Eglinton—Lawrence (provincial electoral district)

Eglinton—Lawrence
Ontario electoral district
	Eglinton—Lawrence in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
;
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,150
Electors (2007)	72,202
Area (km²)	22.67
Pop. density (per km²)	4,991.2
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Eglinton—Lawrence is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Lawrence, York Mills, Wilson Heights, Oakwood, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Eglinton.

When the riding was created, it included all of Metro Toronto within the following line: Highway 401 to the CN Railway to Eglinton Avenue to Dufferin Street to Rogers Road to Oakwood Avenue to Holland Park Avenue to Winona Drive to the border of Old Toronto to Bathurst Street to the Belt Line to Eglinton Avenue to Yonge Street.

In 2007, the southern border was altered so that it was Eglinton Avenue from the CN Railway to Yonge Street.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Eglinton—Lawrence
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Lawrence, York Mills, Wilson Heights, Oakwood, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Eglinton
37th	1999–2003		Mike Colle	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		Robin Martin	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]

Election results

Ontario general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robin Martin	20, 284	40.15
	Liberal	Mike Colle	19,532	38.67
	New Democratic	Robyn Vilde	9,153	18.14
	Green	Reuben Anthony DeBoer	1,190	2.40	-0.73
	Libertarian	Michael Staffieri	211	0.43
	Trillium	Lionel Wayne Poizner	100	0.20
Total valid votes			49,527	100.0
Turnout			61.28%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.49
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.49
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	22,855	54.80	+0.65
	Progressive Conservative	Robin Martin	14,079	33.76	+0.21
	New Democratic	Thomas Gallezot	3,060	7.34	-2.48
	Green	Lucas C. McCann	1,305	3.13	+1.63
	Freedom	Michael Bone	264	0.63	+0.23
	Independent	Erwin Sniedzins	143	0.34	–
Total valid votes			41,706	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.22
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	20,752	54.15	+11.10
	Progressive Conservative	Rocco Rossi	12,857	33.55	-3.97
	New Democratic	Gerti Dervishi	3,763	9.82	-0.46
	Green	Josh Rachlis	575	1.50	-5.70
	Freedom	Michael Bone	152	0.40
	Independent	Jerry Green	146	0.38
	Independent	Sujith Reddy	79	0.21
Total valid votes			38,324	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			185	0.48
Turnout			38,496	51.81
Eligible voters			74,309
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.54
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	17,324	43.05	-13.84
	Progressive Conservative	Bernie Tanz	15,098	37.52	+7.80
	New Democratic	Karin Wiens	4,135	10.28	-0.15
	Green	Andrew James	2,899	7.20	+4.24
	Libertarian	Tom Gelmon	296	0.74
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	253	0.63
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	128	0.2
	Independent	Joseph Young	107	0.27
Total valid votes			40,240	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	23,743	56.89	+0.11
	Progressive Conservative	Corinne Korzen	12,402	29.72	-5.53
	New Democratic	Robin Alter	43,51	10.43	+6.12
	Green	Mark Viitala	1,236	2.96	+1.86
Total valid votes			37,381	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike Colle	24,151	56.78
	Progressive Conservative	John Parker	14,994	35.25
	New Democratic	Jay Waterman	1,835	4.31
	Family Coalition	Frank D'Angelo	821	1.93
	Green	Shelly Lipsey	470	1.10
	Natural Law	Neil C. Dickie	263	0.62
Total valid votes			42,534	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23,405	60.9
	Mixed member proportional	15,052	39.1
	Total valid votes	38,457	100.0

References

↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
↑ "Unofficial Past Elections Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
↑ "Official result from the records, 020 Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 43°43′03″N 79°26′54″W / 43.7175°N 79.4483°W / 43.7175; -79.4483

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[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[mwRw] For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[2] "Unofficial Past Elections Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[3] "Official result from the records, 020 Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[4] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Eglinton—Lawrence" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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