Don Valley East

Don Valley East
Ontario electoral district
	Don Valley East in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael Coteau; Liberal
;
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	93,007
Electors (2019)	65,793
Area (km²)	24
Pop. density (per km²)	3,875.3
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Don Valley East

Don Valley East (French: Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, York North, and York—Scarborough ridings.

It is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Liberal MP Michael Coteau. He was formerly the Ontario Liberal MPP for the contiguous provincial riding.

Geography[]

This riding is located in the eastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park, Don Mills, Graydon Hall, Parkwoods and Victoria Village.

History[]

For most of its existence, this riding has alternated between voting Liberal and Conservative. During the Brian Mulroney years, it elected Progressive Conservatives but it switched to Liberal when Jean Chrétien came to power. In 2011, when Stephen Harper's Conservative Party won a majority government, the riding switched back to Conservative.

In 2018 the Don Valley East Collective was created to organize & inform residents around important issues that impact our daily lives; this group spans all of the neighbourhoods within Don Valley East.

Robocall controversy[]

Don Valley East was one of the seven federal ridings for which the election results were being challenged in court because of automated phone calls ("robocalls") that voters say tried to misdirect them to wrong polling stations. According to the challenger's claims, phone calls claiming to be on behalf of Elections Canada directed some voters to the wrong polling station during the election. It is illegal under the Elections Act to impersonate Elections Canada and to interfere with somebody's right to vote.^[3]

In October 2012, however, Don Valley East was dropped from the legal case after it was found that Leeanne Bielli, the voter who brought the challenge forward, did not live in the riding. Bielli therefore became ineligible to challenge the result.^[4] Joe Daniel remained the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East until the 2015 federal election.

Boundaries[]

As of changes made in 2003, the riding boundaries consisted of:

on the east by Victoria Park Avenue,
on the north by the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail running west from Victoria Park Avenue to Highway No. 404, then along that highway to Finch Avenue East, and west along Finch Avenue to Leslie Street;
on the west by Leslie Street as far as the Canadian National Railway, then by the railway to Don Mills Road, then south along Don Mills Road to the Canadian Pacific Railway, then northeast along the railway to the Don River East Branch, and south along the Don River to just west of Sunrise Avenue, and
on the south by Sunrise Avenue.

This riding underwent significant changes during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost almost half of its territory to Don Valley North and gained a significant portion of Don Valley West.

Former boundaries[]

1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2003
2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Don Valley East Riding created from Willowdale, York East, York North and York—Scarborough
31st	1979–1980	Sam Wakim	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	David Smith	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Bill Attewell	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Alan Redway	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	David Collenette	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006	Yasmin Ratansi
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Joe Daniel	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Yasmin Ratansi	Liberal
43rd	2019–2020		Liberal
43rd	2020–2021		Independent
44th	2021–present	Michael Coteau	Liberal

Election results[]

Graph of general election results in Don Valley East (1979–, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michael Coteau	22,356	59.90	+0.09
	Conservative	Penolope Williams	8,766	23.49	–0.43
	New Democratic	Simon Topp	4,618	12.37	+1.38
	People's	Peter De Marco	1,585	4.25	+2.92
Total valid votes			37,325	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			470	1.24	+0.22
Turnout			37,795	59.12	–5.11
Eligible voters			63,934
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.26
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	25,295	59.81	+1.98	$74,656.45
	Conservative	Michael Ma	10,115	23.92	-5.31	$66,318.23
	New Democratic	Nicholas Thompson	4,647	10.99	+0.63	none listed
	Green	Dan Turcotte	1,675	3.96	+1.37	$3,743.20
	People's	John P. Hendry	562	1.33	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,294	99.98
Total rejected ballots			438	1.02	+0.41
Turnout			42,732	64.23	-1.31
Eligible voters			66,530
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.65
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

v t 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	24,048	57.82	+19.43	$109,579.16
	Conservative	Maureen Harquail	12,155	29.23	-7.16	$127,111.51
	New Democratic	Khalid Ahmed	4,307	10.36	-11.52	$9,377.74
	Green	Laura Elizabeth Sanderson	1,078	2.59	-0.21	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,588	99.39		$197,799.11
Total rejected ballots			257	0.61
Turnout			41,845	65.54
Eligible voters			63,845
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.30
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]^[10]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	13,503	38.39
	Conservative	12,794	36.38
	New Democratic	7,694	21.88
	Green	994	2.83
	Others	187	0.53

