Humber River—Black Creek (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see York West (provincial electoral district).

Humber River—Black Creek

Ontario electoral district
Humber River-Black Creek in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Judy Sgro Liberal
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	108,198
Electors (2015)	60,343
Area (km²)	32
Pop. density (per km²)	3,381.2
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Humber River-Black Creek

Humber River—Black Creek is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904 and since 1917. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as York West.

Geography

The district includes the northwest corner of the former city of North York. It includes the neighbourhoods of Humber Summit, Humbermede, Humberlea, York University Heights, Jane and Finch and the extreme western part of Downsview.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, southeast along Black Creek, west along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, west along Highway 401, and northwest along the Humber River to the northern city limit.

Member of Parliament

The riding is represented by Judy Sgro in the Canadian House of Commons.

History

It was created by the British North America Act which divided the County of York into two ridings: York East and York West.

The West Riding of York consisted of the Townships of Etobicoke, Vaughan and that part of the Township of York lying west of Yonge Street.

In 1874, it was expanded to include all of the Village of Richmond Hill, which had previously been divided between the two York ridings, after the village council had peitioned to have the whole village included in York West.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when York was divided into three ridings. York West was redistributed between the new ridings of York Centre and York South.

The riding was re-created in 1914 from parts of York Centre and York South when the county of York, including parts of the city of Toronto, was divided into four ridings: York North, South, East and West. West York was defined to consist of the townships of Vaughan and Etobicoke and the villages of Weston, New Toronto, Mimico and Woodbridge and Ward 7 of the city of Toronto; and the portion of the township of York lying between the western limit of the city of Toronto and the township of Etobicoke bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and on the north by Northland Avenue.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of York lying west of Yonge Street, south of the south boundary of the township of Vaughan and outside the city of Toronto.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Township of York lying west of a line drawn north from the limits of the city of Toronto along Weston Road and west along Lambton Avenue to the Humber River, the Township of Etobicoke, the towns of Mimico and New Toronto and the villages of Long Branch and Swansea.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the town of New Toronto, the village of Long Branch and the part of the township of Etobicoke lying west of a line drawn from the southwest corner of the town of Mimico north along the west boundary of the town of Mimico, east along Queen Elizabeth Way, north along Royal York Road, east along Sunnydale Drive, north along Prince Edward Drive, east along Bloor Street West and Old Mill Road, north along the Humber River, to the northern boundary of the township of Etobicoke.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Eglinton Avenue West, north along Jane Street, east along Lawrence Avenue West, north along the C.N.R. line, west along Highway 401, north along Keele Street, west along Calvington Drive, northwest along Exbury Road, north along Jane Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, north along Highway 400, west along Steeles Avenue West, south along the boundary between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto, southeast along the West Branch of the Humber River, south along Kipling Avenue North, east along Rexdale Boulevard, south along Islington Avenue North, east along Dixon Side Road, southeast along the Humber River, and east Eglinton Avenue West to Jane Street.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the north by Steeles Avenue West, on the west by the Humber River, and on the south and east by a line drawn from the Humber River east along Lawrence Avenue West, north along Keele Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, and north along Highway No. 400 to Steeles Avenue West.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of Etobicoke and North York bounded on the north by Steeles Avenue West, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from Steeles Avenue south along Martin Grove Road, southeast along Albion Road, north along Kipling Avenue, southeast along Farr Avenue, east to Islington Avenue, north along Islington Avenue, south along the western limit of the City of North York, east along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Black Creek to Steeles Avenue.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north and west by the city limits, and on the east and south by a line drawn from Steeles Avenue south along Dufferin Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, north along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, south along Jane Street, and west along Highway 401 to the western city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York West
1st	1867–1868		William Pearce Howland	Liberal–Conservative
	1868–1872		Amos Wright	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		David Blain
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1897
	1897–1900
9th	1900–1902
	1902–1904		Archibald Campbell	Liberal
Riding dissolved into York Centre and York South
York West Riding re-created from York Centre and York South
13th	1917–1921		Thomas George Wallace	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Henry Lumley Drayton	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1928
	1928–1930		Earl Lawson
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		John Everett Lyle Streight	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1954
	1954–1957		John Borden Hamilton
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Red Kelly	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Robert Winters
28th	1968–1972		Philip Givens
29th	1972–1974		James Fleming
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Sergio Marchi
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–1999
	1999–2000		Judy Sgro
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Humber River—Black Creek
42nd	2015–present		Judy Sgro	Liberal

