean Gammage4,40121.4
Communist Nan McDonald6543.2
Total20,531
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [7] Vote %
  New DemocratTony Grande11,07642.3
  LiberalJoe Ricciuti10,09338.5
  ConservativeHarriet Wolman4,66317.8
Communist Mike Sterling3661.4
Total26,198

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [8] [nb 4] Vote %
  LiberalChaviva Hošek12,58648.5
  New DemocratTony Grande10,93842.1
  ConservativeIrene Paparo-Stein1,7416.7
Communist Geoff da Silva6892.7
Total25,954
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Tony Rizzo 10,57248.9
Liberal Chaviva Hošek 8,19637.9
Conservative Claudio Lewis1,7127.9
Green Steven Peck5892.7
Libertarian John Primerano3591.7
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 2061.0
Total21,634
123 out of 134 polls reporting.
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Mike Colle8,59942.3
New Democratic Tony Rizzo 7,62437.5
Conservative Courtney Doldron3,29816.2
Independent Joseph Flexer3011.7
Green Constantine Kritsonis 2691.3
Natural Law Doug Storey1360.7
Libertarian Nunzio Venuto1000.5
Total20,327
"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

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Notes

  1. Sat as an Independent from October 10, 1990 to June 09, 1992.
  2. 136 out of 137 polls reporting.
  3. 140 out of 144 polls reporting.
  4. 110 out of 118 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. "New no-fault insurance plan to be ready by January", Toronto Star, 10 September 1992, A14; Catherine Thompson, "Ferguson not a priority with NDP colleagues", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 17 March 1993, A1.
  2. John Ferri, "Oakwood issues are sewers, roads not the leaders", Toronto Star, 9 August 1987, A6.
  3. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Tony Grande's Legislative Assembly information see "Anthony William Grande, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Chaviva Hošek's Legislative Assembly information see "Chaviva Milada Hošek, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Tony Rizzo's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony Rizzo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  4. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  5. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  6. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  7. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  8. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.