Etobicoke Centre (electoral district)

Etobicoke Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Etobicoke Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Yvan Baker; Liberal
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District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	114,910
Electors (2015)	86,412
Area (km²)	39
Pop. density (per km²)	2,946.4
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Etobicoke Centre

Etobicoke Centre (French: Etobicoke-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

Geography[]

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Eatonville (part), Islington-City Centre West (part), Richview, Humber Heights - Westmount, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Markland Wood, Princess Gardens, Thorncrest Village and Humber Valley Village in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.

History[]

The riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

On May 18, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court declared the 2011 federal election results for this district to be null and void.^[2] The judge ruled that 79 votes should not have been counted when the margin of victory in the riding was only 26 votes. On May 28, 2012, however, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ted Opitz, filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 25, 2012, the Supreme Court allowed Mr. Opitz's appeal and quashed the order for a by-election. In its decision, the Supreme Court restored 59 of the 79 tossed votes, essentially leaving Mr. Optiz with a 6 vote margin of victory.^[3]

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke North and gained territory from Etobicoke—Lakeshore during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[]

It has elected four members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Etobicoke Centre Riding created from Etobicoke and High Park—Humber Valley
31st	1979–1980	Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Allan Rock	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006	Borys Wrzesnewskyj
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Ted Opitz	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Liberal
43rd	2019–present	Yvan Baker	Liberal

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Etobicoke Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	27,623	47.9	-4.0
	Conservative	Geoff Turner	20,208	35.1	+0.6
	New Democratic	Ashley Da Silva	5,809	10.1	+2.4
	People's	Maurice Cormier	4,000	6.9	+5.8
Total valid votes			57,640
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			63.56
Eligible voters			90,683
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	32,800	51.9	-0.87	$98,039.05
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,804	34.5	-2.83	$100,790.81
	New Democratic	Heather Vickers-Wong	4,881	7.7	-0.21	$8,510.54
	Green	Cameron Semple	2,775	4.4	+3.01	none listed
	People's	Nicholas Serdiuk	664	1.1	-	none listed
	Libertarian	Mark Wrzesniewski	295	0.5	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,219	100.0
Total rejected ballots			624
Turnout			63,843	69.5
Eligible voters			91,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.98
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

v t 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	32,612	52.77	+12.21	$183,159.14
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	23,070	37.33	-4.53	$123,382.55
	New Democratic	Tanya De Mello	4,886	7.91	-6.72	$86,715.88
	Green	Shawn Rizvi	856	1.39	-1.30	–
	Progressive Canadian	Rob Wolvin	378	0.61		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,802	100.00		$226,574.91
Total rejected ballots			303	0.49
Turnout			62,105	71.03
Eligible voters			87,440
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.37
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,306	41.86
	Liberal	21,616	40.56
	New Democratic	7,792	14.62
	Green	1,431	2.69
	Others	146	0.27

v t 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,644	41.2%	+3.7%	–
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	21,618	41.2%	-7.7%	–
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Rivero	7,735	14.7%	+6.4%	–
	Green	Katarina Zoricic	1,377	2.6%	-2.8%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	149	0.3%		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,523	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			271	0.51	+0.02
Turnout			52,794	65.49	+3.8
Eligible voters			80,603

v 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	24,537	48.9	-3.5	$72,089
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,839	37.5	+4.3	$83,207
	New Democratic	Joseph Schwartz	4,164	8.3	-1.3
	Green	Marion Schaffer	2,688	5.4	+1.6	$352
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,228	100.0		$85,584
Total rejected ballots			247	0.49
Turnout			50,475	62.7

v t 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	29,509	52.44	−5.84	$78,982
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,702	33.24	+4.85	$77,310
	New Democratic	Cynthia Cameron	5,426	9.64	−0.27	$1,391
	Green	John Vanderheyden	2,111	3.75	+0.54	$1,087
	Progressive Canadian	Norman Dundas	402	0.71	n/a	$18
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	117	0.21	-	none listed
Total valid votes			56,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Turnout			56,487	71.95	+4.67
Electors on the lists			78,511
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.35
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	30,441	58.28	+1.9	$76,192
	Conservative	Lida Preyma	14,829	28.39	-10.2	$72,841
	New Democratic	John Richmond	5,174	9.91	+5.3	$4,977
	Green	Margo Pearson	1,676	3.21	–	not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	112	0.21	-0.2	not listed
Total valid votes			52,232	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Turnout			52,481	67.28
Electors on the lists			78,007
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.05
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.

v 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	27,345	54.6	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alida Leistra	11,023	22.0	+2.5
	Reform	Jason Beyak	8,638	17.2	-4.9
	New Democratic	Matthew Bonk	2,661	5.3	+3.1
	Natural Law	Paul Gasztold	267	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	189	0.4	+0.3
Total valid votes			50,123	100.0

v 1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	25,633	54.3	+13.9
	Reform	Charles McLeod	10,440	22.1
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Donley	9,203	19.5	-28.9
	New Democratic	Udayan Rege	1,037	2.2	-7.4
	National	Janice Tait	500	1.1
	Natural Law	Everett Murphy	200	0.4
	Abolitionist	Kelly Ann Leblanc	77	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	53	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Joseph Zmak	25	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			47,168	100.0

v 1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	24,338	48.4	-8.4
	Liberal	Mary Schwass	20,342	40.5	+10.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	4,815	9.6	-3.2
	Libertarian	Janice E. Hazlett	373	0.7	+0.2
	Green	Isabel Van Humbeck	187	0.4
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	81	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	John J. Benz	70	0.1
	Independent	Jeanne Gatley	62	0.1
Total valid votes			50,268	100.0

v 1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	34,026	56.8	+9.7
	Liberal	Jim Brown	17,853	29.8	-11.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	7,657	12.8	+2.0
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	339	0.6	0.0
Total valid votes			59,875	100.0

v 1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	26,969	47.1	-4.2
	Liberal	Joe Cruden	23,715	41.4	+3.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,181	10.8	+0.6
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	308	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Boylan	88	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,261	100.0

v 1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	31,498	51.3
	Liberal	Alastair Gillespie	23,141	37.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,237	10.2
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	272	0.4
	Communist	Nick Hrynchyshyn	112	0.2
	Independent	Helen Obadia	54	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	James H. Reid	38	0.1
Total valid votes			61,352	100.0

Toronto City Council Wards 3-4[]

Since 2000 Toronto City Council Wards 3 and 4 shares the same name.

Ward 3
- Stephen Holyday 2014–present
- Peter Leon 2013-2014
- Doug Holyday 2000-2013
Ward 4
- John Campbell 2014–present
- Gloria Lindsay Luby 2000-2014

References[]

"(Code 35022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section
2011 Results from Elections Canada, Results certified by judicial recount
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Election result in Toronto riding thrown out by judge". CBC News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
^ "Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj". October 25, 2012.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Etobicoke Centre, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 43°38′53″N 79°33′28″W / 43.6481°N 79.5577°W / 43.6481; -79.5577

[ReferenceA-1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[cbccourtthrowout-2] "Election result in Toronto riding thrown out by judge". CBC News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

[3] "Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj". October 25, 2012.

[4] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[6] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[7] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Etobicoke Centre, 30 September 2015

[8] Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

[9] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
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
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
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