Eglinton—Lawrence (provincial electoral district)

Eglinton—Lawrence
Ontario electoral district
	Location in Toronto
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Robin Martin; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,150
Electors (2007)	72,202
Area (km²)	22.67
Pop. density (per km²)	4,991.2
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

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

It was created in 1999 from parts of Lawrence, York Mills, Wilson Heights, Oakwood, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Eglinton.

When the riding was created, it included all of Metro Toronto within the following line: Highway 401 to the CN Railway to Eglinton Avenue to Dufferin Street to Rogers Road to Oakwood Avenue to to Winona Drive to the border of Old Toronto to Bathurst Street to the Belt Line to Eglinton Avenue to Yonge Street.

In 2007, the southern border was altered so that it was Eglinton Avenue from the CN Railway to Yonge Street.

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

Eglinton—Lawrence
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Lawrence, York Mills, Wilson Heights, Oakwood, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Eglinton
37th	1999–2003		Mike Colle	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		Robin Martin	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]

Election results[]

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robin Martin	19,999	40.38	+6.62
	Liberal	Michael Colle	19,042	38.45	-16.35
	New Democratic	Robyn Vilde	8,985	18.14	+10.80
	Green	Reuben Anthony DeBoer	1,190	2.40	-0.73
	Libertarian	Michael Staffieri	211	0.43
	Trillium	Lionel Wayne Poizner	100	0.20
Total valid votes			49,527	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	22,855	54.80	+0.65
	Progressive Conservative	Robin Martin	14,079	33.76	+0.21
	New Democratic	Thomas Gallezot	3,060	7.34	-2.48
	Green	Lucas C. McCann	1,305	3.13	+1.63
	Freedom	Michael Bone	264	0.63	+0.23
	Independent	Erwin Sniedzins	143	0.34	–
Total valid votes			41,706	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.22
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	20,752	54.15	+11.10
	Progressive Conservative	Rocco Rossi	12,857	33.55	-3.97
	New Democratic	Gerti Dervishi	3,763	9.82	-0.46
	Green	Josh Rachlis	575	1.50	-5.70
	Freedom	Michael Bone	152	0.40
	Independent	Jerry Green	146	0.38
	Independent	Sujith Reddy	79	0.21
Total valid votes			38,324	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			185	0.48
Turnout			38,496	51.81
Eligible voters			74,309
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.54
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	17,402	43.23	-13.84
	Progressive Conservative	Bernie Tanz	15,257	37.90	+7.80
	New Democratic	Karin Wiens	4,039	10.03	-0.15
	Green	Andrew James	2,871	7.13	+4.24
	Libertarian	Tom Gelmon	235	0.58
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	229	0.57
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	130	0.32
	Independent	Joseph Young	90	0.22
Total valid votes			40,253	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			418	1.04
Turnout			40,671	55.62
Eligible voters			73,117

2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	23,743	56.89	+0.11
	Progressive Conservative	Corinne Korzen	12,402	29.72	-5.53
	New Democratic	Robin Alter	43,51	10.43	+6.12
	Green	Mark Viitala	1,236	2.96	+1.86
Total valid votes			37,381	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	24,151	56.78
	Progressive Conservative	John Parker	14,994	35.25
	New Democratic	Jay Waterman	1,835	4.31
	Family Coalition	Frank D'Angelo	821	1.93
	Green	Shelly Lipsey	470	1.10
	Natural Law	Neil C. Dickie	263	0.62
Total valid votes			42,534	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23,405	60.9
	Mixed member proportional	15,052	39.1
	Total valid votes	38,457	100.0

Toronto Council Ward 8[]

Eglinton - Lawrence is also the name for ward 8 on Toronto City Council currently represented by city councillor Michael Colle.

References[]

^ Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Official result from the records, 020 Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels – Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Coordinates: 43°43′03″N 79°26′54″W / 43.7175°N 79.4483°W / 43.7175; -79.4483

[1] Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[3] "Official result from the records, 020 Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels – Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

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