Willowdale (electoral district)

For a long time this riding was considered a Liberal stronghold, having been won by the Liberal Party of Canada in all but one election since 1980. Longtime Liberal MP Jim Peterson was the riding's MP from 1980 to 1984 and from 1988 to 2007, and Martha Hall Findlay was the riding MP from 2008 to 2011. Long considered a safe Liberal seat, Conservative candidate Chungsen Leung won by 932 votes on the May 2, 2011 federal election. In the 2015 federal election, the seat returned to the Liberal Party with Ali Ehsassi unseating Leung.

This district is home to some landmarks like Mel Lastman Square, the Toronto Centre for the Arts and the Claude Watson School for the Arts.

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with Bayview Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Highway No. 401; thence generally southwesterly along said highway to the Don River West Branch; thence generally northwesterly along said branch to Bathurst Street; thence northerly along said street to the northerly limit of said city; thence easterly along said limit to the point of commencement.^[3]

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Willowdale, Lansing, Newtonbrook and North York Centre.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[4]^[5]

Ethnic groups: 39.5% White, 22.9% Chinese, 10.3% Korean, 9.7% West Asian, 4.9% Filipino, 4.5% South Asian, 2.2% Black, 1.7% Arab, 1.0% Latin American
Languages: 35.7% English, 19.1% Chinese, 9.8% Persian, 9.2% Korean, 5.8% Russian, 2.6% Tagalog, 1.7% Italian, 1.6% Spanish, 1.3% French, 1.2% Arabic
Religions: 46.0% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 4.3% Christian Orthodox, 3.2% Presbyterian, 2.4% United Church, 2.4% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 6.5% Pentecostal, 11.3% Other), 11.6% Muslim, 6.6% Jewish, 2.9% Buddhist, 1.8% Hindu, 30.4% No religion
Median income (2010): $26,200
Average income (2010): $42,045

History

The riding was created in 1976 from part of Eglinton, York North and York Centre.

Willowdale consisted initially of the part of the Borough of North York bounded on the north by the borough limit (Steeles Avenue), on the West by the West Branch of the Don River and Bathurst Street, on the south by Highway 401, and on the east by Bayview Avenue.

In 1987, 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 southeast along the Don River West Branch, south along Bayview Avenue, east along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, and northwest along the Don River West Branch to the borough limit.

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.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with Victoria Park Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to the hydroelectric transmission line situated northerly of Apache Trail; thence southwesterly along said transmission line to Highway No. 404; thence southerly along said highway to Finch Avenue East; thence generally westerly along said avenue to Leslie Street; thence southerly along said street to Highway No. 401; thence generally southwesterly along said highway to the Don River West Branch; thence generally northwesterly along said branch to Bathurst Street; thence northerly along said street to the hydroelectric transmission line situated northerly of Finch Avenue West; thence generally easterly along said transmission line to Yonge Street; thence northerly along said street to the northerly limit of said city; thence easterly along said limit to the point of commencement.

This riding lost territory (36%) to Don Valley North, and gained territory from York Centre (16%) during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2003
2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Willowdale Riding created from Eglinton, York North and York Centre
31st	1979–1980	Bob Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Jim Peterson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	John Oostrom	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jim Peterson	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2007
39th	2008–2008	Martha Hall Findlay
40th	2008–2011	Martha Hall Findlay
41st	2011–2015	Chungsen Leung	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present	Ali Ehsassi	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ali Ehsassi	24,519	53.4	+13.5	–
	Conservative	Chungsen Leung	16,990	37.0	-4.7	–
	New Democratic	Pouyan Tabasinejad	3,203	7.0	-11.4	–
	Green	James Arruda	1,025	2.2	+1.81	–
	Independent	Birinder Singh Ahluwalia	216	0.5	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,953	100.0		$206,712.87
Total rejected ballots			251	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			46,204	61.46	+3.06
Eligible voters			75,172
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.1
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,168	41.47
	Liberal	15,280	39.20
	New Democratic	7,383	18.94
	Green	152	0.39

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chungsen Leung	22,207	41.7	+9.2
	Liberal	Martha Hall Findlay	21,275	39.9	-8.8
	New Democratic	Mehdi Mollahasani	9,777	18.4	+8.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,259	100.0
Total rejected ballots			295	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			53,554	58.4	+6.5
Eligible voters			91,631	–	–
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.0

