York Centre

York Centre (French: York-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953.

For the provincial electoral district, see York Centre (provincial electoral district).
Not to be confused with York Central.
York Centre
Ontario electoral district
York Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Ya'ara Saks
Liberal
District created1952
First contested1953
Last contested2020
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]100,277
Electors (2015)63,682
Area (km²)[2]37
Pop. density (per km²)2,710.2
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of York Centre

As per the 2016 Census, 17.0% of York Centre residents are of Filipino ethnic origin and 16.0% belong to the Filipino visible minority, which are the highest such figures among all City of Toronto ridings. At the same time, the York Centre riding has the highest percentage of residents of Russian (9.5%) and Jewish (5.6%) ethnic origins (in the 2011 National Household Survey, 13.6% of York Centre residents had entered a Jewish ethnic origin).

The riding was previously considered one of the safest Liberal Party seats in Canada; however, this changed as the Conservative Party gained ground in the 2000s, and its candidate Mark Adler won the seat in 2011. However, the Liberal Party regained the seat in 2015 with its candidate Michael Levitt. Levitt was re-elected in 2019, and resigned as of September 1, 2020, to become the CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.[3] A by-election to fill the vacancy took place on October 26, 2020, which was won by Liberal Ya'ara Saks.[4][5]

Demographics
According to the Canada 2016 Census[6]

Ethnic groups: 53.1% White, 16.5% Filipino, 7.9% Black, 5.1% Latin American, 3.5% South Asian, 3.1% Chinese, 2.9% Southeast Asian, 2.0% West Asian, 1.6% Korean
Languages: 67.7% English, 6.5% Russian, 5.5% Tagalog, 3.4% Italian, 3.2% Spanish, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.2% Korean
Religions (2011): 58.7% Christian (35.5% Catholic, 5.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Anglican, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.4% Baptist, 12.7% Other), 19.0% Jewish, 4.1% Muslim, 2.9% Buddhist, 2.2% Hindu, 12.7% None.[7]
Median income: $26,937 (2015)
Average income: $41,225 (2015)

Geography

York Centre 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 Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.

It contains the neighbourhoods of Westminster–Branson, Bathurst Manor, Wilson Heights, Downsview, and York University Heights (a small section south of Grandravine Drive, east of Black Creek).

At the approximate centre of the district is Downsview Park, an urban park controlled by the federal government, on former grounds of Canadian Forces Base Toronto.

History

York Centre was originally created in 1903 from parts of York East and York West ridings. It was created when the county of York (excluding the city of Toronto) was divided into three ridings: York Centre, York North and York South. The centre riding consisted of the townships of Etobicoke, Markham, Scarborough and Vaughan, and the villages of Markham, Richmond Hill, Weston and Woodbridge. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between York East, York South and York West. In 1952, York Centre was re-established with parts of Eglinton—Lawrence, Willowdale, York North and York West ridings.

The new riding consisted initially of the part of the township of North York west of Yonge Street, the part of the township of Vaughan south of Highway Number 7, and the town of Woodbridge.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the north by the northern limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from that borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, southeast along Exbury Road, east along Calvington Drive, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway line, east along Lawrence Avenue West, north along the Spadina Expressway, northeast along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Easton Street, east along Cameron Avenue, and north along Yonge Street to the Metro Toronto limit. It is unclear why the name York Centre was retained as the district was now predominantly in the Borough of North York rather than in the Region of York.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Borough of North York bounded on the north by the borough limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from the borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, and northwest along the West Branch of the Don River to the borough limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit southeast along the Don River West Branch, west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Black Creek to the northern city limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Dufferin Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, north along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, south along Jane Street, east along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding lost territory to Willowdale and a small piece to Thornhill during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries
  • 1976 to 1976
  • 1976 to 1987
  • 1987 to 1996
  • 1996 to 2003
  • 2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
York Centre
Riding created from York East and York West
10th  1904–1907     Archibald Campbell Liberal
 1907–1908 Peter Douglas McLean
11th  1908–1911     Thomas George Wallace Conservative
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into York East and York South
Riding re-created from Eglinton—Lawrence, Willowdale,
York North and York West
22nd  1953–1957     Al Hollingworth Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Fred C. Stinson Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     James Edgar Walker Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Bob Kaplan
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997 Art Eggleton
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Ken Dryden
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Mark Adler Conservative
42nd  2015–2019     Michael Levitt Liberal
43rd  2019–2020
 2020–present Ya'ara Saks

