Don Valley North (federal electoral district)

Don Valley North

Ontario electoral district
Don Valley North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Geng Tan Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,073
Electors (2015)	71,081
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Don Valley North riding

Don Valley North (Template:Lang-fr) is a federal electoral district in Toronto that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. It is located in the former city of North York, in the province of Ontario.

Don Valley North consisted of the part of the City of North York lying within the following limits: commencing at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Steeles Avenue East; east to Victoria Park Avenue, south to Highway 401, west to the Don River East Branch, north to Finch Avenue East, west along Finch Avenue to Bayview Avenue, and then north along Bayview Avenue to the point of commencement.

Former North York city council member Barbara Greene, a Progressive Conservative, was elected as its first Member of Parliament in the 1988 election. She was defeated by Liberal Sarkis Assadourian in the 1993 election.

This riding was originally created in 1987, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was created from parts of Don Valley East and York—Scarborough ridings. In 1996, the riding was abolished through redistribution, and divided between Don Valley East and Willowdale ridings.

This riding was re-created from parts of Willowdale and Don Valley East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

This riding is located in the northeastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Henry Farm, Bayview Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Hillcrest Village, Don Valley Village, and Pleasant View.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Don Valley North Riding created from Don Valley East and York—Scarborough
34th	1988–1993		Barbara Greene	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Sarkis Assadourian	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Don Valley East and Willowdale
Riding re-created from Willowdale and Don Valley East
42nd	2015–present		Geng Tan	Liberal

Election results

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geng Tan	23,494	51.42	+14.13	–
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	17,279	37.82	-2.47	–
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	3,896	8.53	-12.20	–
	Green	Caroline Brown	1,018	2.23	+0.91	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,687	100.00		$204,217.72
Total rejected ballots			259	0.56	–
Turnout			45,946	63.98	–
Eligible voters			71,812
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.30
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,801	40.30
	Liberal	14,625	37.30
	New Democratic	8,129	20.73
	Green	516	1.32
	Others	142	0.36

1988–1993

1993 Canadian federal election: Don Valley North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	22,504	59.86	+17.93
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	7,238	19.25	–24.18
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,068	16.14
	New Democratic	David Lu	1,395	3.71	–8.11
	Natural Law	William J. Sparling	319	0.85
	Abolitionist	Lindsay George King	69	0.18
Total valid votes			37,593	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.06

1988 Canadian federal election: Don Valley North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	17,551	43.43
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	16,947	41.94
	New Democratic	Anton Kuerti	4,777	11.82
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	577	1.43
	Libertarian	Earl Epsteine	560	1.39
Total valid votes			40,412	100.0

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada