Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Toronto Centre Ontario electoral districtToronto Centre in relation to other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Marci IenLiberal District created 1933 First contested 1935 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile, map Demographics Population (2021)[ 1] 119,901 Electors (2020)81,861 Area (km²)[ 1] 5.84 Pop. density (per km²) 20,531 Census division(s) Toronto Census subdivision(s) Toronto
Map of Toronto Centre Toronto Centre (French: Toronto-Centre ) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto (1872–1903), Toronto Centre (1903–1925, and since 2004), Rosedale (1935–1997), and Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1997–2004).
Toronto Centre contains a large part of Downtown Toronto. The riding contains areas such as Regent Park (Canada's first social housing development), St. James Town (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada), Cabbagetown, Church and Wellesley (a historic LGBTQ2 neighbourhood), Toronto Metropolitan University, the Toronto Eaton Centre and part of the city's financial district (the east side of Bay Street ). At just under 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi), it is the smallest riding in Canada by area.
History Centre Toronto riding was first created in 1872 from portions of West Toronto and East Toronto. In 1903, the name was changed to Toronto Centre. 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, the Conservative Party, the Green Party, and the NDP), have active federal and provincial riding associations which act as the local party organizations in the riding. Since the early 1990s, however, most contests have been between the Liberals and NDP.
This riding lost territory to University—Rosedale and Spadina—Fort York, and gained a small fraction of territory from Trinity—Spadina during the 2012 electoral redistribution . This made Toronto Centre the smallest size riding in the country, beating Papineau in Montreal by 4 km2 .[ 2]
Historically, the riding was one of the few in central Toronto where the Progressive Conservatives usually did well. The PCs held the riding for 34 of the 58 years from 1935 to 1993. However, it has been in Liberal hands without interruption since 1993. The 2012 federal electoral redistribution shifted much of the wealthier northern part of the riding, which included Rosedale , to the new riding of University—Rosedale.[ 3]
The riding was represented by former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae after the federal by-elections of March 17, 2008. Rae resigned from Parliament on July 31, 2013.[ 4] [ 5] Liberal Chrystia Freeland picked up the riding in the subsequent by-election, and held it until the 2015 Canadian federal election , when she chose to run for re-election in the new riding of University—Rosedale.
From 2015 to 2020, the riding was represented by Bill Morneau .[ 6] On August 17, 2020, Morneau resigned as MP.[ 6] Following a by-election on October 26, 2020, the riding has been represented by Marci Ien .[ 7]
1903–1914
1933–1966
1966–1976
1976–1987
1987–1996
1996–2003
2003–2015
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census [ 8] Ethnic groups: 40.7% White, 13.8% South Asian, 12.3% Chinese, 10.3% Black, 5.0% Filipino, 3.3% Latin American, 2.4% Arab, 2.2% Korean, 2.2% Southeast Asian, 2.0% West Asian, 1.9% Indigenous Languages: 51.2% English, 6.2% Mandarin, 3.0% Spanish, 2.7% Cantonese, 2.4% French, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.7% Arabic, 1.7% Korean, 1.6% Bengali, 1.4% Russian, 1.4% Hindi, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.2% Tamil, 1.1% Persian Religions: 34.5% Christian (17.2% Catholic, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Anglican, 1.2% United Church, 10.5% Other), 10.2% Muslim, 6.1% Hindu, 1.9% Buddhist, 1.7% Jewish, 44.0% None Median income: $40,800 (2020) Average income: $59,750 (2020)
Members of Parliament These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament :
Election results
Toronto Centre, 2004–present Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of election results in Toronto Centre (2003-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election : Toronto Centre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Marci Ien 23,071 50.35 +8.35 $108,727.70 New Democratic Brian Chang 11,909 25.99 +8.99 $58,981.25 Conservative Ryan Lester 5,571 12.16 +6.46 $10,494.07 Green Annamie Paul 3,921 8.56 –24.14 $93,340.55 People's Syed Jaffrey 1,047 2.29 –1.19 $0.00 Communist Ivan Byard 181 0.40 – $0.00 Animal Protection Peter Stubbins 117 0.25 – $4,744.99 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,817 100.00 – $110,776.83 Total rejected ballots 366 0.79 +0.29 Turnout 46,183 57.42 +26.52 Eligible voters 80,430 Liberal hold Swing –0.32 Source: Elections Canada [ 9]
