Willowdale (provincial electoral district)

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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 2025
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 118,218
Electors (2022) [2] 79,942
Area (km²)20
Pop. density (per km²)5,910.9
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.

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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 [3]

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  2022–2025
44th  2025–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Willowdale at the 2025 Ontario general election Willowdale 2025 polling division map winner.svg
Winning party in each polling division of Willowdale at the 2025 Ontario general election
2025 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 14,47646.29+1.63
Liberal Paul Saguil13,87144.35+6.39
New Democratic Boris Ivanov1,7055.45–4.85
Green Sharolyn Vettese7782.49–1.13
Independent Lilya Eklishaeva2220.71N/A
ProgressPit Goyal2210.71N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit31,27399.11–0.07
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2820.89+0.07
Turnout31,55537.41–2.43
Eligible voters84,340
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –2.38
Source: Elections Ontario [4] [5]
Winning party in each polling division of Willowdale at the 2022 Ontario general election Willowdale 2022 polling division map winner.svg
Winning party in each polling division of Willowdale at the 2022 Ontario general election
2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 14,10544.66+1.03$97,068
Liberal Paul Saguil11,99037.96+11.36$98,560
New Democratic Hal David Berman3,25310.3015.49$22,626
Green Monica Henriques1,1433.62+1.33$6,722
New Blue Joanne Csillag3921.24 $3,105
Ontario Party Gian Pietro Arella3381.07 $3,678
None of the Above Ben Barone1040.33 $0
Freedom of ChoiceLilya Eklishaeva980.31 $0
Independent Birinder Singh Ahluwalia710.22 $1,922
Independent Charles Roddy Sutherland610.19 $0
Populist Jaime Rodriguez280.09 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit31,58399.18+0.23$111,919
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2620.82-0.23
Turnout31,84539.84-10.68
Eligible voters79,541
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.16
Source(s)
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
"Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 17,73243.63+11.69
Liberal David Zimmer 10,81526.61–26.22
New Democratic Saman Tabasinejad10,48125.79+14.70
Green Randi Ramdeen9322.29–1.65
Libertarian Catherine MacDonald-Robertson4531.11N/A
Independent Birinder S. Ahluwalia2330.57N/A
Total valid votes40,646100.0  
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +18.96
Source: Elections Ontario [6]
2014 general election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 17,63752.83
  Progressive Conservative 10,66531.94
  New Democratic 3,70111.09
  Green 1,3153.94
 Others680.20
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 [8]
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 [9]
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 votes44,349100.00
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 votes46,466100.00
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 votes43,939100.00
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 votes34,883100.00
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 votes33,947100.00
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 votes33,811100.00

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

References

  1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. 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.
  4. "Candidates in: Willowdale (117)". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  5. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  6. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. "117 - Willowdale".
  8. "General Election Results by District, 101 Willowdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Willowdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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