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Toronto Centre, Rosedale and Toronto Centre–Rosedale make up a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925 and since 1935. Toronto Centre, covering the same area, is a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

Toronto Centre covers the heart of downtown Toronto. The riding contains notable areas such as Rosedale (one of Canada's wealthiest enclaves), Regent Park (Canada's first and largest social housing development), Church and Wellesley (Canada's largest gay community), and most of the business district of the city.

In the Canadian House of Commons, the riding is vacant following the retirment of Liberal Bill Graham on July 2, 2007. Unless a general election is called first, a by-election must be called within six months to fill the vacancy. Toronto Centre was represented for 15 years without interruption by successive Conservative Members of Parliament (M.P.) - David Crombie and David MacDonald - until 1993. Toronto Centre has elected a Conservative M.P. at least once in every decade since the 1880s.

In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, it is represented by George Smitherman, Ontario's Minister of Health.

Its members of Toronto City Council are Pam McConnell and Kyle Rae.

Federal electoral district

Toronto Centre riding was first created in 1872 from portions of Toronto West and Toronto East. In 1924, the riding was broken into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South.

A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named "Rosedale" after the wealthy neighbourhood of Rosedale. This riding was replaced with "Toronto Centre—Rosedale" in 1996, but the quickly-growing population resulted in large areas being shaved off on all sides. In 2003, Toronto Centre—Rosedale was abolished, and a new riding somewhat to the east was created named "Toronto Centre".

Each of the four major national political parties (the Liberal Party of Canada, the Conservative Party of Canada, the Green Party of Canada, and the New Democratic Party of Canada), have active federal and provincial riding associations which act as the local party organizations in the riding.

Members of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Toronto West and Toronto East prior to 1872
Toronto Centre
2nd	1872-1874	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Robert Wilkes	Liberal
3rd	1874-1875		Robert Wilkes	Liberal
1875 By-election	1875-1878	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	John Macdonald	Independent Liberal
4th	1878-1882	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Robert Hay	Liberal
5th	1882-1887		Robert Hay	Liberal
6th	1887-1891	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	George Cockburn	Conservative
7th	1891-1896		George Cockburn	Conservative
8th	1896-1897	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	William Lount	Liberal
1897 By-election	1897-1900	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	G.H. Bertram	Liberal
9th	1900-1904	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	William Brock	Conservative
10th	1904-1905	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	E. F. Clarke	Conservative
1905 By-election	1905-1908	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	Edmund Bristol	Conservative
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921
14th	1921-1925
see Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South for 1924-1933
Rosedale
18th	1935-1940	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	Harry Clarke	Conservative
19th	1940-1945	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Harry Jackman	National Government/Progressive Conservative
20th	1945-1949		Harry Jackman	National Government/Progressive Conservative
21st	1949-1953	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Charles Henry	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957		Charles Henry	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	David James Walker	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962		David James Walker	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963	rowspan="6" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1978
1978 By-election	1978-1979	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	David Crombie	Progressive Conservative
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Bill Graham	Liberal
Toronto Centre—Rosedale
36th	1997-2000	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Bill Graham	Liberal
37th	2000-2004		Bill Graham	Liberal
Toronto Centre
38th	2004-2006	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Bill Graham	Liberal
39th	2006-2007		Bill Graham	Liberal

Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

George Smitherman, Liberal (1999-present)

Former boundaries

1966 to 1976
1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2003

Federal election results

Toronto Centre

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Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |Bill Graham |align=right|30,874 |52.2% |align=right|-4.30% |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |Michael Shapcott |align=right|14,036 |23.74% |align=right|-0.01% |- Template:Canadian elections/Conservative |Lewis Reford |align=right|10,763 |18.21% |align=right|+3.42% |- Template:Canadian elections/Green |Chris Tindal |align=right|3,080 |5.21% |align=right|+1.30% |- Template:Canadian elections/Communist |Johan Boyden |align=right|120 |0.20% |align=right| +0.01% Template:Canadian elections/Not affiliated |Michel Prairie |align=right|101 |0.17% |align=right|-0.02% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/AAEVP/row |Animal Alliance |Liz White |align=right|72 |align=right|0.12% |align=right|- Template:Canadian elections/Marxist-Leninist |Philip Fernandez |align=right|66 |align=right|0.11% |align=right|-0.01%

