Etobicoke (provincial electoral district)
Etobicoke was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1987, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Etobicoke—Rexdale. Etobicoke riding was created from the northern part of York West. It was in the former borough of Etobicoke.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1987 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Toronto |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Ed Philip who served in Bob Rae's cabinet in a number of roles from 1990 to 1995.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Etobicoke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created from York West riding in 1963 | ||||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Leonard Braithwaite | Liberal | |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | |||
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Ed Philip | New Democratic | |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Etobicoke—Rexdale riding after 1987 | ||||
Electoral results
| Party | Candidate | Votes[2] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leonard Braithwaite | 8,193 | 42.71 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Geoffrey Grossmith[nb 1] | 7,747 | 40.4 | |
| New Democrat | James Goodison | 3,232 | 16.9 | |
| Total | 19,172 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[3] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leonard Braithwaite | 13,138 | 42.8 | |
| New Democrat | Mort Warling | 9,135 | 29.8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Allen | 8,401 | 27.4 | |
| Total | 30,684 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[4][nb 2] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leonard Braithwaite | 16,876 | 40.0 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Dennis Flynn | 15,840 | 37.5 | |
| New Democrat | Clayton Peterson | 9,103 | 21.6 | |
| Independent | Harold Lehman | 416 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 42,235 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[5] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Ed Philip | 8,995 | 37.7 | |
| Liberal | Leonard Braithwaite | 7,758 | 32.5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Stockwell | 7,134 | 29.9 | |
| Total | 23,887 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[6] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Ed Philip | 11,604 | 46.0 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Rosalyn McKenna | 6,785 | 26.9 | |
| Liberal | Ben Ballantone | 6,313 | 25.0 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Bolstler | 514 | 2.0 | |
| Total | 25,216 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[7] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Ed Philip | 10,343 | 40.4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Aileen Anderson | 8,041 | 31.4 | |
| Liberal | Laureano Leone | 7,199 | 28.1 | |
| Total | 25,583 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[8] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Ed Philip | 16,746 | 54.2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Smith | 7,624 | 24.7 | |
| Liberal | John Genser | 6,543 | 21.2 | |
| Total | 30,913 |
References
Notes
- Originally declared winner.
- 226 out of 233 polls reporting.
Citations
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Leonard Braithwaite's Legislative Assembly information see "Leonard A. Braithwaite, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- For Ed Philip's Legislative Assembly information see "Ed Thomas Philip, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
- Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
- Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
- Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
- Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
- Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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