Humber River—Black Creek (provincial electoral district)
Humber River—Black Creek is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Prior to the 2018 election, the riding was known as York West.
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![]() Humber River-Black Creek in relation to the other Toronto ridings | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1999 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 108,198 | ||
Electors (2011) | 59,674 | ||
Area (km²) | 30.56 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,540.5 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
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Its population was 110,384 in 2001. The district includes the northwest corner of the former city of North York, including the extreme western part of the Downsview neighbourhood.
It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, southeast along Black Creek, west along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, west along Highway 401, and northwest along the Humber River to the northern city limit.
The riding is represented by Tom Rakocevic in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
History
The riding was founded at the time of Confederation in 1867. It consisted of the area of York Township west of the Humber River, an area now known as Etobicoke. This riding lasted unchanged until 1963 when the area was split into four ridings, York West, Etobicoke, Lakeshore and Humber. The riding was reduced to an area south of Richview Road (later Eglinton Avenue West) and north of Bloor Street West. The boundaries changed again in 1975, with Kipling Avenue becoming its eastern boundary and Highway 401 the northern boundary, while the eastern portion of the riding became part of the new Etobicoke-Humber riding. The riding was dissolved in 1987, with parts of it joining the ridings of Etobicoke West and Etobicoke—Humber.
The riding was reestablished in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It consists of parts of the old North York ridings of Yorkview and Downsview.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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York West | ||||
1st | 1867–1871 | Thomas Grahame | Conservative | |
2nd | 1871–1875 | Peter Patterson | Liberal | |
3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
4th | 1879–1883 | |||
5th | 1883–1886 | John Gray | Conservative | |
6th | 1886–1890 | John Gilmour | Liberal | |
7th | 1890–1894 | |||
8th | 1894–1898 | Joseph St. John | Conservative | |
9th | 1898–1902 | William Hill | Liberal | |
10th | 1902–1905 | Joseph St. John † | Conservative | |
11th | 1905–1907 | |||
1907–1908 | Forbes Godfrey † | |||
12th | 1908–1911 | |||
13th | 1911–1914 | |||
14th | 1914–1919 | |||
15th | 1919–1923 | |||
16th | 1923–1926 | |||
17th | 1926–1929 | |||
18th | 1929–1932 | |||
1932–1934 | Henry Isaac Price | |||
19th | 1934–1937 | William Gardhouse | Liberal | |
20th | 1937–1943 | |||
21st | 1943–1945 | Charles Millard | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
22nd | 1945–1948 | John Allan | Progressive Conservative | |
23rd | 1948–1951 | Charles Millard | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
24th | 1951–1955 | Elmer Brandon † | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 1955–1956 | |||
1956–1959 | Leslie Rowntree | |||
26th | 1959–1963 | |||
27th | 1963–1967 | |||
28th | 1967–1971 | |||
29th | 1971–1975 | John MacBeth | ||
30th | 1975–1977 | Nick Leluk | ||
31st | 1977–1981 | |||
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
Riding dissolved into Etobicoke West and Etobicoke—Humber | ||||
York West re-created from Yorkview and Downsview | ||||
37th | 1999–2003 | Mario Sergio | Liberal | |
38th | 2003–2007 | |||
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–2018 | |||
Humber River—Black Creek | ||||
42nd | 2018–Present | Tom Rakocevic | New Democratic | |
† denotes that the member died in office. | ||||
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] |
Election results
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Tom Rakocevic | 11,573 | 37.41 | -1.80 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cyma Musarat | 9,367 | 30.29 | +19.33 | ||||
Liberal | Deanna Sgro | 8,642 | 27.94 | -18.77 | ||||
Green | Kirsten J. Bennett | 485 | 1.57 | -0.07 | ||||
Libertarian | Jennifer Ochoa | 344 | 1.11 | |||||
Consensus Ontario | Scott Aitchison | 320 | 1.03 | |||||
Trillium | Lucy Guerrero | 198 | 0.64 | |||||
Total valid votes | 30,929 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 397 | |||||||
Turnout | 48.34 | |||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.26 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mario Sergio | 11,907 | 46.71 | -3.78 | ||||
New Democratic | Tom Rakocevic | 9,997 | 39.21 | +4.39 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Karlene Nation | 2,794 | 10.96 | -1.09 | ||||
