Willowdale (provincial electoral district)

Last updated
Willowdale
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries).png
Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Stan Cho
Progressive Conservative
District created1987
First contested 1987
Last contested 2018
Demographics
Population (2016)118,805
Electors (2018)81,313
Area (km²)20
Pop. density (per km²)5,940.3
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto
Willowdale from 2003 to 2018 Willowdale 2003.png
Willowdale from 2003 to 2018

Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987.

Contents

History

From 1987 to 1999, its boundaries were Bathurst Street to Finch Avenue to Yonge Street to Steeles Avenue to Leslie Street to the 401.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limits south along the eastern limit of the city, west along the hydro-electric transmission line situated south of McNicoll Avenue, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the northern city limit.

From 2003 to 2018, it consisted of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Victoria Park Avenue, southwest along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along Leslie Street, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, northeast along Bathurst Street, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Finch Avenue West and north along Yonge Street to the city limit.

This riding lost territory (36%) to Don Valley North, and gained territory from York Centre (16%) during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Provincial Parliament

|Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]

Willowdale
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created
34th  1987–1990   Gino Matrundola Liberal
35th  1990–1995   Charles Harnick Progressive Conservative
36th  1995–1999
37th  1999–2003 David Young
38th  2003–2007   David Zimmer Liberal
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022   Stan Cho Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 14,10544.95+1.32
Liberal Paul Saguil11,99037.80+11.19
New Democratic Hal David Berman3,25310.19-15.6
Green Monica Henriques1,1433.63+1.34
New Blue Joanne Csillag3921.23
Ontario Party Gian Pietro Arella3381.08
None of the Above Ben Barone1040.33
Freedom of ChoiceLilya Eklisheava980.30
Independent Birinder Singh Ahluwalia710.22-0.35
Independent Charles Roddy Sutherland610.20
Populist Jaime Rodriguez280.08
Total valid votes31,58399.2%
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2620.8%
Turnout31,84536.52
Eligible voters80,026
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.32
Source: Elections Ontario [2]
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 17,73243.63+10.16
Liberal David Zimmer 10,81526.61-25.97
New Democratic Saman Tabasinejad10,48125.79+15.64
Green Randi Ramdeen9322.29-1.51
Libertarian Catherine MacDonald-Robertson4531.11
Independent Birinder S. Ahluwalia2330.57
Total valid votes40,646100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.10
Source: Elections Ontario [3]
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Zimmer 24,30052.58+1.74
Progressive Conservative Michael Ceci15,46833.47-0.13
New Democratic Alexander Brown4,69310.15-2.70
Green Teresa Pun1,7583.80+1.78
Total valid votes46,219100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.94
Source: Elections Ontario [4]
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Zimmer 21,98450.84+3.13
Progressive Conservative Vince Agovino14,52833.60-1.32
New Democratic Alexander Brown5,55612.85+4.35
Green Michael Vettese8742.02-4.59
Freedom Amy Brown2970.69 
Total valid votes43,239100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2030.47
Turnout43,44245.40
Eligible voters95,694
Liberal hold Swing +2.23
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Zimmer 21,16647.73+0.76
Progressive Conservative David Shiner 15,55835.08-7.93
New Democratic Rini Ghosh3,6998.34+1.70
Green Torbjorn Zetterlund2,9606.67+4.66
Libertarian Heath Thomas4771.08
Family Coalition Kristin Monster3700.83-0.12
Independent Charles Roddy Sutherland1190.27
Total valid votes 44,349100.00
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Zimmer21,82346.97+4.69
Progressive Conservative David Young 19,95742.95-7.57
New Democratic Yvonne Bobb3,0846.64+2.38
Green Sharolyn Vettese9332.01+1.26
Family Coalition Rina Morra4420.95+ 0.02
Freedom Vaughan Byrnes2270.49+0.14
Total valid votes46,466 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Young 22,20050.52-3.47
Liberal Fahimeh Mortazavi18,57942.28+13.99
New Democratic Mikael A. Swayze1,8714.26-9.57
Family Coalition Jim Conrad4090.93
Green Elizabeth Rhodes3300.75-0.36
Independent Bernadette Michael3230.74
Freedom Vaughan Byrnes1520.35
Natural Law Claude Viau750.17
Total valid votes 43,939100.00
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Harnick 18,83453.99+18.77
Liberal Les Scheininger 9,87028.29-4.48
New Democratic Julie McCrea4,82513.83-13.05
Independent Frank Zeppieri7152.05
Green Laura Weinberg3861.11
Natural Law Michael Beifuss2530.73
Total valid votes 34,883100.00
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Harnick 11,95735.22+1.18
Liberal Gino Matrundola 11,12332.77-13.20
New Democratic Batya Hebdon9,12526.88+9.8
Family Coalition Mark Vosylius1,0743.16
Libertarian Earl Epstein6681.97-0.94
Total valid votes 33,947100.00
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Gino Matrundola 15,54345.97
Progressive Conservative Charles Harnick 11,50934.04
New Democratic Batya Hebdon5,77417.08
Libertarian Earl Epstein9852.91
Total valid votes 33,811100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post25,49159.6
Mixed member proportional17,28140.4
Total valid votes42,772100.0

