Etobicoke West
Etobicoke West was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1987 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Etobicoke Centre. Etobicoke West riding was created from the central 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 | 1987 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1987 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Toronto |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Chris Stockwell who served in cabinet during the Mike Harris/Ernie Eve governments.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Etobicoke West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created from York West in 1987 | ||||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Linda LeBourdais | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Chris Stockwell | Progressive Conservative | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Etobicoke Centre after 1996 | ||||
Electoral results
| 1987 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Linda LeBourdais | 15,757 | 46.90 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Holyday | 9,664 | 28.76 | |||||
| New Democratic | Phil Jones | 5,784 | 17.21 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Judy Johnson | 1,890 | 5.62 | |||||
| Libertarian | Robert Dunk | 498 | 1.51 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 33,593 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1990 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Stockwell | 13,711 | 40.8 | |||||
| Liberal | Linda LeBourdais | 10,082 | 30.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Judy Jones | 7,988 | 23.8 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Kevin McGourty | 1,045 | 3.1 | |||||
| Libertarian | Janice Hazlett | 495 | 1.5 | |||||
| Independent | Martin Fraser | 303 | 0.9 | |||||
| Total | 33,624 | |||||||
| Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes[2] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Stockwell | 18,349 | 55.3 | |
| Liberal | Michael Brown | 9,826 | 29.6 | |
| New Democrat | Judy Jones | 4,608 | 13.9 | |
| Natural Law | Laureen G. Amos | 399 | 1.2 | |
| Total | 33,182 |
References
Notes
Citations
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Linda LeBourdais' Legislative Assembly information see "Linda Lillian LeBourdais, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- For Chris Stockwell's Legislative Assembly information see "Chris Stockwell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
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