Former boundaries

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  1966 to 1976
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  1976 to 1987
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  1987 to 1996
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  1996 to 2003
• 
  2003 to 2015

Election results

Humber River—Black Creek, 2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	23,995	66.9	+19.9	–
	Conservative	Kerry Vandenberg	7,228	20.2	-1.9	–
	New Democratic	Darnel Harris	3,851	10.7	-17.1	–
	Green	Keith Jarrett	584	1.6	0	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Nugent	201	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,859	100.0		$195,631.84
Total rejected ballots			333	–	–
Turnout			36,192	–	–
Eligible voters			60,994
Source: Elections Canada

York West, 1917–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	13,030	47.0	-12.4
	New Democratic	Giulio Manfrini	7,721	27.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Audrey Walters	6,122	22.1	+5.4
	Green	Unblind Tibben	450	1.6	-3.6
	Christian Heritage	George Okoth Otura	231	0.8	–
	Canadian Action	Arthur Smitherman	170	0.6	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,724	100.0
Total rejected ballots			267	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			27,991	48.2	-0.1
Eligible voters			57,287	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	16,997	59.4	-4.4	$35,514
	New Democratic	Giulio Manfrini	5,363	18.7	+4.6	$12,354
	Conservative	Kevin Nguyen	4,773	16.7	-1.9	$12,960
	Green	Nick Capra	1,488	5.2	+2.2	$1,557
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,621	100.0	$77,457
Total rejected ballots			219	0.8
Turnout			28,840	48.3

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	17,903	64.7	-12.6
	New Democratic	Sandra Romano Anthony	4,228	15.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Leslie Soobrian	3,120	11.2	+0.5
	Christian Heritage	Joseph Grubb	1,580	5.7
	Green	Tim McKellar	824	3.0
Total valid votes			27,655	100.0

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	19,737	77.3	+3.1
	Alliance	Munish Chandra	2,724	10.7	+7.9
	New Democratic	Julia McCrea	2,361	9.2	+1.5
	Marijuana	G. Marcello Marchetti	537	2.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Amarjit Dhillon	175	0.7
Total valid votes			25,534	100.0

