Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)

Don Valley West

Ontario electoral district
Don Valley West in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Kathleen Wynne Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	117,083
Electors (2007)	77,977
Area (km²)	37
Pop. density (per km²)	3,164.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Don Valley West 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 Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton.

When the riding was created, it included all of Metro Toronto within the following line: Highway 401 to Leslie Street to the CN Railway to Don Mills Road to the CP Railway to the East Branch of the Don River to East York/North York border the Don Valley Parkway to the Don River to Millwood Road to the CP Railway to the East York/North York border to the Old Toronto city limits to Broadway Avenue to Yonge Street.

Starting with the 2007 election, the southern border was altered so that it continues to follow the East Branch of the Don River to the main branch until Pottery Road to Bayview Avenue until the CP railway.

The riding was particularly notable in the 2007 election because John Tory, who at the time was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, was defeated by his Liberal opponent Kathleen Wynne.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999–2003		David Turnbull	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Kathleen Wynne	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011-

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	24,524	58.3	+7.9
	Progressive Conservative	Andrea Mandel-Campbell	12,828	30.6	-9.0
	New Democrat	Khalid Ahmed	3,611	8.6	+3.8
	Green	Louis Fliss	718	1.7	-3.1
	Communist	Dimitris Kabitsis	125	0.3	-
Rosemary Waigh	108	0.3	-
	Independent	Soumen Deb	74	0.2	-
Total valid votes			41,918	100.00

Note: the 2011 election was held on October 6, 2011.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	23,059	50.44	-2.15
	Progressive Conservative	John Tory	18,136	39.67	+0.72
	Green	Adrian Walker	2,202	4.82	+2.05
	New Democrat	Mike Kenny	2,135	4.67	-1.02
	Family Coalition	Daniel Kidd	183	0.40	-
Total valid votes			45,715	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	23,488	52.59	+8.97
	Progressive Conservative	David Turnbull	17,394	38.95	-11.57
	New Democrat	Ali Naqvi	2,540	5.69	+1.00
	Green	Philip Hawkins	1,239	2.77	-
Total valid votes			44,661	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Turnbull	23,177	50.52	-
	Liberal	Paul Davidson	20,008	43.62	-
	New Democrat	Geoffrey Allen	2,152	4.69	-
	Independent	Judith A. Snow	312	0.68	-
	Natural Law	Debbie Weberg	224	0.49	-
Total valid votes			45,873	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,967	62.9
	Mixed member proportional	16,488	37.2
	Total valid votes	44,455	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results