Election results
Graph of election results in York Centre (1953-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2020
See also: 2020 York Centre federal by-election
Canadian federal by-election, October 26, 2020
Resignation of Michael Levitt
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalYa'ara Saks8,25345.70−4.50
ConservativeJulius Tiangson7,55241.82+5.11
New DemocraticAndrea Vásquez Jiménez1,0465.79−4.05
People'sMax Bernier6423.56–
GreenSasha Zavarella4612.55−0.70
IndependentJohn The Engineer Turmel1040.58–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 18,058
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 18,058 25.64 −36.12
Eligible voters 70,434
[8]
Liberal hold Swing −4.81

1953–2019
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMichael Levitt21,68050.20+3.32$93,151.84
ConservativeRachel Willson15,85236.71−7.29$89,344.00
New DemocraticAndrea Vásquez Jiménez4,2519.84+2.51none listed
GreenRebecca Wood1,4033.25+1.45$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,18698.48
Total rejected ballots 6651.52+0.78
Turnout 43,85161.76-3.96
Eligible voters 71,000
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
Liberal hold Swing +5.31
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMichael Levitt20,13146.88+13.64$108,171.17
ConservativeMark Adler18,89343.99−4.54$139,711.85
New DemocraticHal Berman3,1487.33−8.56$9,236.24
GreenConstantine Kritsonis7721.80−0.54$2,969.38
Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,94499.26 $198,977.91
Total rejected ballots 3190.74–
Turnout 43,26365.72–
Eligible voters 65,832
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +9.09
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13][14]
2011 federal election redistributed results[15]
Party Vote %
  Conservative17,24948.53
  Liberal11,81433.24
  New Democratic5,64915.89
  Green8312.34
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMark Adler20,35648.5+10.5$79,794.56
LiberalKen Dryden13,97933.3−10.2$73,675.98
New DemocraticNick Brownlee6,65615.9+3.8$409.63
GreenRosemary Frei9792.3−4.1$342.41
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,970 100.0$83,892.08
Total rejected ballots 350 0.1–
Turnout 42,320 60.3 +7.6
Eligible voters 70,216 ––
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.35
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKen Dryden16,16443.5−9.2$70,386
ConservativeRochelle Wilner14,13238.0+7.9$78,946
New DemocraticKurtis Baily4,50312.1−1.7
GreenRosemary Frei2,3906.4+3.8$3,440
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,189100.0$81,864
Total rejected ballots –
Turnout –52.7
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKen Dryden22,43952.7−2.1$74,395.87
ConservativeMichael Mostyn12,75830.0+3.7$69,571.51
New DemocraticMarco Iacampo5,83413.70$13,721.44
GreenConstantine Kritsonis1,5583.7+0.5$1,644.87
Total valid votes 42,589
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKen Dryden21,52054.8−16.3$64,620
ConservativeMichael Mostyn10,31826.3+5.8$72,837
New DemocraticPeter Flaherty5,37613.7+7.7$10,017
GreenConstantine Kritsonis1,2403.2+1.7
IndependentMax Royz8242.1–$23,589
Total valid votes 39,278
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalArt Eggleton24,79371.1−1.0$56,516
AllianceJeffrey Dorfman4,63013.3–$19,703
Progressive ConservativeMark Tweyman2,5187.2−1.4$1,280
New DemocraticMaurice Coulter2,1046.0−3.4$8,831
GreenConstantine Kritsonis5321.5+0.5$2,401
CommunistChristopher Black1630.5–$202
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston1420.40$8
Total valid votes 34,882
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalArt Eggleton27,86472.1+2.4
New DemocraticMark Berardo3,6189.4+5.4
Progressive ConservativeAnthony Figliano3,3238.6+1.7
ReformAnthony Chol2,8767.4+1.9
GreenConstantine Kritsonis3891.0+0.4
Natural LawMike Dubinsky2420.60
Canadian ActionJozef Izsak1860.5–
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston1680.4+0.2
Total valid votes 38,666
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalArt Eggleton27,15069.7+9.2
IndependentPeter Li Preti3,91810.1–
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Tsiolis2,6886.9−15.5
ReformJohn Beck2,1415.5–
New DemocraticIsrael Ellis1,5574.0−11.4
NationalKurt Loeb7341.9–
Natural LawLinda Dubé2530.6–
GreenAlan Jones2160.6–
LibertarianDouglas Quinn1740.4−1.3
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston830.2–
AbolitionistRandy Armour600.2–
Total valid votes 38,974
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Kaplan24,96260.5+9.3
Progressive ConservativeRocco Sebastiano9,24822.4−5.0
New DemocraticCathy Mele6,35015.4−4.4
LibertarianDavid Kenny6831.7+1.1
Total valid votes 41,243
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Kaplan20,81051.2-9.8
Progressive ConservativeMike Cohen11,13827.4+9.6
New DemocraticVan Newell8,03719.8−0.5
LibertarianSimon Srdarev2440.6−0.1
IndependentSol Roter2260.6–
IndependentBonnie J. Geddes2030.5–
Total valid votes 40,658
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Kaplan23,11661.0+9.7
New DemocraticCris Liscio7,69620.3−5.4
Progressive ConservativeAnne Silverman6,73617.8−4.0
LibertarianSheldon Gold2840.7+0.1
Marxist–LeninistJeffery Forest860.20
Total valid votes 37,918
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Kaplan20,85951.3+0.6
New DemocraticVince Del Buono10,46425.7+2.2
Progressive ConservativeBill Schiavono8,85621.8−3.1
LibertarianShannon Vale2290.6–
IndependentVictor Heyn970.2–
Marxist–LeninistJeffery Forest810.20
CommunistGerrit van Houten630.20
Total valid votes 40,649
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Kaplan32,40250.7+8.8
Progressive ConservativeBarry Swadron15,87724.9−4.9
New DemocraticMichael Copeland14,99223.5−4.3
IndependentJohn J. de Niet1910.3–
Social CreditRoger Drouin1690.3–
Marxist–LeninistRick Hundal1290.2–
CommunistTom Morris1230.2–
Total valid votes 63,883
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames E. Walker26,91241.9−14.7
Progressive ConservativeBarry Swadron19,09729.8+17.5
New DemocraticMichael Copeland17,83727.8-3.3
IndependentHarold Sparks1890.3–
IndependentGeorge Paxton1530.2–
Total valid votes 64,188
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames E. Walker26,75856.6+10.2
New DemocraticDouglas Fisher14,71431.1−5.0
Progressive ConservativeDonald Stirling5,80412.3−4.8
Total valid votes 47,276
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames E. Walker41,55346.4−3.7
New DemocraticVal Scott32,35236.1+1.7
Progressive ConservativeFred C. Stinson15,30117.1+1.6
IndependentMalcolm Cairnduff3020.3–
Total valid votes 89,508
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames E. Walker41,48550.1+12.0
New DemocraticVal Scott28,50534.4+0.1
Progressive ConservativeBill Durovic12,80715.5−11.2
Total valid votes 82,797
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJames E. Walker30,43238.1+5.1
New DemocraticVal Scott27,36934.3+20.6
Progressive ConservativeFred C. Stinson21,34326.7−26.6
Social CreditDavid H. Horwood7460.9–
Total valid votes 79,890
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeFred C. Stinson30,76453.3+5.9
LiberalAl Hollingworth19,06533.0−1.4
Co-operative CommonwealthLarry Sheffe7,88813.7−2.9
Total valid votes 57,717
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeFred C. Stinson23,29547.4+11.9
LiberalAl Hollingworth16,92534.4−9.7
Co-operative CommonwealthRoy Begley8,16416.6−2.3
Social CreditRod Gorrill7771.6–
Total valid votes 49,161
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAl Hollingworth13,90344.1–
Progressive ConservativeRoy Thomson11,18035.5–
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Newcombe5,96018.9–
Labor–ProgressiveDavid Kashtan4831.5–
Total valid votes 31,526