Green | Keith Jarrett | 418 | 1.64 | +0.38 | ||||
Freedom | Kayla Baptiste | 267 | 1.05 | +0.58 | ||||
Independent | Wally Schwauss | 111 | 0.44 | |||||
Total valid votes | 25,494 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.18 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mario Sergio | 11,455 | 50.49 | -4.54 | ||||
New Democratic | Tom Rakocevic | 7,901 | 34.82 | +7.17 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Karlene Nation | 2,735 | 12.05 | +1.78 | ||||
Green | Joseph Rini | 287 | 1.26 | -3.68 | ||||
Independent | Leland W. Cornell | 114 | 0.50 | |||||
Freedom | Kayla Baptiste | 107 | 0.47 | |||||
Independent | Scott Aitchison | 89 | 0.39 | |||||
Total valid votes | 22,688 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 170 | 0.74 | ||||||
Turnout | 22,858 | 39.24 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 58,255 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.86 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[4] |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mario Sergio | 13,180 | 55.03 | -14.28 | ||||
New Democratic | Antoni Shelton | 6,622 | 27.65 | +10.63 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Shane O'Toole | 2,459 | 10.27 | +0.24 | ||||
Green | Sergio Pagnotta | 1,184 | 4.94 | +3.06 | ||||
Family Coalition | Julia Carvalho | 277 | 1.16 | |||||
Independent | Ram Narula | 229 | 0.96 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,951 | 100.00 |
2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mario Sergio | 16,102 | 69.31 | +5.99 | ||||
New Democratic | Garth Bobb | 3,954 | 17.02 | +4.03 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ted Aver | 2,330 | 10.03 | -9.54 | ||||
Green | Richard von Fuchs | 437 | 1.88 | +0.24 | ||||
Communist | Christopher Black | 408 | 1.76 | |||||
Total valid votes | 16,177 | 100.00 |
1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Mario Sergio | 16,457 | 63.32 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Chris Collier | 5,086 | 19.57 | |||||
New Democratic | Stephnie Payne | 3,377 | 12.99 | |||||
Green | Anthony Davison | 427 | 1.64 | |||||
Natural Law | Mark Scrafford | 299 | 1.15 | |||||
Independent | S. Nicholas C. Lin | 194 | 0.75 | |||||
Independent | Rosemary Ann Ray | 149 | 0.57 | |||||
Total valid votes | 25,989 | 100.00 |
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 12,010 | 54.4 | |
Mixed member proportional | 10,054 | 45.6 | |
Total valid votes | 22,064 | 100.0 |
References
Notes
Citations
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Grahame's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Grahame, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Peter Patterson's Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Patterson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For John Gray's Legislative Assembly information see "John Gray, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For John Gilmour's Legislative Assembly information see "John Taylor Gilmour, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Joseph St. John's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Wesley St. John, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For William Hill's Legislative Assembly information see "James William Hill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Forbes Godfrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Forbes Elliott Godfrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Henry Price's Legislative Assembly information see "Henry Isaac Price, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For William Gardhouse's Legislative Assembly information see "William James Gardhouse, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Charles Millard's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Hibbert Millard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For John Allan's Legislative Assembly information see "John Pearman Allan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For William Brandon's Legislative Assembly information see "William Elmer Brandon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Leslie Rowntree's Legislative Assembly information see "Henry Leslie Rowntree, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For John MacBeth's Legislative Assembly information see "John Palmer MacBeth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Nick Leluk's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicholas Georges Leluk, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- For Mario Sergio's Legislative Assembly information see "Mario Sergio, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- "Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate (2014)" (PDF). Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. p. 15. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - York West" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.