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North York City Centre</span> Business district

North York City Centre is a central business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the administrative district of North York. It is located along Yonge Street, between just south of Sheppard Avenue northward to Finch Avenue with its focus around Mel Lastman Square, a civic square, and spreads eastwards and westwards a few blocks, generally as far as Doris Avenue and Beecroft Road. The district is a high-density district of condominium and office towers with ground-floor commercial uses along the wide six lanes of Yonge Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York Centre (federal electoral district)</span> Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

York Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willowdale, Toronto</span> Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Willowdale is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. It developed from three postal villages: Newtonbrook, Willowdale and Lansing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willowdale (federal electoral district)</span> Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Willowdale is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It is the riding with the biggest Korean community in Canada. As per the 2021 census, 9.9% of the population of Willowdale is Korean.

Eglinton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto Northeast riding.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riverdale (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Riverdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada that existed from 1914 to 1999. It occupied an area east of the Don River from the city limits just north of Danforth Avenue south to Lake Ontario. It was named after the neighbourhood of Riverdale. In 1999 a major reduction in Ontario seats resulted in Riverdale being merged with part of East York into a larger riding called Broadview-Greenwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eglinton—Lawrence (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York Centre (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

York Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been the name of ridings in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario three different times. It was created initially in 1955 from the southern part of York North. It was dissolved in 1963 when it was split into three ridings called Yorkview, Downsview and Armourdale. In 1967, it was reconstituted north of Steeles in the township of Markham. This lasted until 1999 when it was dissolved into Markham—Unionville. The name was given to a new riding formed in its original location south of Steeles. It remains as an existing riding today.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toronto Centre (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Toronto Centre is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Since 1999 it has elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

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:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. David (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

St. David was an Ontario provincial riding that existed from 1926 to 1987. It covered a section of the eastern city of Toronto east of Sherbourne Street and west of the Don River. The riding lasted until 1987 when it was merged with the neighbouring St. George to create a larger district called St. George—St. David.

Yorkview was an Ontario provincial electoral district (riding), in the former city of North York from 1963 to 1999. The riding was established for the 1963 Ontario general election. The riding was abolished in preparation for the 1999 Ontario general election. It was partitioned into the current provincial ridings of York West, York Centre and York South—Weston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Humber River—Black Creek (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Humber River—Black Creek is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Prior to the 2018 election, the riding was known as York West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarborough—Rouge River (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Scarborough—Rouge River was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 1999 and 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarborough North (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Scarborough North is a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was originally created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. For the 2018 provincial election, it was re-created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. Scarborough North riding was originally created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It is in the former borough of Scarborough.

Scarborough East was a provincial electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the riding of Pickering—Scarborough East. Scarborough East riding was created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Valley North (provincial electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Gino Matrundola's Legislative Assembly information see "Gino Matrundola, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
    • For Charles Harnick's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Harnick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
    • For David Young's Legislative Assembly information see "David Young, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
    • For David Zimmer's Legislative Assembly information see "David Zimmer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  2. "Vote Totals from Official Tabulation - Willowdale (117)" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. "General Election Results by District, 101 Willowdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Willowdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

43°46′41″N79°24′58″W / 43.778°N 79.416°W / 43.778; -79.416