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

Canadian federal by-election, November 15, 1999: York West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Sgro	10,034	74.2	+0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Elio Di Iorio	1,721	12.7	+5.2
	New Democratic	Julia McCrea	1,054	7.8	-2.1
	Reform	Enzo Granzotto	377	2.8	-6.2
	Canadian Action	Stephen Burega	242	1.8
	Green	Henry Zeifman	101	0.7
Total valid votes			13,529	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.3
By-election due to the appointment of Sergio Marchi as Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sergio Marchi	21,254	73.6	-6.2
	New Democratic	Lombe Chinkangala	2,853	9.9	+6.5
	Reform	Ken Freeman	2,598	9.0	-1.7
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Donovan	2,165	7.5	+2.8
Total valid votes			28,870	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sergio Marchi	25,356	79.8	+20.2
	Reform	Bruce A. Castleman	3,385	10.7	-8.4
	Progressive Conservative	Marguerite Bebluk	1,506	4.7	-14.3
	New Democratic	Rosanne Giulietti	1,074	3.4	-14.8
	Natural Law	Claudio Paolini	209	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	164	0.5
	Abolitionist	Ljiljana Medjedovic	82	0.3
Total valid votes			31,776	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sergio Marchi	19,936	59.6	+15.0
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth Smith	6,368	19.1	-11.8
	New Democratic	Alice Lambrinos	6,088	18.2	-3.8
	Libertarian	Roma Kelembet	498	1.5	+0.7
	Independent	Sherland R. Chhangur	270	0.8
	Independent	Gary Robert Walsh	145	0.4
	Communist	Jack C. Sweet	119	0.4	0.0
Total valid votes			33,424	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sergio Marchi	17,629	44.6	-12.2
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Di Giorgio	12,218	30.9	+12.0
	New Democratic	Bruno Pasquantonio	8,718	22.0	-1.5
	Libertarian	Dusan Kubias	335	0.8	+0.3
	Independent	Anna Esposito	279	0.7
	Green	Jutta I. Keylwerth	238	0.6
	Communist	Jack C. Sweet	147	0.4	+0.3
Total valid votes			39,564	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Fleming	21,385	56.8	+9.7
	New Democratic	Elio Costa	8,884	23.6	-3.4
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cleveland	7,101	18.8	-6.0
	Libertarian	Scott Hughes	194	0.5	-0.1
	Communist	Nan McDonald	85	0.2	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar M. Rappold	29	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			37,678	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Fleming	18,410	47.0	-5.9
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Michener	10,572	27.0	+1.1
	New Democratic	Elio Costa	9,712	24.8	+5.7
	Libertarian	Dan A. Kornitzer	246	0.6
	Communist	Gordon Flowers	151	0.4	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar M. Rappold	54	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			39,145	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Fleming	28,075	52.9	+13.4
	Progressive Conservative	John Hanna	13,734	25.9	-0.7
	New Democratic	Freda Hawkins	10,139	19.1	-13.9
	Independent	Jim Laxer1	674	1.3
	Independent	Thomas Frazer	215	0.4
	Communist	George Harris	134	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine A. Nugent	71	0.1
Total valid votes			53,042	100.0

¹ Movement for an Independent Socialist Canada

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Fleming	22,270	39.5	-5.3
	New Democratic	Val Scott	18,639	33.1	-2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Clem Nusca	14,997	26.6	+8.3
	Social Credit	David Horwood	237	0.4
	Independent	John Bizzell	167	0.3
	Independent	Sean Daly	84	0.1
Total valid votes			56,394	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip G. Givens	20,416	44.8	-2.9
	New Democratic	Val Scott	16,204	35.6	+12.7
	Progressive Conservative	Wes Boddington	8,344	18.3	-11.2
	Independent	Norman Gunn	442	1.0
	Communist	William Kashtan	155	0.3
Total valid votes			45,561	100.0

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert H. Winters	43,807	47.7	-3.7
	Progressive Conservative	George Hogan	27,071	29.5	-0.9
	New Democratic	Martha Brewin	20,993	22.9	+5.5
Total valid votes			91,871	100.0

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Red Kelly	41,480	51.4	+9.1
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Eagleson	24,479	30.3	-6.9
	New Democratic	David Middleton	14,003	17.4	-1.4
	Social Credit	David R. Milne	697	0.9	-0.7
Total valid votes			80,659	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Red Kelly	32,362	42.4	+15.0
	Progressive Conservative	John B. Hamilton	28,467	37.3	-22.8
	New Democratic	David Middleton	14,356	18.8	+7.4
	Social Credit	David R. Milne	1,205	1.6	+0.5
Total valid votes			76,390	100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John B. Hamilton	34,208	60.1	+4.6
	Liberal	Jack Bell	15,589	27.4	-0.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rose Sark	6,502	11.4	-2.1
	Social Credit	David R. Milne	612	1.1	-1.7
Total valid votes			56,911	100.0

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John B. Hamilton	27,035	55.5	+10.2
	Liberal	Jack Bell	13,665	28.1	-8.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rose Sark	6,600	13.6	-3.9
	Social Credit	Frank V. Russell	1,368	2.8
Total valid votes			48,668	100.0

By-election on September 8, 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John B. Hamilton	12,228	45.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Robert M. Campbell	9,768	36.2	+1.4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bruce William Evans	4,711	17.5	-4.8
	Labor–Progressive	Leslie Tom Morris	282	1.0	-0.4
Total valid votes			26,989	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Adamson	12,228	41.5	+3.4
	Liberal	Robert M. Campbell	10,262	34.8	-2.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Hibbert Millard	6,569	22.3	-2.5
	Labor–Progressive	Harry Hunter	417	1.4
Total valid votes			29,476	100.0

