Oakwood (provincial electoral district)

Oakwood was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1975 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. It was abolished into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's. Oakwood was located in York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.

Oakwood
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1975
District abolished1997
First contested1975
Last contested1999
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

Oakwood was a fairly safe seat for the New Democratic Party for most of its existence, although the Liberals won in 1987 and 1995. Both Liberal MPPs, Chaviva Hošek and Mike Colle, served in the Ontario cabinet at one time or another.

The longest-serving member for Oakwood was Tony Grande, who held the seat from 1975 to 1987. Tony Rizzo, elected in 1990, was forced to sit as an Independent MP for twenty months after it was disclosed that his construction firm had been charged with violating Ontario's labour code in 1989. He returned to caucus in 1992.[1]

The riding had large Italian and Portuguese communities, and there was a significant increase in Caribbean immigrants during the 1980s.[2]

Members of Provincial Parliament
Oakwood
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from parts of York South and York-Forest Hill ridings in 1975
30th  1975–1977     Tony Grande New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Chaviva Hosek Liberal
35th  1990–1995     Tony Rizzo[nb 1] New Democratic
36th  1995–1999     Michael Colle Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's (1999)

Electoral results

1975 boundaries
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[4][nb 2] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Grande 7,302 40.3
    Liberal Richard Meagher 5,939 32.8
    Conservative J.A. Marrese 4,619 25.5
CommunistVal Bjarnason2671.5
Total 18,127
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5][nb 3] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Grande 9,390 43.3
    Conservative Fergy Brown 6,550 30.2
    Liberal Richard Meagher 5,128 23.6
    Independent Willis Cummins 238 1.7
CommunistVal Bjarnason2321.7
LibertarianAlex Eaglesham1530.7
Total 21,691
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Grande 9,235 45.0
    Conservative Harriet Wolman 6,241 30.4
    Liberal Jean Gammage 4,401 21.4
CommunistNan McDonald6543.2
Total 20,531
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Grande 11,076 42.3
    Liberal Joe Ricciuti 10,093 38.5
    Conservative Harriet Wolman 4,663 17.8
CommunistMike Sterling3661.4
Total 26,198

1987 boundaries
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[8][nb 4] Vote %
    Liberal Chaviva Hošek 12,586 48.5
    New Democrat Tony Grande 10,938 42.1
    Conservative Irene Paparo-Stein 1,741 6.7
CommunistGeoff da Silva6892.7
Total 25,954
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticTony Rizzo10,57248.9
LiberalChaviva Hošek8,19637.9
ConservativeClaudio Lewis1,7127.9
GreenSteven Peck5892.7
LibertarianJohn Primerano3591.7
CommunistElizabeth Rowley2061.0
Total 21,634
123 out of 134 polls reporting.
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMike Colle8,59942.3
New DemocraticTony Rizzo7,62437.5
ConservativeCourtney Doldron3,29816.2
IndependentJoseph Flexer3011.7
GreenConstantine Kritsonis2691.3
Natural LawDoug Storey1360.7
LibertarianNunzio Venuto1000.5
Total 20,327
"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

References

Notes
  1. Sat as an Independent from October 10, 1990 to June 09, 1992.
  2. 136 out of 137 polls reporting.
  3. 140 out of 144 polls reporting.
  4. 110 out of 118 polls reporting.

Citations
  1. "New no-fault insurance plan to be ready by January", Toronto Star, 10 September 1992, A14; Catherine Thompson, "Ferguson not a priority with NDP colleagues", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 17 March 1993, A1.
  2. John Ferri, "Oakwood issues are sewers, roads not the leaders", Toronto Star, 9 August 1987, A6.
  3. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Tony Grande's Legislative Assembly information see "Anthony William Grande, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Chaviva Hošek's Legislative Assembly information see "Chaviva Milada Hošek, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Tony Rizzo's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony Rizzo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  4. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  5. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  6. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  7. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  8. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
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