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Beaches—Woodbine (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with Beaches—Woodbine (federal electoral district) or Woodbine (electoral district).

Beaches—Woodbine was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1967 by merging the former ridings of Woodbine and Beaches.

Beaches—Woodbine
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested1967
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

Boundaries edit

The riding was created prior to the 1967 election by combining the ridings of Woodbine and Beaches. The boundaries of the new riding were as follows: From the southwest point where Coxwell Avenue met Lake Ontario the boundary followed Coxwell north to Queen Street East. It then went west a short distance to Rhodes Avenue. It followed Rhodes Avenue north to Danforth Avenue. It then went back east along Danforth to Coxwell. It then went north along Coxwell to the city limits. Along the north it followed the city limits until it reached Victoria Park Avenue. It then went south along Victoria Park and along the same line until it reached Lake Ontario.[1]

In 1974 the eastern boundary with Riverdale was altered. The border now consisted of Coxwell Avenue from Lake Ontario north to the railway right-of-way just south of Hanson Street. The boundary followed the right-of-way west until Greenwood Avenue. It then went north along Greenwood until it met the city limits.[2]

From 1987 to 1999 it consisted of Old Toronto east from where Leslie Street meets the lake north to Queen Street. It then followed Queen Street east to Greenwood Avenue and then north to the CN railway. Following the CN right of way to Coxwell Avenue it then went north to the city limits.

In 1999, it was absorbed into the new ridings of Beaches—East York and Toronto—Danforth.

Members of Provincial Parliament edit

Beaches—Woodbine
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from parts of Woodbine and Beaches
28th  1967–1971     John Brown New Democratic
29th  1971–1975     Tom Wardle Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977     Marion Bryden New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995 Frances Lankin
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Beaches—East York and Toronto—Danforth

Election results edit

1967 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[4] % +/-
  New Democrat John Brown 10,522 43.6
  Progressive Conservative Jack Harris 9,977 41.3
  Liberal Joe Fullerton 3,646 15.1
Total 24,145
1971 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[5] % +/-
Progressive Conservative Tom Wardle 13,768 49.3
New Democratic Bruce Kidd 11,138 39.8
Liberal Jerry Ewins 2,819 10.1
Social Credit Al Overfield 144 0.5
Independent Harold Rowbottom 88 0.3
Total 27,958
1975 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[6] % +/-
  New Democrat Marion Bryden 11,462 45.6
  Progressive Conservative Tom Wardle 8,576 34.1
  Liberal Ken Kory 4,914 19.4
Communist C. Negre 195 0.8
Total 25,147
1977 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[7] % +/-
  New Democrat Marion Bryden 11,491 46.5
  Progressive Conservative Tom Wardle 9,217 37.3
  Liberal Ernest Barr 3,579 14.5
  Independent George Leslie 203 0.8
Communist Gerry Van Houten 114 0.5
Libertarian Shirley Yamada 103 0.4
1981 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[8] % +/-
  New Democrat Marion Bryden 9,590 43.1 -3.4
  Progressive Conservative Paul Christie 9,266 41.4 +4.3
  Liberal Wayne Cook 3,140 14.1 -0.4
  Independent Peter Flosznik 252 1.1 -
1985 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[9] % +/-
  New Democrat Marion Bryden 12,672 49.8 +6.7
  Progressive Conservative Paul Christie 7,301 28.7 -12.9
  Liberal Sally Kelly 5,065 19.9 +5.8
Libertarian Steve Thistle 396 1.6 -
1987 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[10] % +/-
  New Democrat Marion Bryden 11,948 49.7 -0.1
  Liberal Patricia Herdman 8,519 35.5 +15.6
  Progressive Conservative John Beveridge 3,022 12.6 -16.1
Libertarian Steve Thistle 533 2.2 +0.6
1990 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[11] % +/-
  New Democrat Frances Lankin 14,381 58.4 +8.7
  Liberal Beryl Potter 6,329 25.7 -9.8
  Progressive Conservative Kevin Forest 3,535 14.3 -2.3
  Independent Sam Vitulli 400 1.6 -
1995 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party Candidate Votes[12] % +/-
  New Democrat Frances Lankin 10,862 42.4 -16.0
  Progressive Conservative Lynda Buffet 7,923 31.0 +5.3
  Liberal Stephen Lautens 6,158 24.1 +9.8
  Independent Brad Allen 319 1.2 -
Communist Miguel Figueroa 169 0.7 -
  Natural Law Donalda Fredeen 162 0.6 -

References edit

  1. ^ Provincial Electoral Districts (Map). Cartography by Lands and Surveys Branch, Department of Lands and Forests. Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario. 1967. To find this map in the Ontario Archives, please see sub-series title "Ontario electoral district maps", reference code RG 1-211, File item code RG 1-211-0-0-06.
  2. ^ Vallee, Brian (1975-08-26). "Riverdale: Prices are a growing concern". Toronto Star. p. A7.
  3. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John L. Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "John L. Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Thomas Alfred Wardle's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Alfred Wardle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Marion Helen Bryden's Legislative Assembly information see "Marion Helen Bryden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Frances Lankin's Legislative Assembly information see "Frances Lankin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  4. ^ "Provincial Election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (3 star edition). Toronto. 1967-10-18. p. 66.
  5. ^ "Here's who won in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1971-10-22. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1975-09-19. p. A18.
  7. ^ "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1977-06-10. p. A10.
  8. ^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  9. ^ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  10. ^ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
  11. ^ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  12. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.[permanent dead link]
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