Canadian federal by-election, October 26, 2020 : Toronto Centre Resignation of Bill Morneau Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Marci Ien 10,581 42.0 -15.4 $116,839[citation needed ] Green Annamie Paul 8,250 32.7 +25.6 $100,008[citation needed ] New Democratic Brian Chang 4,280 17.0 -5.3 $71,222[citation needed ] Conservative Benjamin Gauri Sharma 1,435 5.7 -6.4 $0[citation needed ] People's Baljit Bawa 269 1.1 – $22,752[citation needed ] Libertarian Keith Komar 135 0.5 – Independent Kevin Clarke 123 0.5 – Free Dwayne Cappelletti 76 0.3 – $1,570[citation needed ] No affiliation Above Znoneofthe 56 0.2 – $0[citation needed ] Total valid votes 25,205 100.0 – Total rejected ballots 118 0.5 -0.2 Turnout 25,323 30.9 -35.2 Electors on lists 81,861 Liberal hold Swing -20.5 Elections Canada[ 11] [ 12]
2019 Canadian federal election : Toronto Centre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bill Morneau 31,271 57.37 −0.53 $95,538.84 New Democratic Brian Chang 12,142 22.27 −4.34 $58,656.81 Conservative Ryan Lester 6,613 12.13 −0.06 $39,309.94 Green Annamie Paul 3,852 7.07 +4.47 $34,903.20 Animal Protection Rob Lewin 182 0.33 – $2,171.71 Rhinoceros Sean Carson 147 0.27 – – Independent Jason Tavares 126 0.23 – – Communist Bronwyn Cragg 125 0.23 −0.03 $626.58 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 54 0.10 −0.05 – Total valid votes/expense limit 54,512 99.30 – $107,308.65 Total rejected ballots 384 0.70 +0.18 Turnout 54,896 66.08 −3.27 Eligible voters 83,076 Liberal hold Swing +1.90 Source: Elections Canada [ 13] [ 14]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bill Morneau 29,297 57.90 +18.48 $170,325.26 New Democratic Linda McQuaig 13,467 26.61 -9.58 $198,294.34 Conservative Julian Di Battista 6,167 12.19 -5.74 $22,625.73 Green Colin Biggin 1,315 2.60 -2.56 $3,964.97 Independent Jordan Stone 147 0.29 – – Communist Mariam Ahmad 133 0.26 – – Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 76 0.15 – – Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,602 99.48 $203,952.21 Total rejected ballots 266 0.52 – Turnout 50,868 69.35 – Eligible voters 73,351 Source: Elections Canada [ 15] [ 16] Liberal notional hold Swing +14.03
^ Change is from 2011 redistributed results.
Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013 : Toronto Centre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Chrystia Freeland 17,194 49.38 +8.37 $ 97,609.64 New Democratic Linda McQuaig 12,640 36.30 +6.09 99,230.30 Conservative Geoff Pollock 3,004 8.63 −14.01 75,557.39 Green John Deverell 1,034 2.97 −2.05 21,521.10 Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 453 1.30 – Libertarian Judi Falardeau 236 0.68 +0.18 – Independent Kevin Clarke 84 0.24 560.00 Independent John "The Engineer" Turmel 56 0.16 – Independent Leslie Bory 51 0.15 633.30 Online Michael Nicula 43 0.12 200.00 Independent Bahman Yazdanfar 26 0.07 −0.12 1,134.60 Total valid votes/expense limit 34,821 99.49 – $ 101,793.06 Total rejected ballots 177 0.51 +0.12 Turnout 34,998 37.72 −25.21 Eligible voters 92,780 Liberal hold Swing +1.14 By-election due to the resignation of Bob Rae . Source(s)
"November 25, 2013 By-elections Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada . Retrieved August 20, 2020 . "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved May 9, 2014 .
2011 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bob Rae 22,832 41.01 -12.51 $ 51,672.12 New Democratic Susan Wallace 16,818 30.21 +15.12 18,904.44 Conservative Kevin Moore 12,604 22.64 +4.32 63,141.66 Green Ellen Michelson 2,796 5.02 -6.83 44,006.84 Libertarian Judi Falardeau 277 0.50 – Communist Cathy Holliday 159 0.29 -0.09 502.10 Independent Bahman Yazdanfar 108 0.19 653.91 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 76 0.14 -0.04 – Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total expenditures 55,670 99.61 $ 92,663.68 $ 178,881.07 Total rejected ballots 220 0.39 -0.10 Turnout 55,890 62.93 +5.54 Eligible voters 88,810 Liberal hold Swing -13.82
2008
General election On September 21, 2008, Conservative candidate Chris Reid resigned because he said he couldn't commit to four years in government. However, blog entries were discovered that linked him to controversial musings on guns and the murder of Tim McLean aboard a Greyhound bus.[ 18] Chris Reid was replaced by David Gentili as the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre.[ 19] Expenditures listed for Gentili include expenditures reported by Reid.
