Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)

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.

Toronto—Danforth
Ontario electoral district
Toronto—Danforth in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Peter Tabuns
New Democratic
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)106,880
Electors (2018)84,072
Area (km²)29
Pop. density (per km²)3,685.5
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of Toronto-Danforth
Toronto-Danforth from 2003 to 2018

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

History

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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.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

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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
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]

Election results

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Toronto—Danforth

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Peter Tabuns 22,890 55.39 −8.85 $112,989
Liberal Mary Fragedakis 9,240 22.36 +8.29 $77,403
Progressive Conservative Colleen McCleery 5,556 13.44 −2.41 $18,446
Green Marcelo Levy 2,513 6.08 +1.70 $4,531
New Blue Milton Kandias 515 1.25   $9,594
Ontario Party George Simopoulos 232 0.56   $0
None of the Above Christopher Brophy 201 0.49   $0
Communist Jennifer Moxon 177 0.43 +0.10 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,324 99.41 +0.38 $117,719
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 244 0.59 −0.38
Turnout 41,568 49.44 −12.14
Eligible voters 83,888
New Democratic hold Swing −8.57
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Tabuns 32,938 64.25 +19.64
Progressive Conservative Patricia Kalligosfyris 8,131 15.86 +5.85
Liberal Li Koo 7,216 14.07 -23.15
Green Andrew Trotter 2,248 4.38 -1.09
Libertarian Paul Layton 341 0.67 -0.49
Communist Ivan Byard 167 0.33 -0.07
Independent John Kladitis 118 0.23
Independent John Richardson 110 0.21
Total valid votes 51,269 99.03 +0.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 503 0.97 -0.30
Turnout 51,772 61.58 +6.28
Eligible voters 84,072
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2014 Ontario general election
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
People's Political Party Ali Azaroghli 79 0.18 -0.20
Total valid votes 43,017 98.73 -0.67
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 553 1.27 +0.67
Total turnout 43,570 55.30 +6.00
Total electors 78,787
New Democratic hold Swing -7.92
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2011 Ontario general election
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 99.40 +0.41
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 226 0.60 -0.41
Turnout 37,374 49.30
Eligible voters 75,815
New Democratic hold Swing +3.38
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2007 Ontario general election
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 39,204 98.99 -0.59
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 401 1.01 +0.59
Turnout 39,605 53.18 +13.29
Eligible voters 74,479
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario
Ontario provincial by-election, March 26, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Tabuns 13,054 48.26 +0.66
Liberal Ben Chin 10,636 38.93 +7.29
Progressive Conservative Georgina Blanas 2,740 10.03 -6.99
Green Paul Charbonneau 582 2.13 -1.4
Family Coalition Wictor Borkowski 104 0.38 -0.08
Freedom Franz Cauchi 93 0.34  
Independent Carol Wielhorski 63 0.23  
Independent Mehmet Ali Yagiz 50 0.18 -0.01
Total valid votes 27,322 99.58 +0.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 115 0.42 -0.34
Turnout 27,437 39.89 -15.97
Eligible voters 68,782
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario
2003 Ontario general election
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 99.24
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 295 0.76
Turnout 39,014 55.86
Eligible voters 69,840
Source: Elections Ontario

Broadview—Greenwood

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1999 Ontario general election
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

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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.

References

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  1. ^ electionprediction.org
  2. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Marilyn Churley's Legislative Assembly information see "Marilyn Churley, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
    • For Peter Tabuns' Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Tabuns, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Official Past Election Results". Elections Ontario. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Toronto—Danforth" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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