Don Valley East

For the provincial electoral district, see Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)

Don Valley East

Ontario electoral district
Don Valley East in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Joe Daniel Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001)	109,640
Electors (2011)	71,366
Area (km²)	27
Pop. density (per km²)	4,060.7
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of Don Valley East

Don Valley East is a federal electoral district in Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, York North, and York—Scarborough ridings.

It is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Conservative Joe Daniel. On Toronto City Council, the northern portion (Ward 33) is represented by Shelley Carroll, and the southern portion (Ward 34) is represented by Denzil Minnan-Wong.

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Victoria Park Avenue with the hydroelectric transmission line situated northerly of Apache Trail; thence southwesterly along said transmission line to Ontario Highway 404; thence southerly along said highway to Finch Avenue East; thence westerly along said avenue to Leslie Street; thence generally southerly along said street to the Canadian National Railway; thence southerly along said railway to Don Mills Road; thence southerly along said road to the Canadian Pacific Railway situated northerly of Eglinton Avenue East; thence northeasterly along said railway to the Don River East Branch; thence generally southerly along said branch to the westerly production of Sunrise Avenue; thence easterly along said production and Sunrise Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue; thence northerly along Victoria Park Avenue to the point of commencement.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member and margin of victory			Party
Willowdale, York East, York North, and York—Scarborough prior to 1976
31st	1979–1980	7.3%		Sam Wakim	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	1.6%		David Smith	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	20.4%		Bill Attewell	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	6.8%		Alan Redway	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	30.8%		David Collenette	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	33.0%
37th	2000–2004	52.1%
38th	2004–2006	26.6%		Yasmin Ratansi	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	24.8%
40th	2008–2011	17.1%
41st	2011–present	2.2%		Joe Daniel	Conservative

Boundaries

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded:

• on the east by Victoria Park Avenue,
• on the north by the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail running west from Victoria Park Avenue to Highway No. 404, then along that highway to Finch Avenue East, and west along Finch Avenue to Leslie Street;
• on the west by Leslie street as far as the Canadian National Railway, then by the railway to Don Mills Road, then south along Don Mills Road to the Canadian Pacific Railway, then northeast along the railway to the Don River East Branch, and south along the Don River to just west of Sunrise Avenue, and
• on the south by Sunrise Avenue.

Former boundaries

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  1976 to 1987

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  1987 to 1996

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  1996 to 2003

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	14,422	36.78	+5.78
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	13,552	34.56	-13.51
	New Democratic	Mary Trapani Hynes	9,878	25.19	+11.87
	Green	Akil Sadikali	1,114	2.84	-4.05
	Christian Heritage	Ryan Kidd	246	0.63	-0.07
Total valid votes			39,212	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218	0.55	–
Turnout			39,430	57.24	–
Eligible voters			68,890	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	18,264	48.07	-5.92	$67,602
	Conservative	Eugene McDermott	11,777	31.00	+1.84	$77,618
	New Democratic	Mary Trapani Hynes	5,062	13.32	+0.43	$5,282
	Green	Wayne Clements	2,618	6.89	+2.95	$4,032
	Christian Heritage	Alex Kovalenko	266	0.70	–	$163
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,987	100.00	$81,387
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.88

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	23,441	53.99	-0.6
	Conservative	Eugene McDermott	12,661	29.16	+1.2
	New Democratic	Richard Alan Hennick	5,597	12.89	-0.3
	Green	Wayne Clements	1,714	3.94	+1.0
Total valid votes			43,413	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	21,864	54.6	-12.0
	Conservative	David Johnson	11,206	28.0	+7.7
	New Democratic	Valerie Mah	5,287	13.2	+7.4
	Green	Dan King	1,172	2.9
	Christian Heritage	Ryan Kidd	351	0.8	+0.3
	Communist	Christopher Black	149	0.4
Total valid votes			40,029	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Collenette	25,915	66.6	+11.5
	Progressive Conservative	Cecila Fusco	5,645	14.5	-7.6
	Alliance	Kasra Nejatian	4,736	12.2	-1.1
	New Democratic	Ron Casey Nestor	2,249	5.8	-1.9
	Independent	Ryan Kidd	212	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Judith Snow	153	0.4
Total valid votes			38,910	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Collenette	21,511	55.1	+1.0
	Progressive Conservative	Denzil Minnan-Wong	8,610	22.1	-1.3
	Reform	John Pope	5,167	13.2	-4.1
	New Democratic	Shodja Ziaian	2,981	7.6	+3.8
	Canadian Action	Joe Braini	384	1.0
	Natural Law	Mark Roy	192	0.5	0.0
	Independent	Mariam Abou-Dib	170	0.4
Total valid votes			39,015	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Collenette	21,511	54.1	+16.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Redway	9,279	23.3	-21.4
	Reform	Gordon E. Honsey	6,877	17.3
	New Democratic	Janice Waud Loper	1,538	3.9	-11.2
	Libertarian	Mark Meschino	238	0.6	-0.7
	Natural Law	Fred Fredeen	205	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	90	0.2
	Abolitionist	Michael Mazerolle	22	0.1
Total valid votes			39,760	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Redway	18,719	44.7	-9.7
	Liberal	Yasmin Ratansi	15,881	37.9	+3.9
	New Democratic	Brant Loper	6,310	15.1	+4.4
	Libertarian	Mark Meschino	538	1.3	+0.6
	Independent	David Smith	271	0.6
	Communist	Maria Kontopidis	155	0.4
Total valid votes			41,874	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	29,706	54.4	+11.4
	Liberal	David Smith	18,578	34.0	-10.6
	New Democratic	Joe Macdonald	5,842	10.7	-0.9
	Libertarian	Robert Champlain	356	0.7	+0.1
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	162	0.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			54,644	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Smith	21,944	44.6	+4.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	21,119	43.0	-4.2
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	5,713	11.6	-0.7
	Libertarian	Gordon Keys	286	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	98	0.2
Total valid votes			49,160	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	25,352	47.2
	Liberal	Mike Smith	21,428	39.9
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	6,595	12.3
	Libertarian	Nick Moldovanyi	301	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Donna Gordon	56	0.1
Total valid votes			53,732	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada