Willowdale (provincial electoral district)

Willowdale

Ontario electoral district
Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	David Zimmer Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1987
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	140,496
Electors (2007)	90,358
Area (km²)	30.48
Pop. density (per km²)	4,609.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987.

History

From 1987 to 1999, its boundaries were Bathurst Street to Finch Avenue to Yonge Street to Steeles Avenue to Leslie Street to the 401.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the borough limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the borough limit south along the eastern limit of the city, west along the hydro-electric transmission line situated south of McNicoll Avenue, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the northern city limit.

Since 2003, it consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Victoria Park Avenue, southwest along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along Leslie Street, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, northeast along Bathurst Street, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Finch Avenue West and north along Yonge Street to the city limit.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Willowdale
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
34th	1987–1990		Gino Matrundola	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Charles Harnick	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003		David Young	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		David Zimmer	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	24,300	52.58	+1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Ceci	15,468	33.47	-0.13
	New Democratic	Alexander Brown	4,693	10.15	-2.70
	Green	Teresa Pun	1,758	3.80	+1.78
Total valid votes			46,219	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.94
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	21,984	50.84	+3.13
	Progressive Conservative	Vince Agovino	14,528	33.60	-1.32
	New Democratic	Alexander Brown	5,556	12.85	+4.35
	Green	Michael Vettese	874	2.02	-4.59
	Freedom	Amy Brown	297	0.69
Total valid votes			43,239	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			203	0.47
Turnout			43,442	45.40
Eligible voters			95,694
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.23
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	21,065	47.71	+0.74
	Progressive Conservative	David Shiner	15,418	34.92	-8.03
	New Democratic	Rini Ghosh	3,755	8.50	+1.86
	Green	Torbjorn Zetterlund	2,920	6.61	+4.60
	Libertarian	Heath Thomas	469	1.06
	Family Coalition	Kristin Monster	405	0.92	-0.03
	Independent	Charles Roddy Sutherland	121	0.27
Total valid votes			44,153	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	21,823	46.97	+4.69
	Progressive Conservative	David Young	19,957	42.95	-7.57
	New Democratic	Yvonne Bobb	3,084	6.64	+2.38
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	933	2.01	+1.26
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	442	0.95	+ 0.02
	Freedom	Vaughan Byrnes	227	0.49	+0.14
Total valid votes			46,466	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Young	22,200	50.52	-3.47
	Liberal	Fahimeh Mortazavi	18,579	42.28	+13.99
	New Democratic	Mikael A. Swayze	1,871	4.26	-9.57
	Family Coalition	Jim Conrad	409	0.93
	Green	Elizabeth Rhodes	330	0.75	-0.36
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	323	0.74
	Freedom	Vaughan Byrnes	152	0.35
	Natural Law	Claude Viau	75	0.17
Total valid votes			43,939	100.00

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	18,834	53.99	+18.77
	Liberal	Les Scheininger	9,870	28.29	-4.48
	New Democratic	Julie McCrea	4,825	13.83	-13.05
	Independent	Frank Zeppieri	715	2.05
	Green	Laura Weinberg	386	1.11
	Natural Law	Michael Beifuss	253	0.73
Total valid votes			34,883	100.00

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	11,957	35.22	+1.18
	Liberal	Gino Matrundola	11,123	32.77	-13.20
	New Democratic	Batya Hebdon	9,125	26.88	+9.8
	Family Coalition	Mark Vosylius	1,074	3.16
	Libertarian	Earl Epstein	668	1.97	-0.94
Total valid votes			33,947	100.00

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gino Matrundola	15,543	45.97
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	11,509	34.04
	New Democratic	Batya Hebdon	5,774	17.08
	Libertarian	Earl Epstein	985	2.91
Total valid votes			33,811	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25,491	59.6
	Mixed member proportional	17,281	40.4
	Total valid votes	42,772	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results