Fort York (provincial electoral district)
Fort York was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1987 and was subsequently abolished in 1999 when the ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. The riding had only two representatives:
- Bob Wong who was elected in the 1987 provincial election; and,
- Rosario Marchese who defeated Mr Wong in the 1990 provincial election. He was subsequently re-elected when the riding was redistributed and renamed Trinity-Spadina prior to the 1999 provincial election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1987 |
| District abolished | 1999 |
| First contested | 1987 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Toronto |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Boundaries
The riding occupied the central downtown area of Toronto. The western border zigzagged from the Lake along Atlantic Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Ossington Avenue to Bloor Street. It then followed Bloor east to Bathurst Street, then south on Bathurst to College Street, then east on College and then on Carlton Street past Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street. It then went south on Sherbourne to the lake. It then followed the lakeshore west back to Atlantic. The riding also included the Toronto Islands.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Fort York | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created from parts of St. Andrew—St. Patrick, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, and St. George in 1987 | ||||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Bob Wong | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Rosario Marchese | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre after 1996 | ||||
Electoral results
| 1987 Ontario general election: Fort York | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bob Wong | 8,951 | 43.9 | |||||
| New Democratic | Joe Pantalone | 8,795 | 43.2 | |||||
| Conservative | Tom Pang | 1,534 | 7.5 | |||||
| Libertarian | Paul Barker | 364 | 1.8 | |||||
| Green | Andrew Scorer | 221 | 1.1 | |||||
| Freedom | Glen J. Magder | 174 | 0.9 | |||||
| Independent | Bill Wheton | 167 | 0.8 | |||||
| Independent | Ronald Rodgers | 161 | 0.8 | |||||
| 20,367 | ||||||||
| Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12. | ||||||||
| 147 out of 159 polls reporting. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes[2][nb 1] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Rosario Marchese | 10,801 | 46.8 | |
| Liberal | Bob Wong | 9,256 | 40.1 | |
| Conservative | John Pepalt | 2,191 | 9.5 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Barker | 519 | 2.2 | |
| Independent | Ronald Rodgers | 331 | 1.4 | |
| Total | 23,098 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[3] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democrat | Rosario Marchese | 10,762 | 41.0 | |
| Liberal | Bob Wong | 8,482 | 32.3 | |
| Conservative | Jacob Ginsberg | 6,025 | 23.0 | |
| Green | Kevin Ells | 300 | 1.1 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Barker | 266 | 1.0 | |
| Independent | Matthew Shepherd | 140 | 0.5 | |
| Natural Law | Maurice Seguin | 133 | 0.5 | |
| Independent | John Steele | 129 | 0.5 | |
| Total | 26,237 |
References
Notes
- 141 out of 164 polls reporting.
Citations
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Bob Wong's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Charles Wong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- For Rosario Marchese's Legislative Assembly information see "Rosario Marchese, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2012-09-04.