TORONTO CENTRE

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'Toronto Centre', 'Rosedale' and 'Toronto Centre–Rosedale' make up a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925 and since 1935. Toronto Centre, covering the same area, is a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Toronto Centre covers the heart of downtown Toronto. The riding contains notable areas such as Rosedale (one of Canada's wealthiest enclaves), Regent Park (Canada's first and largest social housing development), St. Jamestown (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada), Cabbagetown, Church and Wellesley (Canada's largest gay community), and most of the business district of the city.
In the Canadian House of Commons, the riding is vacant following the retirment of Liberal Bill Graham on July 2, 2007. Unless a general election is called first, a by-election must be called within six months to fill the vacancy.
In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, it is represented by George Smitherman, Ontario's Minister of Health.
Its members of Toronto City Council are Pam McConnell and Kyle Rae.

Contents

Federal electoral district

Members of Parliament

Provincial electoral district

Members of Provincial Parliament

Former boundaries

Federal election results

Toronto Centre

Toronto Centre—Rosedale

Rosedale

Toronto Centre

Provincial election results

See also

External links

Federal electoral district

Toronto Centre riding was first created in 1872 from portions of Toronto West and Toronto East. In 1924, the riding was broken into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South.
A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named "Rosedale" after the wealthy neighbourhood of Rosedale. 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 of Canada, the Conservative Party of Canada, the Green Party of Canada, and the New Democratic Party of Canada), have active federal and provincial riding associations which act as the local party organizations in the riding.

Members of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Toronto West and Toronto East prior to 1872''
'''Toronto Centre'''
2nd	1872-1874		Robert Wilkes	Liberal
3rd	1874-1875
1875 By-election	1875-1878		John Macdonald	Independent Liberal
4th	1878-1882		Robert Hay	Liberal
5th	1882-1887
6th	1887-1891		George Cockburn	Conservative
7th	1891-1896
8th	1896-1897		William Lount	Liberal
1897 By-election	1897-1900		G.H. Bertram	Liberal
9th	1900-1904		William Brock	Conservative
10th	1904-1905		E. F. Clarke	Conservative
1905 By-election	1905-1908		Edmund Bristol	Conservative
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921
14th	1921-1925
''see Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South for 1924-1933''
'''Rosedale'''
18th	1935-1940		Harry Clarke	Conservative
19th	1940-1945		Harry Jackman	National Government/Progressive Conservative
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953		Charles Henry	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958		David James Walker	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963		Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1978
1978 By-election	1978-1979		David Crombie	Progressive Conservative
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997		Bill Graham	Liberal
'''Toronto Centre—Rosedale'''
36th	1997-2000		Bill Graham	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
'''Toronto Centre'''
38th	2004-2006		Bill Graham	Liberal
39th	2006-2007

Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
#George Smitherman, Liberal (1999-present)

Former boundaries

Federal election results

Toronto Centre

|-
|Bob Rae
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|-
|El-Farouk Khaki
|align=right|
|Mark Warner
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|Chris Tindal
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|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|30,874
|52.2%
|align=right|-4.30%
|-
|Michael Shapcott
|align=right|14,036
|23.74%
|align=right|-0.01%
|-
|Lewis Reford
|align=right|10,763
|18.21%
|align=right|+3.42%
|-
|Chris Tindal
|align=right|3,080
|5.21%
|align=right|+1.30%
|-
|Johan Boyden
|align=right|120
|0.20%
|align=right| +0.01%
|Michel Prairie
|align=right|101
|0.17%
|align=right|-0.02%
|Animal Alliance
|Liz White
|align=right|72
|align=right|0.12%
|align=right|-
|Philip Fernandez
|align=right|66
|align=right|0.11%
|align=right|-0.01%

Toronto Centre—Rosedale

|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|26,264
|-
|Randall Pearce
|align=right|8,150
|-
|David Berlin
|align=right|5,398
|-
|Richard Walker
|align=right|5,057
|-
|Paul Hellyer
|align=right|1,466
|-
|Neev Tapiero
|align=right|722
|-
|David Gordon
|align=right|224
|-
|Dan Goldstick
|align=right|121
|-
|Philip Fernandez
|align=right|116
|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|22,945
|-
|David MacDonald
|align=right|9,597
|-
|Stephen Probyn
|align=right|8,993
|-
|John Stewart
|align=right|3,646
|-
|Jim Harris
|align=right|577
|-
|Anthony Robert Pedrette
|align=right|303
|-
|Ron Parker
|align=right|270
|-
|Steve Rutchinski
|align=right|166
|-
|Ted W. Culp
|align=right|145

Rosedale

|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|25,726
|-
|David MacDonald
|align=right|10,930
|-
|Daniel Jovkovic
|align=right|6,413
|-
|Jack Layton
|align=right|5,547
|-
|Martin Lanigan
|align=right|1,091
|-
|Doug Henning
|align=right|817
|-
|Leslie Hunter
|align=right|483
|-
|Linda Dale Gibbons
|align=right|350
|-
|Steve Rutchinski
|align=right|57
|-
|Yann Patrice D'Audibert Garcien
|align=right|40
|-
|David MacDonald
|align=right|22,704
|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|22,624
|-
|Doug Wilson
|align=right|8,266
|-
|Chris Blatchly
|align=right|411
|-
|Frank de Jong
|align=right|397
|-
|Liane McLarty
|align=right|265
|-
|Mike Constable
|align=right|102
|-
|Harry Margel
|align=right|91
|-
|Paul Therrien
|align=right|33
|-
|David Crombie
|align=right|23,211
|-
|Bill Graham
|align=right|11,488
|-
|Dell Wolfson
|align=right|7,836
|-
|Shirley Ruth Farlinger
|align=right|821
|-
|Clarke Slemon
|align=right|291
|-
|Sylvie Baillargeon
|align=right|172
|-
|David Dube
|align=right|144
|-
|David Crombie
|align=right|16,862
|-
|Anne Cools
|align=right|14,993
|-
|Jim Hockley
|align=right|5,698
|-
|Geoff Yates
|align=right|319
|-
|Harry J. Nelson
|align=right|140
|-
|Frank Sommers
|align=right|125
|-
|Ann Ladas
|align=right|104
|-
|Dan Goldstick
|align=right|85
|-
|Alan Miller
|align=right|34
|-
|David Crombie
|align=right|18,594
|-
|Anne Cools
|align=right|12,987
|-
|Ron B. Thomson
|align=right|6,902
|-
|Alex W. Eaglesham
|align=right|305
|-
|Hans Blumenfeld
|align=right|196
|-
|Ann Ladas
|align=right|176
|-
|Dan Goldstick
|align=right|80
|-
|Joanne Pritchard
|align=right|49
|-
|Alan Miller
|align=right|32
|-
|Sean Howes
|align=right|27
|-
|David Crombie
|align=right|18,732
|-
|John Evans
|align=right|10,114
|-
|Ron B. Thomson
|align=right|3,008
|-
|Donald M. Campbell
|align=right|196
|-
|Linda Cain
|align=right|155
|-
|Dan Goldstick
|align=right|120
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|17,227
|-
|Hal Jackman
|align=right|14,119
|-
|Maurice Desjardins
|align=right|3,285
|-
|Marshall Bruce Evoy
|align=right|220
|-
|Dan Goldstick
|align=right|136
|-
|Vern Harper
|align=right|75
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|16,073
|-
|Warren Beamish
|align=right|14,856
|-
|Ron Sabourin
|align=right|4,598
|-
|Aline Gregory
|align=right|892
|-
|David Starbuck
|align=right|95
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|19,011
|-
|Bob Bradley
|align=right|9,683
|-
|John Chamard
|align=right|4,083
|-
|F. Nelson Clarke
|align=right|183
|-
||    
|New Canada Party
|Fred Reiner
|align=right|148
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|9,757
|-
|Hal Jackman
|align=right|7,487
|-
|Harding E. Bishop
|align=right|4,514
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|12,860
|-
|Hal Jackman
|align=right|6,803
|-
|Harding E. Bishop
|align=right|3,534
|-
|George Leslie
|align=right|240
|-
|Donald Stovel Macdonald
|align=right|10,191
|-
|David J. Walker
|align=right|9,597
|-
|Desmond Sparham
|align=right|3,778
|-
|John David Brunne
|align=right|240
|-
|David J. Walker
|align=right|15,429
|-
|Tom O'Neill
|align=right|6,412
|-
|Tom McAulay
|align=right|2,570
|-
|David J. Walker
|align=right|12,415
|-
|Charles Henry
|align=right|7,122
|-
|Tom McAulay
|align=right|3,038
|-
|Harvey Jamieson
|align=right|299
|-
|Charles Henry
|align=right|8,702
|-
|David J. Walker
|align=right|8,386
|-
|Dudley Bristow
|align=right|3,727
|-
|Janet M. Clark
|align=right|308
|-
|Charles Henry
|align=right|10,835
|-
|Harry Jackman
|align=right|10,189
|-
|Dudley Bristow
|align=right|6,170
|-
|Harry Jackman
|align=right|11,784
|-
|William Kearns
|align=right|6,997
|-
|David Cass-Beggs
|align=right|4,342
|-
|John Weir
|align=right|1,006
|-
|Harry Jackman
|align=right|9,491
|-
|J. Louis Shannon
|align=right|10,399
|-
|Norah Dymond
|align=right|991
|-
|Harry Clarke
|align=right|9,491
|-
|George Alexander Urquhart
|align=right|8,306
|-
|William Dennison
|align=right|2,765
|-
|Bert Watts
|align=right|2,277
|-
|Samuel Scarlett
|align=right|733

Toronto Centre

|-
|Edmund Bristol
|align=right|5,985
|-
|Norman McEachren
|align=right|5,123
|-
|Edmund Bristol
|align=right|12,051
|-
|Charles MacGuire
|align=right|3,918
|-
|Archie Dramin
|align=right|217
|-
|Edmund Bristol
|align=right|5,156
|-
|Charles MacGuire
|align=right|2,994
|-
|Edmund Bristol
|align=right|3,482
|-
|T.C. Robinette
|align=right|3,295
|-
|Edmund Bristol
|acc.
|-
|E.F. Clarke
|align=right|4,321
|-
|T.C. Robinette
|align=right|3,935
|-
|William Rees Brock
|align=right|2,625
|-
|John Flett
|align=right|2,411
|-
|Henry Hargrave
|align=right|179
|-
|G.H. Bertram
|align=right|2,212
|-
|O.A. Howland
|align=right|1,962
|-
|William Lount
|align=right|2,394
|-
|George Cockburn
|align=right|2,154
|-
|George Cockburn
|align=right|2,414
|-
|James Kerr
|align=right|1,912
|-
|George Cockburn
|align=right|2,282
|-
|John Harvie
|align=right|1,828
|-
|Robert Hay
|align=right|1,620
|-
|J.D. Edgar
|align=right|1,422
|-
|Robert Hay
|align=right|1,631
|-
|John MacDonald
|align=right|1,141
|-
|Robert Wilkes
|align=right|1,509
|-
|A. Morrison
|align=right|1,225
|-
|John MacDonald
|acclaimed
|-
|Robert Wilkes
|align=right|1,509
|-
|Shanly
|align=right|1,188

Provincial election results

|-
|George Smitherman
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
|Pamela Taylor
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
|Sandra Gonzalez
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
|Mike McLean
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
|Peter Cuff
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}

|-
|George Smitherman
|align="right"|23872
|align="right"|52.78
|align="right"|13.88
|-
|John Adams
|align="right"|9968
|align="right"|22.04
|align="right"|-7.84
|-
|Gene Lara
|align="right"|9112
|align="right"|20.14
|align="right"|11.34
|-
|Gabriel Draven
|align="right"|1739
|align="right"|3.84
|align="right"|2.98
|-
|Philip Fernandez
|align="right"|324
|align="right"|0.72
|-
|Silvio Ursomarzo
|align="right"|218
|align="right"|0.48
|align="right"|-0.27
|}

|-
|George Smitherman
|align="right"|17756
|align="right"|38.9
|-
|Durhane Wong-Rieger
|align="right"|13640
|align="right"|29.88
|-
|John Sewell
|align="right"|8822
|align="right"|19.33
|-
|Helen Breslauer
|align="right"|4019
|align="right"|8.8
|-
|Joseph Cohen
|align="right"|392
|align="right"|0.86
|-
|Paul McKeever
|align="right"|344
|align="right"|0.75
|-
|Mike Ryner
|align="right"|236
|align="right"|0.52
|-
|Bill Whatcott
|align="right"|232
|align="right"|0.51
|-
|Ron Parker
|align="right"|205
|align="right"|0.45
|}

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

★ 1872-1924

★ 1933-1996

★ 1996-2003

★ 2003-present

★ Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results