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Toronto Centre—Rosedale

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Rosedale

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Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on October 16, 1978
David Crombie	18,732
John Evans	10,114
Ron B. Thomson	3,008
Donald M. Campbell	196
Linda Cain	155
Dan Goldstick	120

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Toronto Centre

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Template:Canadian elections/Conservative (historical)

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on April 11, 1905
Edmund Bristol	acc.

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Template:Canadian elections/Liberals Template:Canadian elections/Conservative (historical)

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on September 30, 1897
G.H. Bertram	2,212
O.A. Howland	1,962

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Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on December 4, 1875
John MacDonald	acclaimed

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Provincial election results

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Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
George Smitherman
Pamela Taylor
Sandra Gonzalez
Mike McLean
Peter Cuff

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Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes
George Smitherman	23872	52.78	13.88
John Adams	9968	22.04	-7.84
Gene Lara	9112	20.14	11.34
Gabriel Draven	1739	3.84	2.98
Philip Fernandez	324	0.72
Silvio Ursomarzo	218	0.48	-0.27

Template:OntElec5 |- Template:Ontario elections/Liberals |George Smitherman |align="right"|17756 |align="right"|38.9 |- Template:Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives |Durhane Wong-Rieger |align="right"|13640 |align="right"|29.88 |- Template:Ontario elections/Independent |John Sewell |align="right"|8822 |align="right"|19.33 |- Template:Ontario elections/NDP |Helen Breslauer |align="right"|4019 |align="right"|8.8 |- Template:Ontario elections/Green |Joseph Cohen |align="right"|392 |align="right"|0.86 |- Template:Ontario elections/Freedom |Paul McKeever |align="right"|344 |align="right"|0.75 |- Template:Ontario elections/Independent |Mike Ryner |align="right"|236 |align="right"|0.52 |- Template:Ontario elections/FCP |Bill Whatcott |align="right"|232 |align="right"|0.51 |- Template:Ontario elections/Natural Law |Ron Parker |align="right"|205 |align="right"|0.45 |}

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

1872-1924
1933-1996
1996-2003
2003-present
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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 Toronto Centre covers the heart of downtown [[Toronto]].  The riding contains notable areas such as [[Rosedale, Toronto|Rosedale]] (one of Canada's wealthiest enclaves), [[Regent Park]] (Canada's first and largest social housing development), [[Church and Wellesley]] (Canada's largest gay community), and most of the business district of the city.
-In the [[Canadian House of Commons]], the riding is vacant following the retirment of Liberal [[Bill Graham (politician)|Bill Graham]] on July 2, 2007. Unless a general election is called first, a [[by-election]] must be called within six months to fill the vacancy.
+In the [[Canadian House of Commons]], the riding is vacant following the retirment of Liberal [[Bill Graham (politician)|Bill Graham]] on July 2, 2007. Unless a general election is called first, a [[by-election]] must be called within six months to fill the vacancy. Toronto Centre was represented for 15 years without interruption by successive Conservative Members of Parliament (M.P.) - [[David Crombie]] and [[David MacDonald]] - until 1993. Toronto Centre has elected a Conservative M.P. at least once in every decade since the 1880s.
 In the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]], it is represented by [[George Smitherman]], Ontario's [[Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario)|Minister of Health]].

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Revision as of 02:35, 6 September 2007

Federal electoral district

Members of Parliament

Provincial electoral district

Members of Provincial Parliament

Former boundaries

Federal election results

Toronto Centre

Toronto Centre—Rosedale

Rosedale

Toronto Centre

Provincial election results

See also

External links