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bob Rae 27,462 53.53 -5.94 $ 48,353.21 Conservative David Gentili 9,402 18.33 +6.01 39,290.89 New Democratic El-Farouk Khaki 7,743 15.09 +1.21 21,305.27 Green Ellen Michelson 6,081 11.85 -1.56 23,041.16 Communist Johan Boyden 193 0.38 432.31 Animal Alliance Liz White 187 0.36 -0.15 685.91 Independent Gerald Derome 146 0.28 2,063.60 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 92 0.18 – Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total Expenditures 51,306 99.50 $ 92,067.97 $ 135,172.35 Total rejected ballots 257 0.50 +0.10 Turnout 51,563 57.39 +29.52 Liberal hold Swing -5.97
By-election A by-election , held on March 17, 2008, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Bill Graham was won by Liberal Bob Rae , a former Ontario NDP Premier .
The nominated Conservative candidate in the by-election, Mark Warner, was dropped by the party's national council on October 31, 2007.[ 20] Don Meredith was nominated as the Conservative candidate in December 2007.[ 21]
Activist El-Farouk Khaki ran for the NDP and Chris Tindal was the Green Party of Canada candidate. Liz White was the Animal Alliance Environmental Voters Party of Canada candidate, and Doug Plumb represented the Canadian Action Party .
Toronto Centre—Rosedale, 1996–2003 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1996-2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2000 Canadian federal election : Toronto Centre—Rosedale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Bill Graham 26,203 55.33 +6.08 Progressive Conservative Randall Pearce 8,149 17.21 -2.13 New Democratic David Berlin 5,300 11.19 -9.22 Alliance Richard Walker 5,058 10.68 +2.83 Canadian Action Paul Hellyer 1,466 3.10 +2.44 Marijuana Neev Tapiero 722 1.52 Natural Law David Gordon 224 0.47 -0.11 Communist Dan Goldstick 121 0.26 Marxist–Leninist Philip Fernandez 116 0.24 -0.11 Total valid votes 47,359 100.00 Total rejected ballots 246 0.52 −0.38 Turnout 47,605 57.19 −9.82 Electors on the lists 83,243 Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada, Poll-by-poll Result Files, Elections Canada, and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Rosedale, 1933–1996 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of general election results in Rosedale (1933-1996, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1933–1965 Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1945 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
Toronto Centre, 1903–1924 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre (1904-1925, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.
Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.
Note: vote compared to 1904 election.
Centre Toronto, 1872–1903 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Graph of general election results in Centre Toronto (1872-1900, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
By-election on September 30, 1897 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal G.H. Bertram 2,212 52.99 +0.36 Conservative O.A. Howland 1,962 47.01 -0.36 Total valid votes 4,174 100.00
Note: vote compared to 1874 election.
By-election on December 4, 1875 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John MacDonald acc.
See also
References "Toronto Centre (federal electoral district) (Code 35093) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011 . ^ a b Statistics Canada : 2022 ^ "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". February 8, 2017. ^ "Toronto Centre boundaries description, 2013 Representation Order". Elections Canada . Retrieved August 13, 2014 . ^ Wingrove, Josh (July 11, 2013). "Bob Rae sets departure date as First Nations work picks up". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved July 11, 2013 . ^ "Bob Rae quits as MP in 'very emotional' decision". CBC. June 19, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013 . ^ a b MacLeod, Meredith (August 17, 2020). "Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigning". CTV News. ^ "Federal Liberals hold onto Toronto Centre, York Centre in byelections | CBC News". CBC . Retrieved October 27, 2020 . ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 5, 2023 . ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 21, 2021 . ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024 . ^ "Toronto Centre: October 26, 2020, by-elections — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2021 . ^ "October 26, 2020, By-elections: Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2021 . ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 4, 2019 . ^ "forty-third general election 2019 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada . Retrieved August 20, 2020 . ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Toronto Centre, 30 September 2015 ^ – forty-second general election 2015 — Poll-by-poll results ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections ^ [1], ctv news , September 21, 2008 ^ [2],CBC News Online , September 21, 2008 ^ Tory candidates forced to withdraw, Unnati Gandhi, Globe and Mail , November 1, 2007 ^ Canadian Press Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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