Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)

Toronto—Danforth
Ontario electoral district
	Toronto—Danforth in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Peter Tabuns; New Democratic
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,017
Electors (2014)	78,787
Area (km²)	19.75
Pop. density (per km²)	5,266.7
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Toronto-Danforth

Toronto-Danforth from 2003 to 2018

Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto.

The riding is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Peter Tabuns of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

Toronto—Danforth includes an array of ethnicities, including large Greek, Chinese, Muslim and East-Indian communities.

The northern portion of the riding, East York, tends to lean right-of-centre, while the southern half, including Riverdale, Leslieville and Riverside, usually swings to the left.^{[citation needed]}

The name of the electoral district was changed in 2000 from "Broadview—Greenwood" to "Toronto—Danforth" on the suggestion of Dennis Mills, the riding's federal Member of Parliament. Many local citizens were upset at the name change, particularly due to the lack of public say in the matter.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries, which consist of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and Toronto Harbour, on the east by Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, on the north by Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch, and on the west by the Don River.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

1996 to 2003

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It includes all of the former provincial electoral district of Riverdale, approximately 41% of the former riding of York East and 5% of the former riding of Beaches—Woodbine.^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

Assembly	Years		Party
Broadview—Greenwood
Riding created from Riverdale, York East and Beaches—Woodbine
37th	1999–2003	Marilyn Churley	New Democratic
Riding renamed — Toronto—Danforth
38th	2003–2005	Marilyn Churley	New Democratic
38th	2006–2007	Peter Tabuns
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[2]

Election results[]

Toronto—Danforth[]

hide2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	32,938	64.25	+19.64
	Progressive Conservative	Patricia Kalligosfyris	8,131	15.86	+5.85
	Liberal	Li Koo	7,216	14.07	-23.15
	Green	Andrew Trotter	2,248	4.38	-1.09
	Libertarian	Paul Layton	341	0.67	-0.49
	Communist	Ivan Byard	167	0.33	-0.07
	Independent	John Kladitis	118	0.23
	Independent	John Richardson	110	0.21
Total valid votes				100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

hide2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	19,190	44.61	-9.40
	Liberal	Rob Newman	15,983	37.16	+6.56
	Progressive Conservative	Naomi Solomon	4,304	10.01	+0.62
	Green	Rachel Power	2,351	5.47	+1.83
	Libertarian	Thomas Armstrong	501	1.16	-0.02
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	172	0.40
	Canadians' Choice	John Richardson	167	0.40	+0.19
	Vegan Environmental	Simon Luisi	149	0.35
	Freedom	Tristan Parlette	121	0.28	-0.01
	The People	Ali Azaroghli	79	0.18	-0.20
Total valid votes			43,017	100.0
Rejected			181	0.41	-0.01
Unmarked			118	0.27	+0.15
Declined			254	0.58	+0.52
Total turnout			43,570	55.30	+6.00
Total electors			78,787
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-7.92
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

hide2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	20,062	54.01	+8.16
	Liberal	Marisa Sterling	11,369	30.60	+1.40
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Jethi	3,488	9.39	-1.89
	Green	Tim Whalley	1,354	3.64	-7.51
	Libertarian	John Recker	440	1.18	+0.01
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	143	0.38
	Independent	Neil Mercer	110	0.30
	Freedom	Stéphane Vera	107	0.29
	Independent	John Richardson	75	0.20
Total valid votes			37,148	100.00
Rejected			157	0.42
Unmarked			45	0.12
Declined			24	0.06
Turnout			37,374	49.30
Eligible voters			75,815
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.38
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

hide2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	17,975	45.85	-1.95
	Liberal	Joyce Rowlands	11,448	29.20	-9.72
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Bisbicis	4,423	11.28	+1.35
	Green	Patrick Kraemer	4,372	11.15	+9.02
	Libertarian	Mark Scott	460	1.17
	Family Coalition	Michael Kidd	273	0.70	+0.22
	Communist	Shona Bracken	253	0.65
Total valid votes				100.00

hideOntario provincial by-election, March 26, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	13,054	48.26	+0.66
	Liberal	Ben Chin	10,636	38.93	+7.29
	Progressive Conservative	Georgina Blanas	2,740	10.03	-6.99
	Green	Paul Charbonneau	582	2.13	-1.4
	Family Coalition	Wictor Borkowski	104	0.38	-0.08
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	93	0.34
	Independent	Carol Wielhorski	63	0.23
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	50	0.18	-0.01
Total valid votes			27,322	100.0

hide2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	18,253	47.14	+0.22
	Liberal	Jim Davidson	12,246	31.63	+6.94
	Progressive Conservative	George Sardelis	6,562	16.95	-7.75
	Green	Michael Pilling	1,368	3.53
	Family Coalition	Masood Atchekzai	217	0.56	-0.27
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	73	0.19
Total valid votes			38,719	100.0

Broadview—Greenwood[]

hide1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	18,150	46.92
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Smith	9,554	24.70
	Liberal	Julie Wang Morris	9,553	24.69
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	565	1.46
	Independent	Melanie Cishecki	543	1.40
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	320	0.83
Total valid votes			38,685	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	17,051	44.9
	Mixed member proportional	20,882	55.1
	Total valid votes	37,931	100.0

This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

References[]

^ electionprediction.org
^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Marilyn Churley's Legislative Assembly information see "Marilyn Churley, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Peter Tabuns' Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Tabuns, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "Official Past Election Results". Elections Ontario. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Toronto—Danforth" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Sources[]

Coordinates: 43°40′48″N 79°20′56″W / 43.680°N 79.349°W / 43.680; -79.349

[1] tionprediction.org

[2] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Marilyn Churley's Legislative Assembly information see "Marilyn Churley, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

For Peter Tabuns' Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Tabuns, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[3] For Marilyn Churley's Legislative Assembly information see "Marilyn Churley, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[4] For Peter Tabuns' Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Tabuns, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[3] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[4] "Official Past Election Results". Elections Ontario. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[5] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Toronto—Danforth" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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