Eglinton—Lawrence (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Eglinton—Lawrence (provincial electoral district).

Eglinton—Lawrence

Ontario electoral district
Eglinton—Lawrence in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Marco Mendicino Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,150
Electors (2015)	76,739
Area (km²)	22.67
Pop. density (per km²)	4,991.2
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Eglinton-Lawrence

Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east to Caledonia in the west and from Highway 401 in the north to Eglinton Avenue in the south. Lawrence Avenue runs through the centre of the riding. Neighbourhoods in the riding include Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, Lawrence Heights, the southwestern part of York Mills and the western part of Lawrence Park. The riding includes portions of the former cities of North York, Toronto, and York.

As per the 2016 Census, Eglinton—Lawrence is the City of Toronto riding with the highest percentage of people of Polish ethnic origin (12.0%) and the second-highest percentage of people of Jewish ethnic origin (5.1%). In the 2011 National Household Survey more than 15% of the residents of Eglinton—Lawrence filled in a Jewish ethnic origin.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Eglinton, York Centre, York South, and York West. Federally, it was represented by Liberal Joe Volpe from 1988 to 2011, by Conservative Joe Oliver from 2011 to 2015, and by Liberal Marco Mendicino since the 2015 federal election.

History

This riding's boundaries were not changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

• 
  1979 to 1988
• 
  1988 to 1997
• 
  1997 to 2004
• 
  2004 to present

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Eglinton—Lawrence Riding created from Eglinton, York Centre, York South and York West
31st	1979–1980		Roland de Corneille	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Joe Volpe
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Joe Oliver	Conservative
42nd	2015–present		Marco Mendicino	Liberal

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marco Mendicino	27,278	48.89	+10.47	$155,849.60
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	23,788	42.64	-4.18	$183,256.52
	New Democratic	Andrew Thomson	3,505	6.28	-5.32	$114,205.95
	Green	Matthew Chisholm	799	1.43	-1.74	$217.60
	Libertarian	Ethan Buchman	308	0.55	–	–
	Animal Alliance	Rudy Brunell Solomonvici	114	0.20	–	$5,129.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,792	100.00		$210,250.86
Total rejected ballots			328	0.58
Turnout			56,120	72.45
Eligible voters			77,463
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.32
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	22,652	46.81	+7.56
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	18,590	38.42	-5.57
	New Democratic	Justin Chatwin	5,613	11.60	+3.18
	Green	Paul Baker	1,534	3.17	-5.17
Total valid votes			48,389	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302	0.62	+0.12
Turnout			48,691	68.02	+8.27
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.57

Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	19,133	43.99	-8.90	$46,582
	Conservative	Joe Oliver	17,073	39.25	+9.00	$82,193
	New Democratic	Justin Chatwin	3,663	8.42	-3.07	$4,729
	Green	Andrew James	3,629	8.34	+3.22	$6,136
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,498	100.00	$82,294
Total rejected ballots			219	0.50
Turnout			43,717	59.75
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.95

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	18,645	42.98	-7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Dan La Caprara	17,476	40.29	+6.46
	New Democratic	Marlene Miller	6,458	14.89	+0.19
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	362	0.83	0.00
	Independent	Ken Kirk	219	0.50
	Communist	Nan McDonald	219	0.50
Total valid votes			43,379	100.00

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	20,861	50.47	+7.59
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	13,985	33.83	-5.35
	New Democratic	Graham Murray	6,077	14.70	-1.70
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	343	0.83	-0.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	71	0.17	-0.08
Total valid votes			41,337	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	19,270	42.88
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	17,605	39.18
	New Democratic	Leo Heaps	7,368	16.40
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	585	1.30
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	111	0.25
Total valid votes			44,939	100.00

Toronto Council Wards 15 and 16

Eglinton - Lawrence is also the name for two wards on Toronto City Council each represented by a city councillor:

• (Ward 15) Eglinton - Lawrence - current councillor Josh Colle
• (Ward 16) Eglinton - Lawrence - current councillor Christin Carmichael Greb

The combined ward boundaries roughly corresponds to the federal electoral district.

See also

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

References

• "Eglinton—Lawrence (federal electoral district) (Code 35019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

External links

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