Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Toronto Centre (French :Toronto-Centre electoral district inToronto , Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the namesCentre Toronto (1872–1903),Toronto Centre (1903–1925, and since 2004),Rosedale (1935–1997), andToronto Centre—Rosedale (1997–2004).
Toronto Centre contains a large part ofDowntown Toronto . The riding contains areas such asRegent Park (Canada's first social housing development),St. James Town (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada),Cabbagetown ,Church and Wellesley (a historic LGBTQ2 neighbourhood),Toronto Metropolitan University and part of the city's financial district (the east side ofYonge Street ). At just under 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi), it is the smallest riding in Canada by area.
Centre Toronto riding was first created in 1872 from portions ofWest Toronto andEast Toronto . In 1903, the name was changed to Toronto Centre. In 1924, the riding was broken intoToronto East Centre ,Toronto West Centre andToronto South .
A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named "Rosedale" after the wealthy neighbourhood ofRosedale . This riding was replaced with "Toronto Centre—Rosedale" in 1996, but the quickly growing population resulted in large areas being shaved off on all sides. In 2003, Toronto Centre—Rosedale was abolished, and a new riding somewhat to the east was created named "Toronto Centre".
Each of the four major national political parties (the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Green Party, and the NDP), have active federal and provincialriding associations which act as the local party organizations in the riding. Since the early 1990s, however, most contests have been between the Liberals and NDP.
This riding lost territory toUniversity—Rosedale andSpadina—Fort York , and gained a small fraction of territory fromTrinity—Spadina during the2012 electoral redistribution . This made Toronto Centre the smallest size riding in the country, beatingPapineau in Montreal by 4 km2 .[ 2]
Historically, the riding was one of the few in central Toronto where theProgressive Conservatives usually did well. The PCs held the riding for 34 of the 58 years from 1935 to 1993. However, it has been inLiberal hands without interruption since 1993. The2012 federal electoral redistribution shifted much of the wealthier northern part of the riding, which includedRosedale , to the new riding ofUniversity—Rosedale .[ 3]
The riding was represented by former interim Liberal leaderBob Rae after thefederal by-elections of March 17, 2008. Rae resigned from Parliament on July 31, 2013.[ 4] [ 5] Chrystia Freeland picked up the riding in the subsequent by-election, and held it until the2015 Canadian federal election , when she chose to run for re-election in the new riding ofUniversity—Rosedale .
From 2015 to 2020, the riding was represented byBill Morneau .[ 6] [ 6] by-election on October 26, 2020, the riding has been represented byMarci Ien .[ 7]
1903–1914
1933–1966
1966–1976
1976–1987
1987–1996
1996–2003
2003–2015
According to the2021 Canadian census [ 8] Ethnic groups: 40.7% White, 13.8% South Asian, 12.3% Chinese, 10.3% Black, 5.0% Filipino, 3.3% Latin American, 2.4% Arab, 2.2% Korean, 2.2% Southeast Asian, 2.0% West Asian, 1.9% IndigenousLanguages: 51.2% English, 6.2% Mandarin, 3.0% Spanish, 2.7% Cantonese, 2.4% French, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.7% Arabic, 1.7% Korean, 1.6% Bengali, 1.4% Russian, 1.4% Hindi, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.2% Tamil, 1.1% PersianReligions: 34.5% Christian (17.2% Catholic, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Anglican, 1.2% United Church, 10.5% Other), 10.2% Muslim, 6.1% Hindu, 1.9% Buddhist, 1.7% Jewish, 44.0% NoneMedian income: $40,800 (2020)Average income: $59,750 (2020)
Electoral district associations [ edit ] Canadianpolitical parties are locally represented byElectoral district associations (EDA).Elections Canada officially recognizes the following Toronto Centre EDAs:
Members of Parliament [ edit ] These ridings have elected the followingmembers of Parliament :
[ edit ] Vote share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 Liberal Conservative NDP Green People's Election results in Toronto Centre (since 2003)
Graph of election results in Toronto Centre (since 2003; minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Marci Ien 23,071 50.35 +8.35 $108,727.70 New Democratic Brian Chang 11,909 25.99 +8.99 $58,981.25 Conservative Ryan Lester 5,571 12.16 +6.46 $10,494.07 Green Annamie Paul 3,921 8.56 –24.14 $93,340.55 People's Syed Jaffrey 1,047 2.29 –1.19 $0.00 Communist Ivan Byard 181 0.40 – $0.00 Animal Protection Peter Stubbins 117 0.25 – $4,744.99 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,817 100.00 – $110,776.83 Total rejected ballots 366 0.79 +0.29 Turnout 46,183 57.42 +26.52 Eligible voters 80,430 Liberal hold Swing –0.32 Source:Elections Canada [ 12]
Canadian federal by-election,October 26, 2020 Bill Morneau Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Marci Ien 10,581 42.0 -15.4 $116,839[citation needed Green Annamie Paul 8,250 32.7 +25.6 $100,008[citation needed New Democratic Brian Chang 4,280 17.0 -5.3 $71,222[citation needed Conservative Benjamin Gauri Sharma 1,435 5.7 -6.4 $0[citation needed People's Baljit Bawa 269 1.1 – $22,752[citation needed Libertarian Keith Komar 135 0.5 – Independent Kevin Clarke 123 0.5 – Free Dwayne Cappelletti 76 0.3 – $1,570[citation needed No affiliation Above Znoneofthe 56 0.2 – $0[citation needed Total valid votes 25,205 100.0 – Total rejected ballots 118 0.5 -0.2 Turnout 25,323 30.9 -35.2 Electors on lists 81,861 Liberal hold Swing -20.5 Elections Canada[ 13] [ 14]
2019 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bill Morneau 31,271 57.37 −0.53 $95,538.84 New Democratic Brian Chang 12,142 22.27 −4.34 $58,656.81 Conservative Ryan Lester 6,613 12.13 −0.06 $39,309.94 Green Annamie Paul 3,852 7.07 +4.47 $34,903.20 Animal Protection Rob Lewin 182 0.33 – $2,171.71 Rhinoceros Sean Carson 147 0.27 – – Independent Jason Tavares 126 0.23 – – Communist Bronwyn Cragg 125 0.23 −0.03 $626.58 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 54 0.10 −0.05 – Total valid votes/expense limit 54,512 99.30 – $107,308.65 Total rejected ballots 384 0.70 +0.18 Turnout 54,896 66.08 −3.27 Eligible voters 83,076 Liberal hold Swing +1.90 Source:Elections Canada [ 15] [ 16]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bill Morneau 29,297 57.90 +18.48 $170,325.26 New Democratic Linda McQuaig 13,467 26.61 -9.58 $198,294.34 Conservative Julian Di Battista 6,167 12.19 -5.74 $22,625.73 Green Colin Biggin 1,315 2.60 -2.56 $3,964.97 Independent Jordan Stone 147 0.29 – – Communist Mariam Ahmad 133 0.26 – – Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 76 0.15 – – Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,602 99.48 $203,952.21 Total rejected ballots 266 0.52 – Turnout 50,868 69.35 – Eligible voters 73,351 Source:Elections Canada [ 17] [ 18] Liberal notional hold Swing +14.03
^ Change is from 2011 redistributed results.
