Etobicoke Centre (electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district). For the neighbourhood, see Islington-City Centre West.

Etobicoke Centre

Ontario electoral district
File:Etobicoke Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries).png Etobicoke Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Borys Wrzesnewskyj Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	114,910
Electors (2015)	86,412
Area (km²)	39
Pop. density (per km²)	2,946.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

File:Etobicoke Centre Elections Canada map 35027 (2015 boundaries).gif

Map of Etobicoke Centre

Etobicoke Centre (French: Etobicoke-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Eatonville (part), Islington-City Centre West (part), Richview, Humber Heights - Westmount, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Markland Wood, Princess Gardens, Thorncrest Village and Humber Valley Village in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.

History

The riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

On May 18, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court declared the 2011 federal election results for this district to be null and void. The judge ruled that 79 votes should not have been counted when the margin of victory in the riding was only 26 votes. On May 28, 2012, however, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ted Opitz, filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 25, 2012, the Supreme Court allowed Mr. Opitz's appeal and quashed the order for a by-election. In its decision, the Supreme Court restored 59 of the 79 tossed votes, essentially leaving Mr. Optiz with a 6 vote margin of victory.

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke North and gained territory from Etobicoke—Lakeshore during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

It has elected four members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Etobicoke Centre Riding created from Etobicoke and High Park—Humber Valley
31st	1979–1980		Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Allan Rock	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Borys Wrzesnewskyj
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Ted Opitz	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present		Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	32,612	52.8%	+11.6%	–
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	23,070	37.3%	-3.9%	–
	New Democratic	Tanya De Mello	4,886	7.9%	-6.8%	–
	Green	Shawn Rizvi	856	1.4%	-1.2%	–
	Progressive Canadian	Rob Wolvin	378	0.6%		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,802	100.0		$225,720.80
Total rejected ballots			303	0.49	-0.02
Turnout			62,105	71.02	+5.5
Eligible voters			87,440
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,306	41.86
	Liberal	21,616	40.56
	New Democratic	7,792	14.62
	Green	1,431	2.69
	Others	146	0.27

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,644	41.2%	+3.7%	–
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	21,618	41.2%	-7.7%	–
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Rivero	7,735	14.7%	+6.4%	–
	Green	Katarina Zoricic	1,377	2.6%	-2.8%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	149	0.3%		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,523	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			271	0.51	+0.02
Turnout			52,794	65.49	+3.8
Eligible voters			80,603

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	24,537	48.9	-3.5	$72,089
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,839	37.5	+4.3	$83,207
	New Democratic	Joseph Schwartz	4,164	8.3	-1.3
	Green	Marion Schaffer	2,688	5.4	+1.6	$352
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,228	100.0		$85,584
Total rejected ballots			247	0.49
Turnout			50,475	62.7

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	29,509	52.4	-5.9
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,702	33.2	+4.8
	New Democratic	Cynthia Cameron	5,426	9.6	-0.3
	Green	John Vanderheyden	2,111	3.8	+0.6
	Independent	Norman Dundas	402	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	117	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			56,267	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	30,441	58.3	+1.9
	Conservative	Lida Preyma	14,829	28.4	-10.2
	New Democratic	John Richmond	5,174	9.9	+5.3
	Green	Margo Pearson	1,676	3.2
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	112	0.2	-0.2
Total valid votes			52,232	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	26,083	56.4	+1.8
	Alliance	Michael G. Kraik	10,318	22.3	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Vaughan	7,566	16.4	-5.6
	New Democratic	Karen Dolan	2,124	4.6	-0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	181	0.4	0.0
Total valid votes			46,272	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	27,345	54.6	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alida Leistra	11,023	22.0	+2.5
	Reform	Jason Beyak	8,638	17.2	-4.9
	New Democratic	Matthew Bonk	2,661	5.3	+3.1
	Natural Law	Paul Gasztold	267	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	189	0.4	+0.3
Total valid votes			50,123	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	25,633	54.3	+13.9
	Reform	Charles McLeod	10,440	22.1
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Donley	9,203	19.5	-28.9
	New Democratic	Udayan Rege	1,037	2.2	-7.4
	National	Janice Tait	500	1.1
	Natural Law	Everett Murphy	200	0.4
	Abolitionist	Kelly Ann Leblanc	77	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	53	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Joseph Zmak	25	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			47,168	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	24,338	48.4	-8.4
	Liberal	Mary Schwass	20,342	40.5	+10.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	4,815	9.6	-3.2
	Libertarian	Janice E. Hazlett	373	0.7	+0.2
	Green	Isabel Van Humbeck	187	0.4
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	81	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	John J. Benz	70	0.1
	Independent	Jeanne Gatley	62	0.1
Total valid votes			50,268	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	34,026	56.8	+9.7
	Liberal	Jim Brown	17,853	29.8	-11.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	7,657	12.8	+2.0
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	339	0.6	0.0
Total valid votes			59,875	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	26,969	47.1	-4.2
	Liberal	Joe Cruden	23,715	41.4	+3.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,181	10.8	+0.6
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	308	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Boylan	88	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,261	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	31,498	51.3
	Liberal	Alastair W. Gillespie	23,141	37.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,237	10.2
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	272	0.4
	Communist	Nick Hrynchyshyn	112	0.2
	Independent	Helen Obadia	54	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	James H. Reid	38	0.1
Total valid votes			61,352	100.0

Toronto City Council Ward - Etobicoke Centre

The district is also the name of two city wards represented by two Toronto City Councillors:

• Stephen Holyday - Ward 3
• John Campbell Ward 4

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada, Results certified by judicial recount
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada