Paul Ferreira

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Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira Campaign head shot.jpg
MPP for York South—Weston
In office
February 28, 2007 –September 30, 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Sarkis Assadourian 18,61548.85
Reform Don Crawford10,81728.39
Progressive Conservative Sam Hundal5,62114.75
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 2,9237.67
Marxist–Leninist André Vachon1270.33
Total valid votes38,103100.0  

York South–Weston federal election 2004

In the spring of 2004, Paul Ferreira became the NDP's federal candidate in the west-end Toronto riding of York South—Weston. His main opponent was the incumbent Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto chair Alan Tonks. The main issues in the election, and these were not limited to just York South–Weston, included anger over the governing Liberal party's Sponsorship scandal; [7] Health care; and the first budget by the Dalton McGuinty provincial Liberal government, which included the controversial "Ontario Health Premiums" tax. [8]

Despite the many setbacks that confronted the main Liberal campaign, [7] Tonks won the election. [9] Ferreira placed a respectable second. His campaign revived the NDP in York South–Weston and significantly increased the party's share of the vote in the riding to more than 21% (Tom Parkin, the NDP candidate in the 2000 election, received only 3.7% of the vote).

2004 Canadian federal election : York South—Weston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan Tonks 20,53759.8+14.2
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 7,28121.2+17.5
Conservative Stephen Halicki5,13314.9+7.1
Green Jessica Fracassi1,1993.5+2.6
Communist Shirley Hawley1750.5+0.1
Total valid votes34,325
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

York South–Weston federal election 2006

Subsequently, he ran again for the same federal office in the 2006 election. The election results were basically a repeat of the previous election, with Tonks finishing first and Ferreira in second place. [10]

2006 Canadian federal election : York South—Weston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Alan Tonks 22,87157.06%−2.77%$36,134
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 8,52521.27%+0.06%$24,433
Conservative Stephen Halicki6,99117.44%+2.49%$22,529
Green Maria De Angelis-Pater1,5063.76%+0.26%$1,003
Independent Dragan Cimesa1890.47%––
Total valid votes 40,082100.0%

Toronto municipal election, 2006

He was also a candidate for Toronto City Council in the 2006 Toronto municipal election, finishing second in Ward 11.

Ward 11 York South—Weston

CandidateVotes %
Frances Nunziata (incumbent)646949.6
Paul Ferreira481236.9
Rocky Gualtieri12359.5
Pansy Mullings5264.0

Ontario provincial by-election, 2007

York-South Weston riding map from Elections Ontario.

The provincial riding of York South—Weston, which corresponds closely to the boundaries of the federal riding, [11] at the time of the by-election was considered a Liberal stronghold. Historically, the York South part of the riding had been a CCF/NDP stronghold from the mid-1950s starting with Donald C. MacDonald to the mid-1990s with Bob Rae. After Rae resigned from the Legislature, the only NDP candidate that even came close to a victory was David Miller (currently Toronto's mayor, at the time a Metro councillor for Ward One), in the 1996 by-election.

The February 2007 by-election was necessitated by the resignation of former Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament Joe Cordiano, who resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the fall of 2006 to spend more time with his family. [12]

At the January 13, 2007 York South–Weston NDP nomination meeting,Ferreira successfully ran against Brian Donlevy to be the Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in the February 8, 2007 by-election. As the party's candidate, he campaigned on the following issues: the $10 hourly minimum wage; [13] the proposed Blue22 train to Toronto Pearson Airport; [14] the recent wage increases to members of the Ontario Legislature. [14]

February 8, 2007 was a very cold day, and that may have been a contributing factor in the low voter turnout. When the polling stations closed at 8:00 p.m., it took two hours to count the ballots and declare Ferreira the winner. At his victory party, Donald C. MacDonald (the former Ontario CCF/NDP leader from the 1953 to 1970 and local area MPP for almost thirty years), joined Ferreira onstage in a symbolic passing of the generational torch ceremony. [15] One of the coincidences of this NDP election victory was, that it came almost exactly 65 years to the day, when the CCF first won York South, in the February 9, 1942 by-election. In that election Joseph Noseworthy won a surprise victory, similar to Ferreira's.

Ontario provincial by-election, February 8, 2007: York South—Weston
Resignation of Joseph Cordiano
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 8,14643.33+24.04
Liberal Laura Albanese 7,83141.44−20.12
Progressive Conservative Pina Martino1,91710.27−4.96
Green Mir Kamal2631.39−1.06
Independent Kevin Clarke 2201.16 
Independent Mohammed Choudhary1420.75 
Family Coalition Mariangela Sanabria1340.74−0.73
Libertarian Nunzio Venuto1010.52 
Freedom Wayne Simmons770.41
Total valid votes 18,831100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1460.77
Turnout18,97728.62
Eligible voters66,308
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +22.08
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2007). "By-Election 2007: Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" . Retrieved 24 August 2015.

On February 19, 2007, Paul Ferreira was sworn in as the tenth member of the NDP caucus in the Ontario Legislature. [16] In the NDP caucus, Ferreira held the critic portfolios for housing, citizenship and immigration. [17]

Ontario general election, 2007

York South—Weston is not normally a reliable NDP seat, and the by-election had been marked by low turnout — as a result, going into the general election Ferreira was considered the most vulnerable NDP incumbent.

Ferreira again faced Laura Albanese, the same Liberal candidate as in the by-election. On election night, Albanese defeated Ferreira by a margin of less than 500 votes.

2007 Ontario general election : York South—Weston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laura Albanese 13,84642.94+1.50
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 13,39441.54-1.79
Progressive Conservative Karen McMillan-Aver3,1739.84-0.43
Green Anthony Gratl1,2263.80+2.41
Libertarian Marco Dias3851.19+0.67
Family Coalition Mariangela Sanabria2180.68-0.06
Total valid votes 32,242 100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots4331.33
Turnout32,67546.34
Eligible voters70,518
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +1.64
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll By Poll Results: 106 York South-Weston" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015.

Ontario general election, 2011

On Feb. 8, 2011—on the fourth anniversary of his by-election victory—Ferreira was acclaimed as the Ontario NDP candidate in York South—Weston for the 2011 election. He was once again defeated by Albanese.

2011 Ontario general election : York South—Weston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laura Albanese 13,80544.55+1.61
New Democratic Paul Ferreira 13,07142.18+0.64
Progressive Conservative Lan Daniel3,44111.10+1.26
Green Keith Jarrett4741.53-2.27
Freedom Eric Compton1510.49 
Independent Michael Radejewski450.15 
Total valid votes 30,987100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2270.73
Turnout31,21444.86
Eligible voters69,580
Liberal hold Swing +0.49
Source(s)
"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiel - York South—Weston" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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