Eglinton—Lawrence
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 113,150 | ||
Electors (2015) | 76,739 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 22.67 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4,991.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
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Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east to Caledonia in the west and from Highway 401 in the north to Eglinton Avenue in the south. Lawrence Avenue runs through the centre of the riding. Neighbourhoods in the riding include Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, Lawrence Heights, the southwestern part of York Mills and the western part of Lawrence Park. The riding includes portions of the former cities of North York, Toronto, and York.
As per the 2016 Census, Eglinton—Lawrence is the City of Toronto riding with the highest percentage of people of Polish ethnic origin (12.0%) and the second-highest percentage of people of Jewish ethnic origin (5.1%). In the 2011 National Household Survey more than 15% of the residents of Eglinton—Lawrence filled in a Jewish ethnic origin.
The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Eglinton, York Centre, York South, and York West. Federally, it was represented by Liberal Joe Volpe from 1988 to 2011, by Conservative Joe Oliver from 2011 to 2015, and by Liberal Marco Mendicino since the 2015 federal election.
History[]
This riding's boundaries were not changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Former boundaries[]
1979 to 1988
1988 to 1997
1997 to 2004
2004 to 2015
Members of Parliament[]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Eglinton—Lawrence Riding created from Eglinton, York Centre, York South and York West |
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31st | 1979–1980 | Roland de Corneille | Liberal | |
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
34th | 1988–1993 | Joe Volpe | ||
35th | 1993–1997 | |||
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Joe Oliver | Conservative | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | Marco Mendicino | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
Election results[]
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Marco Mendicino | 24,051 | 48.5 | -4.8 | ||||
Conservative | Geoff Pollock | 18,082 | 36.4 | +3.3 | ||||
New Democratic | Caleb Senneker | 4,543 | 9.2 | +0.7 | ||||
Green | Eric Frydman | 1,490 | 3.0 | -1.1 | ||||
People's | Timothy Gleeson | 1,445 | 2.9 | +1.9 | ||||
Total valid votes | 49,611 | 99.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 479 | 1.0 | ||||||
Turnout | 50,090 | 61.8 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 81,060 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3] |
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Marco Mendicino | 29,850 | 53.3 | +4.41 | $86,046.25 | |||
Conservative | Chani Aryeh-Bain | 18,549 | 33.1 | -10.14 | $71,631.04 | |||
New Democratic | Alexandra Nash | 4,741 | 8.5 | +2.12 | $10,049.32 | |||
Green | Reuben DeBoer | 2,278 | 4.1 | +3.27 | $3,248.70 | |||
People's | Michael Staffieri | 586 | 1.0 | - | $5,424.02 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,004 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 394 | |||||||
Turnout | 56,398 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 82,811 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.41 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Marco Mendicino | 27,278 | 48.89 | +10.47 | $155,849.60 | |||
Conservative | Joe Oliver | 23,788 | 42.64 | -4.18 | $183,256.52 | |||
New Democratic | Andrew Thomson | 3,505 | 6.28 | -5.32 | $114,205.95 | |||
Green | Matthew Chisholm | 799 | 1.43 | -1.74 | $217.60 | |||
Libertarian | Ethan Buchman | 308 | 0.55 | – | – | |||
Animal Alliance | Rudy Brunell Solomonvici | 114 | 0.20 | – | $5,129.72 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,792 | 100.00 | $210,250.86 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 328 | 0.58 | ||||||
Turnout | 56,120 | 72.45 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 77,463 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.32 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Joe Oliver | 22,652 | 46.81 | +7.56 | ||||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 18,590 | 38.42 | -5.57 | ||||
New Democratic | Justin Chatwin | 5,613 | 11.60 | +3.18 | ||||
Green | Paul Baker | 1,534 | 3.17 | -5.17 | ||||
Total valid votes | 48,389 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 302 | 0.62 | +0.12 | |||||
Turnout | 48,691 | 68.02 | +8.27 | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.57 |
Source: Elections Canada
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 19,133 | 43.99 | -8.90 | $46,582 | |||
Conservative | Joe Oliver | 17,073 | 39.25 | +9.00 | $82,193 | |||
New Democratic | Justin Chatwin | 3,663 | 8.42 | -3.07 | $4,729 | |||
Green | Andrew James | 3,629 | 8.34 | +3.22 | $6,136 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,498 | 100.00 | $82,294 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 219 | 0.50 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,717 | 59.75 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.95 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 26,044 | 52.89 | −7.35 | $66,769 | |||
Conservative | Peter Coy | 14,897 | 30.25 | +5.20 | $59,382 | |||
New Democratic | Maurganne Mooney | 5,660 | 11.49 | +1.11 | $7,722 | |||
Green | Patrick Metzger | 2,520 | 5.12 | +1.03 | $1,338 | |||
N/A (Communist League) | John Steele | 123 | 0.25 | $369 | ||||
Total valid votes | 49,244 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 245 | |||||||