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Adamson	19,184	38.1	-3.1
	Liberal	Kenneth Thompson	18,689	37.1	+0.9
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray S. Kernighan	12,498	24.8	+4.7
Total valid votes			50,371	100.0

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Adamson	14,703	41.2	-3.4
	Liberal	Chris. J. Bennett	12,947	36.2	-6.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray S. Kernighan	7,183	20.1	+6.9
	Labor–Progressive	Alexander Whyte Welch	886	2.5	-97.5
Total valid votes			35,719	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney Adamson	12,788	44.6	+12.9
	Liberal	Chris. J. Bennett	12,117	42.2	+10.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Lewis	3,787	13.2	-6.4
Total valid votes			28,692	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J.E.L. Streight	8,198	31.9	-3.4
	Conservative	Peter Laurie Brown	8,138	31.7	-33.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick Merriott Fish	5,049	19.6
	Reconstruction	Harry Herbert Hallatt	4,319	16.8
Total valid votes			25,704	100.0

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Earl Lawson	20,843	64.7	-13.2
	Liberal	William Arthur Edwards	11,368	35.3	+13.2
Total valid votes			32,211	100.0

Note: popular vote compared to vote in 1926 election.

By-election on October 29, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Earl Lawson	Acc.

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton	16,479	77.9	+2.1
	Liberal	Alfred Taylour Hunter	4,681	22.1	-2.1
Total valid votes			21,160	100.0

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton	23,637	75.8	+30.6
	Liberal	Alexander MacGregor	7,536	24.2	-16.7
Total valid votes			31,173	100.0

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton	8,850	45.3	-35.4
	Liberal	J.E.L. Streight	7,989	40.9	+21.6
	Progressive	James Alexander Cameron	2,710	13.9
Total valid votes			19,549	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	Thomas George Wallace	11,930	80.7
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Frank Denton	2,856	19.3
Total valid votes			14,786	100.0

York West, 1867–1904

By-election on January 15, 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Campbell	4,348	50.6	+5.0
	Conservative	T.F. Wallace	4,237	49.4	-5.0
Total valid votes			8,585	100.0

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	5,126	54.3	-31.5
	Liberal	Archibald Campbell	4,306	45.7
Total valid votes			9,432	100.0

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	5,018	74.8	+18.2
	Patrons of Industry	John Brown	950	14.2
	Conservative	James Platt	745	11.1
Total valid votes			6,713	100.0

Note: popular vote compared to vote in 1891 general election.

By-election on December 21, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Acclaimed

Resigned to accept appointment as Controller of Customs but re-offered

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	3,434	56.6	+1.1
	Liberal	W.H.P. Clement	2,628	43.4	-1.1
Total valid votes			6,062	100.0

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	2,638	55.6	+1.5
	Liberal	Adam Maconchy Lynd	2,110	44.4
Total valid votes			4,748	100.0

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	1,561	54.1	0.0
	Independent	Thos. Hodgins	1,324	45.9
Total valid votes			2,885	100.0

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	1,326	54.1	+22.4
	Liberal	David Blain	1,124	45.9	-22.4
Total valid votes			2,450	100.0

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Blain	983	68.3	+12.2
	Conservative	N. Wallace	456	31.7
Total valid votes			1,439	100.0

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Blain	973	56.1	-16.3
	Unknown	W. Tyrrell	760	43.9
Total valid votes			1,733	100.0

By-election on August 14, 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Amos Wright	654	72.4
	Unknown	John Bell	249	27.6
Total valid votes			903	100.0

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Pierce Howland	810	73.2
	Unknown	Mr. Hubertus	297	26.8
	Unknown	David Blain	0	0.0
Total valid votes			1,107	100.0

See also

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

References

• "Humber River—Black Creek (federal electoral district) (Code 35106) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

External links

• Riding history 1867-1903 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1914-2008 from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada