Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Toronto—Danforth.

Toronto—Danforth

Ontario electoral district
Toronto—Danforth in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Peter Tabuns New Democratic
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,017
Electors (2014)	78,787
Area (km²)	19.75
Pop. density (per km²)	5,266.7
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of Toronto-Danforth

Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto.

The riding is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Peter Tabuns of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

Toronto—Danforth includes an array of ethnicities, including large Greek, Chinese, Muslim and East-Indian communities.

The northern portion of the riding, East York, tends to lean right-of-centre, while the southern half, including Riverdale, Leslieville and Riverside, usually swings to the left.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 2000 from "Broadview—Greenwood" to "Toronto—Danforth" on the suggestion of Dennis Mills, the riding's federal Member of Parliament. Many local citizens were upset at the name change, particularly due to the lack of public say in the matter.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries, which consist of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and Toronto Harbour, on the east by Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, on the north by Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch, and on the west by the Don River.

History

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  1996 to 2003

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It includes all of the former provincial electoral district of Riverdale, approximately 41% of the former riding of York East and 5% of the former riding of Beaches—Woodbine.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Broadview—Greenwood
Riding created from Riverdale, York East and Beaches—Woodbine
37th	1999–2003		Marilyn Churley	New Democratic
Riding renamed — Toronto—Danforth
38th	2003–2005		Marilyn Churley	New Democratic
	2006–2007		Peter Tabuns	New Democratic
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly

Election results

Toronto—Danforth

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	19,190	44.61	-9.40
	Liberal	Rob Newman	15,983	37.16	+6.56
	Progressive Conservative	Naomi Solomon	4,304	10.01	+0.62
	Green	Rachel Power	2,351	5.47	+1.83
	Libertarian	Thomas Armstrong	501	1.16	-0.02
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	172	0.40
	Canadians' Choice	John Richardson	167	0.40	+0.19
	Vegan Environmental	Simon Luisi	149	0.35
	Freedom	Tristan Parlette	121	0.28	-0.01
	The People	Ali Azaroghli	79	0.18	-0.20
Total valid votes			43,017	100.0
Rejected			181	0.41	-0.01
Unmarked			118	0.27	+0.15
Declined			254	0.58	+0.52
Total turnout			43,570	55.30	+6.00
Total electors			78,787
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-7.92
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	20,062	54.01	+8.16
	Liberal	Marisa Sterling	11,369	30.60	+1.40
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Jethi	3,488	9.39	-1.89
	Green	Tim Whalley	1,354	3.64	-7.51
	Libertarian	John Recker	440	1.18	+0.01
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	143	0.38
	Independent	Neil Mercer	110	0.30
	Freedom	Stéphane Vera	107	0.29
	Independent	John Richardson	75	0.20
Total valid votes			37,148	100.00
Rejected			157	0.42
Unmarked			45	0.12
Declined			24	0.06
Turnout			37,374	49.30
Eligible voters			75,815
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.38
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	17,975	45.85	-1.95
	Liberal	Joyce Rowlands	11,448	29.20	-9.72
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Bisbicis	4,423	11.28	+1.35
	Green	Patrick Kraemer	4,372	11.15	+9.02
	Libertarian	Mark Scott	460	1.17
	Family Coalition	Michael Kidd	273	0.70	+0.22
	Communist	Shona Bracken	253	0.65
Total valid votes				100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, March 26, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	13,064	47.80	+0.66
	Liberal	Ben Chin	10,636	38.92	+7.29
	Progressive Conservative	Georgina Blanas	2,713	9.93	-6.99
	Green	Paul Charbonneau	582	2.13	-1.4
	Family Coalition	Wictor Borkowski	132	0.48	-0.08
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	93	0.34
	Independent	Carol Wielhorski	62	0.23
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	49	0.18	-0.01
Total valid votes			27,331	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	18,253	47.14	+0.22
	Liberal	Jim Davidson	12,246	31.63	+6.94
	Progressive Conservative	George Sardelis	6,562	16.95	-7.75
	Green	Michael Pilling	1,368	3.53
	Family Coalition	Masood Atchekzai	217	0.56	-0.27
	Independent	Mehmet Ali Yagiz	73	0.19
Total valid votes			38,719	100.0

Broadview—Greenwood

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	18,150	46.92
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Smith	9,554	24.70
	Liberal	Julie Wang Morris	9,553	24.69
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	565	1.46
	Independent	Melanie Cishecki	543	1.40
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	320	0.83
Total valid votes			38,685	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	17,051	44.9
	Mixed member proportional	20,882	55.1
	Total valid votes	37,931	100.0

• This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results