1904-1917
Graph of election results in York Centre (1903-1914, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeThomas George Wallace2,83854.9+4.5
LiberalHerbert Hartly Dewart2,32845.1-4.5
Total valid votes 5,166 100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeThomas George Wallace2,61450.4+0.7
LiberalPeter Douglas McLean2,56949.6-0.7
Total valid votes 5,183100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 23 December 1907
Party Candidate Votes%±%
On Mr. Campbell being called to the Senate, 22 November 1907
LiberalPeter Douglas McLean2,28250.3-0.6
ConservativeT.G. Wallace2,25649.7+0.6
Total valid votes 4,538 100.0
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalArchibald Campbell2,22250.9
ConservativeW.H. Pugsley2,14649.1
Total valid votes 4,368 100.0

See also

References
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Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Lim, Jolson (2020-08-04). "Toronto-area MP Michael Levitt to resign to head Jewish human rights organization". iPolitics. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  4. "Byelections called for Toronto Centre, York Centre on Oct. 26". CBC News. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  5. "Federal Liberals hold onto Toronto Centre, York Centre in byelections | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  6. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35118&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=York%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0
  7. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35118&Data=Count&SearchText=York%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
  8. Elections Canada. "Official Voting Results". Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for York Centre, 30 September 2015
  12. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  14. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  15. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
North: Thornhill
West: York West York Centre East: Willowdale
South: Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston

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