- Willowdale (provincial electoral district)
Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Willowdale
province = Ontario
caption = Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings
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prov-status = active
prov-created = 1987
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prov-election-first = 1987
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = David Zimmer
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prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 129356
demo-electors = 90358
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 32
demo-cd =Toronto
demo-csd =Toronto Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in
Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada . It elects one member to theLegislative Assembly of Ontario . It was created in 1987.History
From 1987 to 1999, its boundaries were
Bathurst Street toFinch Avenue toYonge Street toSteeles Avenue toLeslie 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
This riding has elected the following members of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario :*
Gino Matrundola , Liberal (1987-1990)
*Charles Harnick , Progressive Conservative (1990-1999)
*David Young, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
*David Zimmer , Liberal (2003-present)Election results
Election box begin | title=
Ontario general election, 2007
-David Zimmer
align="right"|21,065
align="right"|47.7
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-David Shiner
align="right"|15,418
align="right"|34.9
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Rini Ghosh
align="right"|3,755
align="right"|8.5
align="right"
-Torbjorn Zetterlund
align="right"|2,920
align="right"|6.6
align="right"|
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Heath Thomas
align="right"|469
align="right"|1.1
align="right"|
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Kristin Monster
align="right"|405
align="right"|0.9
align="right"|
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Charles Roddy Sutherland
align="right"|121
align="right"|0.3
align="right"|Election box begin | title=
Ontario general election, 2003
-David Zimmer
align="right"|21,823
align="right"|46.97
align="right"|4.69
-David Young
align="right"|19,957
align="right"|42.95
align="right"|-7.57
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Yvonne Bobb
align="right"|3,084
align="right"|6.64
align="right"|2.38
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Sharolyn Vettese
align="right"|933
align="right"|2.01
align="right"|1.26
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Rina Morra
align="right"|442
align="right"|0.95
align="right"|0.02
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Vaughan Byrnes
align="right"|227
align="right"|0.49
align="right"|0.14OntElec5|1999
-David Young
align="right"|22,200
align="right"|50.52
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Fahimeh Mortazavi
align="right"|18,579
align="right"|42.28
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Mikael A. Swayze
align="right"|1,871
align="right"|4.26
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Jim Conrad
align="right"|409
align="right"|0.93
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Elizabeth Rhodes
align="right"|330
align="right"|0.75
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Bernadette Michael
align="right"|323
align="right"|0.74
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Vaughan Byrnes
align="right"|152
align="right"|0.35
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Claude Viau
align="right"|75
align="right"|0.17OntElec5|1995
-Charles Harnick
align="right"|18,834
align="right"|53.99
-Les Scheininger
align="right"|9,870
align="right"|28.29
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Julie McCrea
align="right"|4,825
align="right"|13.83
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Frank Zeppieri
align="right"|715
align="right"|2.05
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Laura Weinberg
align="right"|386
align="right"|1.11
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Michael Beifuss
align="right"|253
align="right"|0.73OntElec5|1990
-Charles Harnick
align="right"|11,957
align="right"| 35.22
-Gino Matrundola
align="right"|11,123
align="right"| 32.77
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Batya Hebdon
align="right"|9,125
align="right"| 26.88
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Mark Vosylius
align="right"|1,074
align="right"| 3.16
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Earl Epstein
align="right"|668
align="right"| 1.97OntElec5|1987
-Gino Matrundola
align="right"|15,543
align="right"| 45.97
-Charles Harnick
align="right"|11,509
align="right"| 34.04
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Batya Hebdon
align="right"|5,774
align="right"| 17.08
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Earl Epstein
align="right"|985
align="right"| 2.91
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