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Martha Hall Findlay	23,889	48.7	-10.6	$47,844.17
	Conservative	Jake Karns	15,931	32.5	+2.4	$75,479.99
	New Democratic	Susan Wallace	5,011	10.2	+5.4	$8,175.95
	Green	Lou Carcasole	3,130	6.4	+0.6	$4,270.98
	Progressive Canadian	Bahman Roudgarnia	864	1.8	–	$4,500
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	260	0.5		$421.93
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,085	100.0	$94,573.51
Total rejected ballots			203	0.4
Turnout			49,288	51.9

By-election on March 17, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Martha Hall Findlay	13,524	59.3	+7.1
	Conservative	Maureen Harquail	6,864	30.1	+0.8
	Green	Lou Carcasole	1,325	5.8	+1.7
	New Democratic	Rini Ghosh	1,084	4.8	-6.6
Total valid votes	22,797	100.0	$
	Liberal hold	Swing	+3.1

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	30,623	55.2	-6.2	$77,156
	Conservative	Jovan Boseovski	16,254	29.3	+6.2		$81,690
	New Democratic	Rochelle Carnegie	6,297	11.4	+1.8	$12,532
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	2,268	4.1	+0.4		$5,067
Total valid votes	55,442	100.0
Total rejected ballots	216	0.4
Turnout	55,658	62.8
	Liberal hold	Swing	-7.7

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	30,855	61.4	+44.6
	Conservative	Jovan Boseovski	11,615	23.1	-9.9
	New Democratic	Yvonne Bobb	4,812	9.6	+4.2
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	1,844	3.7
	Progressive Canadian	Ardavan Behrouzi	883	1.8
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	253	0.5
Total valid votes	50,262	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	27,038	61.3	+3.0
	Alliance	Kevyn Nightingale	7,411	16.8	+4.0
	Progressive Conservative	Chungsen Leung	7,134	16.2	-5.3
	New Democratic	Yvonne Bobb	2,404	5.4	-0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	145	0.3
Total valid votes	44,132	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	27,311	58.3	-2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Gardner	10,043	21.4	+4.8
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,007	12.8	-2.4
	New Democratic	Mikael Swayze	2,833	6.0	+2.4
	Natural Law	Don Murray	268	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Paul Coulbeck	266	0.6
	Canadian Action	Randall Whitcomb	128	0.3
Total valid votes	46,856	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	28,372	61.0	+14.0
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	7,733	16.6	-26.7
	Reform	Gerry Welbourn	7,052	15.2
	New Democratic	Mary Maron	1,682	3.6	-5.2
	National	Shelley Goldstein	674	1.5
	Green	Tom Salsberg	461	1.0
	Natural Law	Mike Dubinsky	248	0.5
	Independent	Owen Smith	204	0.4
	Abolitionist	Jewel McKenzie	53	0.1
Total valid votes	46,479	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	24,230	47.0	+4.2
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	22,347	43.4	-0.1
	New Democratic	Anne Adelson	4,517	8.8	-4.3
	Rhinoceros	Peeter Tammisto	268	0.5
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	147	0.3	-0.4
Total valid votes	51,509	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	22,425	43.5	+6.1
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	22,063	42.8	-4.6
	New Democratic	John Fagan	6,711	13.0	-1.7
	Libertarian	George Graham	329	0.6	+0.3
Total valid votes	51,528	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	22,235	47.4	+7.5
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Jarvis	17,527	37.4	-7.4
	New Democratic	Bob Hebdon	6,889	14.7	+0.4
	Libertarian	Shannon Vale	170	0.4	-0.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Rae Greig	46	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes	46,867	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Jarvis	22,238	44.8
	Liberal	Jim Peterson	19,848	40.0
	New Democratic	Chris Thurrott	7,128	14.3
	Libertarian	Robert Austin Leber	391	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Rae Greig	71	0.1
Total valid votes	49,676	100.0

References

"(Code 35100) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

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Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West

Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton

Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North

Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington

Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe

Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair

Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough

Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia

Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South

Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo

Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey

Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber

Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North

Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound

Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre

Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East

Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre

Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West

Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North

Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

Coordinates: 43°47′N 79°23′W / 43.78°N 79.39°W / 43.78; -79.39

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