York Centre

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario


caption = York Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35103
fed-created = 1952
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1953
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Ken Dryden
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created =
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Monte Kwinter
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 113457
demo-electors = 70876
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 41
demo-cd = Toronto
demo-csd = Toronto

York Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

York Centre contains two municipal wards of the city of Toronto. It had a population in 2001 of 113,420 people.

It is one of the safest Liberal seats in Canada. The Liberals have only lost two elections since the riding was recreated in 1953, and usually win by enormous majorities.

York Centre consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Yonge Street, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of Finch Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.

Federal electoral district

York Centre was originally created in 1903 from parts of York East and York West ridings.

It was created when the county of York (excluding the city of Toronto) was divided into three ridings: York Centre, York North and York South.

The centre riding consisted of the townships of Etobicoke, Markham, Scarborough and Vaughan, and the villages of Markham, Richmond Hill, Weston and Woodbridge.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between York East, York South and York West.

A New York Centre riding was created in 1952 from parts of Eglinton—Lawrence, Willowdale, York North and York West ridings.

The new riding consisted initially of the part of the township of North York west of Yonge Street, the part of the township of Vaughan south of Highway Number 7, and the town of Woodbridge.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the north by the northern limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from that borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, southeast along Exbury Road, east along Calvington Drive, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway line, east along Lawrence Avenue West, north along the Spadina Expressway, northeast along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Easton Street, east along Cameron Avenue, and north along Yonge Street to the Metro Toronto limit.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Borough of North York bounded on the north by the borough limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from the borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, and northwest along the West Branch of the Don River to the borough limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit southeast along the Don River West Branch, west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Black Creek to the northern city limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Dufferin Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, north along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, south along Jane Street, east 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 city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

OntElec5|1999
-
Monte Kwinter
align="right"|21250
align="right"|61.09
-
Robert Hausman
align="right"|9192
align="right"|26.43
-
Norm Jesin
align="right"|3721
align="right"|10.7
-
Angus Hunt
align="right"|621
align="right"|1.79

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts
* Legislative Assembly of Ontario

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=841 Riding history 1903-1914 from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=842 Riding history 1952-present from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/InfovoteMain_ne.aspx?L=e&ED=35103&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=&Prov=ON&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=11 Elections Canada profile]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/fedprofile/RetrieveTable.cfm?R=FED96&G=35100 Statistics Canada profile]

* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]