Canadian federal by-election,November 25, 2013 Bob Rae (July 31, 2013) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Chrystia Freeland 17,194 49.38 +8.37 $ 97,609.64 New Democratic Linda McQuaig 12,640 36.30 +6.09 99,230.30 Conservative Geoff Pollock 3,004 8.63 −14.01 75,557.39 Green John Deverell 1,034 2.97 −2.05 21,521.10 Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 453 1.30 – Libertarian Judi Falardeau 236 0.68 +0.18 – Independent Kevin Clarke 84 0.24 560.00 Independent John "The Engineer" Turmel 56 0.16 – Independent Leslie Bory 51 0.15 633.30 Online Michael Nicula 43 0.12 200.00 Independent Bahman Yazdanfar 26 0.07 −0.12 1,134.60 Total valid votes/expense limit 34,821 99.49 – $ 101,793.06 Total rejected ballots 177 0.51 +0.12 Turnout 34,998 37.72 −25.21 Eligible voters 92,780 Liberal hold Swing +1.14
2011 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bob Rae 22,832 41.01 -12.51 $ 51,672.12 New Democratic Susan Wallace 16,818 30.21 +15.12 18,904.44 Conservative Kevin Moore 12,604 22.64 +4.32 63,141.66 Green Ellen Michelson 2,796 5.02 -6.83 44,006.84 Libertarian Judi Falardeau 277 0.50 – Communist Cathy Holliday 159 0.29 -0.09 502.10 Independent Bahman Yazdanfar 108 0.19 653.91 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 76 0.14 -0.04 – Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total expenditures 55,670 99.61 $ 92,663.68 $ 178,881.07 Total rejected ballots 220 0.39 -0.10 Turnout 55,890 62.93 +5.54 Eligible voters 88,810 Liberal hold Swing -13.82
On September 21, 2008, Conservative candidate Chris Reid resigned because he said he couldn't commit to four years in government. However, blog entries were discovered that linked him to controversial musings on guns and themurder of Tim McLean aboard a Greyhound bus.[ 20] [ 21]
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bob Rae 27,462 53.53 -5.94 $ 48,353.21 Conservative David Gentili 9,402 18.33 +6.01 39,290.89 New Democratic El-Farouk Khaki 7,743 15.09 +1.21 21,305.27 Green Ellen Michelson 6,081 11.85 -1.56 23,041.16 Communist Johan Boyden 193 0.38 432.31 Animal Alliance Liz White 187 0.36 -0.15 685.91 Independent Gerald Derome 146 0.28 2,063.60 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 92 0.18 – Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total Expenditures 51,306 99.50 $ 92,067.97 $ 135,172.35 Total rejected ballots 257 0.50 +0.10 Turnout 51,563 57.39 +29.52 Liberal hold Swing -5.97
Aby-election , held on March 17, 2008, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation ofBill Graham was won by LiberalBob Rae , a formerOntario NDP Premier .
The nominated Conservative candidate in the by-election,Mark Warner , was dropped by the party's national council on October 31, 2007.[ 22] Don Meredith was nominated as the Conservative candidate in December 2007.[ 23]
ActivistEl-Farouk Khaki ran for the NDP andChris Tindal was theGreen Party of Canada candidate.Liz White was theAnimal Alliance Environmental Voters Party of Canada candidate, and Doug Plumb represented theCanadian Action Party .
[ edit ] Vote share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1997 1997.5 1998 1998.5 1999 1999.5 2000 Liberal NDP PC Reform/Alliance CAP Election results in Toronto Centre—Rosedale
Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1996–2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2000 Canadian federal election :Toronto Centre—Rosedale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Bill Graham 26,203 55.33 +6.08 Progressive Conservative Randall Pearce 8,149 17.21 -2.13 New Democratic David Berlin 5,300 11.19 -9.22 Alliance Richard Walker 5,058 10.68 +2.83 Canadian Action Paul Hellyer 1,466 3.10 +2.44 Marijuana Neev Tapiero 722 1.52 Natural Law David Gordon 224 0.47 -0.11 Communist Dan Goldstick 121 0.26 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 116 0.24 -0.11 Total valid votes 47,359 100.00 Total rejected ballots 246 0.52 −0.38 Turnout 47,605 57.19 −9.82 Electors on the lists 83,243 Sources:Official Results, Elections Canada ,Poll-by-poll Result Files, Elections Canada , andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada .
[ edit ] Vote share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Liberal CCF/NDP Hist. Con./NG/PC Reform National Socreds Reconstruction (1935) Election results in Rosedale
Graph of general election results in Rosedale (1933–1996, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1945 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
[ edit ] Vote share Year 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1923 Liberal Hist. Conservative Election results in Toronto Centre (1904–1925)
Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre (1904–1925, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.
Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.
Note: vote compared to 1904 election.
[ edit ] Vote share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 Liberal Hist. Conservative Labour Unknown/Independent Election results in Centre Toronto
Graph of general election results in Centre Toronto (1872-1900, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
By-election on September 30, 1897 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal G.H. Bertram 2,212 52.99 +0.36 Conservative O.A. Howland 1,962 47.01 -0.36 Total valid votes 4,174 100.00
Note: vote compared to 1874 election.
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