Turnout | 49,489 | 67.61 | +3.84 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 73,201 | |||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 28,360 | 60.24 | +1.07 | $72,089 | |||
Conservative | Bernie Tanz | 11,792 | 25.05 | −6.88 | $71,823 | |||
New Democratic | Max Silverman | 4,886 | 10.38 | +3.93 | $8,534 | |||
Green | Shel Goldstein | 1,924 | 4.09 | $2,377 | ||||
Canadian Action | Corrinne Prévost | 115 | 0.24 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,077 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 284 | |||||||
Turnout | 47,361 | 63.77 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 74,266 | |||||||
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. | ||||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 25,161 | 60.68 | +1.44 | $53,652 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Louise Sankey | 7,156 | 17.26 | −5.49 | $16,232 | |||
Alliance | Joel Etienne | 5,497 | 13.26 | +5.17 | $18,685 | |||
New Democratic | Simon Rowland | 2,663 | 6.42 | −2.60 | $1,577 | |||
Green | Doug Howat | 688 | 1.66 | $579 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Frank Chilelli | 164 | 0.40 | $8 | ||||
Natural Law | Matthew Macleod | 133 | 0.32 | −0.59 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes | 41,462 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 263 | |||||||
Turnout | 41,725 | 57.58 | −9.42 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 72,463 | |||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 25,985 | 59.24 | −4.07 | $49,531 | |||
Progressive Conservative | David Rotenberg | 9,977 | 22.75 | +5.11 | $34,874 | |||
New Democratic | Sam Savona | 3,955 | 9.02 | +4.36 | $14,088 | |||
Reform | Charles Van Tuinen | 3,547 | 8.09 | −3.65 | $10,529 | |||
Natural Law | Robyn Brandon | 397 | 0.91 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 43,861 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 320 | |||||||
Turnout | 44,181 | 67.00 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 65,945 | |||||||
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. | ||||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 28,634 | 71.62 | +20.60 | $38,419 | |||
Reform | Charles Van Tuinen | 4,347 | 10.87 | $13,413 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marc Monson | 4,262 | 10.66 | −20.28 | $19,954 | |||
New Democratic Party | Gael Hepworth | 2,091 | 5.23 | −10.34 | $12,165 | |||
Natural Law | Debbie Weberg | 384 | 0.96 | $0 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Jeanne Gatley | 138 | 0.35 | $105 | ||||
Abolitionist | Linda Kruschel | 124 | 0.31 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 39,980 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 480 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,460 | 68.28 | −6.48 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 59,254 | |||||||
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Joe Volpe | 20,446 | 51.02 | +8.04 | $33,611 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Tony Abbott | 12,400 | 30.94 | −9.35 | $26,187 | |||
New Democratic | Vittoria Levi | 6,241 | 15.57 | +0.68 | $16,036 | |||
Libertarian | Sandor L. Hegedus | 538 | 1.34 | +0.51 | $0 | |||
Communist | Geoffrey da Silva | 208 | 0.52 | +0.02 | $357 | |||
Revolutionary Workers League |
Margaret Manwaring | 123 | 0.31 | $776 | ||||
Commonwealth of Canada | James Felicioni | 122 | 0.30 | $67 | ||||
Total valid votes | 40,078 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 565 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,643 | 74.76 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 54,362 |
1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Roland de Corneille | 18,645 | 42.98 | -7.49 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dan La Caprara | 17,476 | 40.29 | +6.46 | ||||
New Democratic | Marlene Miller | 6,458 | 14.89 | +0.19 | ||||
Libertarian | Linda Cain | 362 | 0.83 | 0.00 | ||||
Independent | Ken Kirk | 219 | 0.50 | |||||
Communist | Nan McDonald | 219 | 0.50 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,379 | 100.00 |
1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Roland de Corneille | 20,861 | 50.47 | +7.59 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rob Parker | 13,985 | 33.83 | -5.35 | ||||
New Democratic | Graham Murray | 6,077 | 14.70 | -1.70 | ||||
Libertarian | Linda Cain | 343 | 0.83 | -0.47 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Iqbal S. Sumbal | 71 | 0.17 | -0.08 | ||||
Total valid votes | 41,337 | 100.00 |
1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Roland de Corneille | 19,270 | 42.88 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Rob Parker | 17,605 | 39.18 | |||||
New Democratic | Leo Heaps | 7,368 | 16.40 | |||||
Libertarian | Linda Cain | 585 | 1.30 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Iqbal S. Sumbal | 111 | 0.25 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,939 | 100.00 |
Toronto Council Ward 8[]
Eglinton—Lawrence is also the name for ward 8 on Toronto City Council currently represented by city councillor Michael Colle.
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References[]
- "(Code 35019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
Notes[]
- ^ Statistics Canada
- ^ Statistics Canada
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Eglinton—Lawrence, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
External links[]
- Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Coordinates: 43°43′01″N 79°26′53″W / 43.717°N 79.448°W
- Federal electoral districts of Toronto
- North York
- Ontario federal electoral districts
- 1976 establishments in Ontario