2003 boundaries[]

v 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	14,422	36.78	+5.78
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	13,552	34.56	-13.51
	New Democratic	Mary Trapani Hynes	9,878	25.19	+11.87
	Green	Akil Sadikali	1,114	2.84	-4.05
	Christian Heritage	Ryan Kidd	246	0.63	-0.07
Total valid votes			39,212	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218	0.55	–
Turnout			39,430	57.24	–
Eligible voters			68,890	–	–

v 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	18,264	48.07	-5.92	$67,602
	Conservative	Eugene McDermott	11,777	31.00	+1.84	$77,618
	New Democratic	Mary Trapani Hynes	5,062	13.32	+0.43	$5,282
	Green	Wayne Clements	2,618	6.89	+2.95	$4,032
	Christian Heritage	Alex Kovalenko	266	0.70	–	$163
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,987	100.00		$81,387
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.88

v 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	23,441	53.99	-0.6
	Conservative	Eugene McDermott	12,661	29.16	+1.2
	New Democratic	Richard Alan Hennick	5,597	12.89	-0.3
	Green	Wayne Clements	1,714	3.94	+1.0
Total valid votes			43,413	100.00

v 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	21,864	54.6	-12.0
	Conservative	David Johnson	11,206	28.0	+7.7
	New Democratic	Valerie Ann Mah	5,287	13.2	+7.4
	Green	Dan King	1,172	2.9
	Christian Heritage	Ryan Kidd	351	0.8	+0.3
	Communist	Christopher Black	149	0.4
Total valid votes			40,029	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

1996 boundaries[]

v 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Collenette	25,915	66.6	+11.5
	Progressive Conservative	Cecila Fusco	5,645	14.5	-7.6
	Alliance	Kasra Nejatian	4,736	12.2	-1.1
	New Democratic	Ron Casey Nestor	2,249	5.8	-1.9
	Independent	Ryan Kidd	212	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Judith Snow	153	0.4
Total valid votes			38,910	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

v 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Collenette	21,511	55.1	+1.0
	Progressive Conservative	Denzil Minnan-Wong	8,610	22.1	-1.3
	Reform	John Pope	5,167	13.2	-4.1
	New Democratic	Shodja Ziaian	2,981	7.6	+3.8
	Canadian Action	Joe Braini	384	1.0
	Natural Law	Mark Roy	192	0.5	0.0
	Independent	Mariam Abou-Dib	170	0.4
Total valid votes			39,015	100.0

1987 boundaries[]

v 1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Collenette	21,511	54.1	+16.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Redway	9,279	23.3	-21.4
	Reform	Gordon E. Honsey	6,877	17.3
	New Democratic	Janice Waud Loper	1,538	3.9	-11.2
	Libertarian	Mark Meschino	238	0.6	-0.7
	Natural Law	Fred Fredeen	205	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	90	0.2
	Abolitionist	Michael Mazerolle	22	0.1
Total valid votes			39,760	100.0

v 1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Redway	18,719	44.7	-9.7
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	15,881	37.9	+3.9
	New Democratic	Brant Loper	6,310	15.1	+4.4
	Libertarian	Mark Meschino	538	1.3	+0.6
	Independent	David Smith	271	0.6
	Communist	Maria Kontopidis	155	0.4
Total valid votes			41,874	100.0

1976 boundaries[]

v 1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	29,706	54.4	+11.4
	Liberal	David Smith	18,578	34.0	-10.6
	New Democratic	Joe Macdonald	5,842	10.7	-0.9
	Libertarian	Robert Champlain	356	0.7	+0.1
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	162	0.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			54,644	100.0

v 1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Smith	21,944	44.6	+4.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	21,119	43.0	-4.2
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	5,713	11.6	-0.7
	Libertarian	Gordon Keys	286	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	98	0.2
Total valid votes			49,160	100.0

v 1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	25,352	47.2
	Liberal	Mike Smith	21,428	39.9
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	6,595	12.3
	Libertarian	Nick Moldovanyi	301	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Donna Gordon	56	0.1
Total valid votes			53,732	100.0

References[]

"(Code 35016) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada
^ Statistics Canada
^ CBC News, "Conservatives deny party focus of robocalls probe", Laura Payton, April 17, 2012
^ CBC News, "6 ridings remain in Federal Court election challenge", Laura Payton, Oct 23, 2012
^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results -". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley East, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
^ Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 43°44′N 79°20′W / 43.74°N 79.33°W / 43.74; -79.33

[1] Statistics Canada

[2] Statistics Canada

[3] CBC News, "Conservatives deny party focus of robocalls probe", Laura Payton, April 17, 2012

[4] CBC News, "6 ridings remain in Federal Court election challenge", Laura Payton, Oct 23, 2012

[5] "September 20, 2021 General Election Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 14, 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[7] "Official Voting Results -". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley East, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

[10] Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results

[11] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
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Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont