Eglinton—Lawrence

Eglinton—Lawrence
Ontario electoral district
	Eglinton—Lawrence in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	113,150
Electors (2015)	76,739
Area (km²)[2]	22.67
Pop. density (per km²)	4,991.2
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of Eglinton-Lawrence

Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east to Caledonia in the west and from Highway 401 in the north to Eglinton Avenue in the south. Lawrence Avenue runs through the centre of the riding. Neighbourhoods in the riding include Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, Lawrence Heights, the southwestern part of York Mills and the western part of Lawrence Park. The riding includes portions of the former cities of North York, Toronto, and York.

As per the 2016 Census, Eglinton—Lawrence is the City of Toronto riding with the highest percentage of people of Polish ethnic origin (12.0%) and the second-highest percentage of people of Jewish ethnic origin (5.1%). In the 2011 National Household Survey more than 15% of the residents of Eglinton—Lawrence filled in a Jewish ethnic origin.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Eglinton, York Centre, York South, and York West. Federally, it was represented by Liberal Joe Volpe from 1988 to 2011, by Conservative Joe Oliver from 2011 to 2015, and by Liberal Marco Mendicino since the 2015 federal election.

History

This riding's boundaries were not changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

1979 to 1988
1988 to 1997
1997 to 2004
2004 to present

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Eglinton—Lawrence Riding created from Eglinton, York Centre, York South and York West
31st	1979–1980	Roland de Corneille	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Joe Volpe
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Joe Oliver	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present	Marco Mendicino	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marco Mendicino	27,278	48.89	+10.47	$155,849.60
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	23,788	42.64	-4.18	$183,256.52
	New Democratic	Andrew Thomson	3,505	6.28	-5.32	$114,205.95
	Green	Matthew Chisholm	799	1.43	-1.74	$217.60
	Libertarian	Ethan Buchman	308	0.55	–	–
	Animal Alliance	Rudy Brunell Solomonvici	114	0.20	–	$5,129.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,792	100.00		$210,250.86
Total rejected ballots			328	0.58
Turnout			56,120	72.45
Eligible voters			77,463
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.32
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	22,652	46.81	+7.56
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	18,590	38.42	-5.57
	New Democratic	Justin Chatwin	5,613	11.60	+3.18
	Green	Paul Baker	1,534	3.17	-5.17
Total valid votes			48,389	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302	0.62	+0.12
Turnout			48,691	68.02	+8.27
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.57

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	19,133	43.99	-8.90	$46,582
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	17,073	39.25	+9.00	$82,193
	New Democratic	Justin Chatwin	3,663	8.42	-3.07	$4,729
	Green	Andrew James	3,629	8.34	+3.22	$6,136
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,498	100.00	$82,294
Total rejected ballots			219	0.50
Turnout			43,717	59.75
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.95

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	26,044	52.89	−7.35	$66,769
	Conservative	Peter Coy	14,897	30.25	+5.20	$59,382
	New Democratic	Maurganne Mooney	5,660	11.49	+1.11	$7,722
	Green	Patrick Metzger	2,520	5.12	+1.03	$1,338
	N/A (Communist League)	John Steele	123	0.25		$369
Total valid votes			49,244	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Turnout			49,489	67.61	+3.84
Electors on the lists			73,201
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	28,360	60.24	+1.07	$72,089
	Conservative	Bernie Tanz	11,792	25.05	−6.88	$71,823
	New Democratic	Max Silverman	4,886	10.38	+3.93	$8,534
	Green	Shel Goldstein	1,924	4.09		$2,377
	Canadian Action	Corrinne Prévost	115	0.24		$0
Total valid votes			47,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Turnout			47,361	63.77
Electors on the lists			74,266
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	25,161	60.68	+1.44	$53,652
	Progressive Conservative	Louise Sankey	7,156	17.26	−5.49	$16,232
	Alliance	Joel Etienne	5,497	13.26	+5.17	$18,685
	New Democratic	Simon Rowland	2,663	6.42	−2.60	$1,577
	Green	Doug Howat	688	1.66		$579
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	164	0.40		$8
	Natural Law	Matthew Macleod	133	0.32	−0.59	$0
Total valid votes			41,462	100.00
Total rejected ballots			263
Turnout			41,725	57.58	−9.42
Electors on the lists			72,463
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	25,985	59.24	−4.07	$49,531
	Progressive Conservative	David Rotenberg	9,977	22.75	+5.11	$34,874
	New Democratic	Sam Savona	3,955	9.02	+4.36	$14,088
	Reform	Charles Van Tuinen	3,547	8.09	−3.65	$10,529
	Natural Law	Robyn Brandon	397	0.91		$0
Total valid votes			43,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Turnout			44,181	67.00
Electors on the lists			65,945
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	28,634	71.62	+20.60	$38,419
	Reform	Charles Van Tuinen	4,347	10.87		$13,413
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Monson	4,262	10.66	−20.28	$19,954
	New Democratic Party	Gael Hepworth	2,091	5.23	−10.34	$12,165
	Natural Law	Debbie Weberg	384	0.96		$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Jeanne Gatley	138	0.35		$105
	Abolitionist	Linda Kruschel	124	0.31		$0
Total valid votes			39,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480
Turnout			40,460	68.28	−6.48
Electors on the lists			59,254
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	20,446	51.02	+8.04	$33,611
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Abbott	12,400	30.94	−9.35	$26,187
	New Democratic	Vittoria Levi	6,241	15.57	+0.68	$16,036
	Libertarian	Sandor L. Hegedus	538	1.34	+0.51	$0
	Communist	Geoffrey da Silva	208	0.52	+0.02	$357
	N/A (Revolutionary Workers League)	Margaret Manwaring	123	0.31		$776
	Commonwealth of Canada	James Felicioni	122	0.30		$67
Total valid votes			40,078	100.00
Total rejected ballots			565
Turnout			40,643	74.76
Electors on the lists			54,362

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	18,645	42.98	-7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Dan La Caprara	17,476	40.29	+6.46
	New Democratic	Marlene Miller	6,458	14.89	+0.19
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	362	0.83	0.00
	Independent	Ken Kirk	219	0.50
	Communist	Nan McDonald	219	0.50
Total valid votes			43,379	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	20,861	50.47	+7.59
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	13,985	33.83	-5.35
	New Democratic	Graham Murray	6,077	14.70	-1.70
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	343	0.83	-0.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	71	0.17	-0.08
Total valid votes			41,337	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	19,270	42.88
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	17,605	39.18
	New Democratic	Leo Heaps	7,368	16.40
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	585	1.30
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	111	0.25
Total valid votes			44,939	100.00

Toronto Council Wards 15 and 16

Eglinton - Lawrence is also the name for two wards on Toronto City Council each represented by a city councillor:

(Ward 15) Eglinton - Lawrence - current councillor Josh Colle
(Ward 16) Eglinton - Lawrence - current councillor Christin Carmichael Greb

The combined ward boundaries roughly corresponds to the federal electoral district.

References

"(Code 35019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

Notes

External links

Coordinates: 43°43′01″N 79°26′53″W / 43.717°N 79.448°W / 43.717; -79.448

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[1] Statistics Canada

[2] Statistics Canada

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Eglinton—Lawrence, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.

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