This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the central, earlier-development areas of Toronto—in particular, Old Toronto (what was the city of Toronto prior to the 1998 amalgamation), the former Borough of York, most of the former City of East York, and the southern, older portions of the former City of North York, in particular those south of Highway 401 and west of Leslie Street.
Until 1962, most ridings in inner Toronto were Progressive Conservative strongholds, aside from splits with the Liberals in the 1949 and 1953 elections. Since 1962, Central Toronto, particularly Old Toronto, has generally leaned to the political left or centre-left. Most elections in the 1960s resulted in a small handful (most often two or three) of New Democratic Party (NDP) seats with the Liberals taking all or most of the rest. Between 1972 and 1988, inclusive, the Tories usually split Toronto seats almost evenly with the Liberals (1972, 1979, 1984) or were reduced to about the same number of seats as the NDP (1974, 1980, 1988) with the Grits taking the lion's share. In 1993, 1997, and 2000, the Grits held every seat in the former Metro Toronto, in some cases with large margins. The NDP broke through to win a seat in the 2004 election, when its new leader Jack Layton took Toronto–Danforth, and did slightly better in each of the next two elections, held in 2006 and 2008.
In 2011, the Liberal vote collapsed under the onslaught of both the Conservatives and the NDP, with the Conservatives taking two uptown ridings, the Liberals retaining two downtown ridings along Yonge Street, and the NDP winning the remaining six. Before then, centre-right parties had been completely shut out in central Toronto since the PCs lost all their seats in 1993. The region reverted to its post-1990 form in 2015, as a massive surge in Liberal support allowed the Liberals to sweep Toronto. However, growing discontent with Justin Trudeau's government led to the Conservatives winning a by-election in Toronto-St Paul's, with Don Stewart winning by less than 2%, making it the first time the Conservatives won a riding inside the 416 since 2011.
| Election | / | ||||||||||||||
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| 1979 | 154,547 38.5% | 90,968 22.7% | 149,203 37.2% | 5,569 1.4% | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 168,155 44.0% | 83,187 21.8% | 124,224 32.5% | 4,238 1.1% | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 137,437 33.6% | 101,801 24.9% | 3,344 0.8% | 160,470 39.2% | 4,659 1.1% | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 186,773 42.6% | 92,398 21.1% | 1,358 0.3% | 148,915 34.0% | 6,174 1.4% | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 239,384 56.3% | 44,803 10.5% | 2,895 0.7% | 64,480 15.2% | 53,485 12.6% | 19,413 4.6% | |||||||||
| 1997 | 213,314 50.3% | 80,669 19.0% | 4,377 1.0% | 67,657 16.0% | 35,110 8.3% | 22,815 5.4% | |||||||||
| 2000 | 218,459 53.6% | 62,897 15.4% | 5,483 1.3% | 55,393 13.6% | 41,017 10.1% | 18,784 4.6% | |||||||||
| 2004 | 244,018 52.0% | 75,063 16.0% | 125,218 26.7% | 21,548 4.6% | 1,041 0.2% | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 239,455 46.5% | 98,414 19.1% | 148,843 28.9% | 25,164 4.9% | 1,807 0.4% | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 201,095 43.2% | 98,158 21.1% | 120,695 25.9% | 42,406 9.1% | 2,362 0.5% | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 164,142 32.8% | 127,066 25.4% | 185,200 37.0% | 20,721 4.1% | 1,827 0.4% | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 291,170 49.5% | 118,875 20.2% | 156,260 26.6% | 15,685 2.7% | 3,627 0.6% | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 324,644 52.8% | 109,889 17.9% | 135,115 22.0% | 35,549 5.8% | 6,411 1.0% | 1,016 0.2% | |||||||||
| 2021 | 238,814 44.7% | 106,538 20.0% | 134,098 25.1% | 18,332 3.4% | 15,243 2.9% | 19,583 3.7% |
See main article: 2021 Canadian federal election. |-|rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Beaches—East York|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
28,919
56.58%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Lisa Robinson
7,336
14.35%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Alejandra Ruiz Vargas
11,513
22.52%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Reuben Anthony DeBoer
1,388
2.72%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Radu Rautescu
1,613
3.16%||Philip Fernandez (M-L)
50 0.10%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Nathaniel Erskine-Smith|-||Jennifer Moxon (Comm.)
131 0.26%|-||Karen Lee Wilde (Ind.)
166 0.32%|-|rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Davenport
(judicial recount terminated)|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Julie Dzerowicz
19,930
42.13%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Jenny Kalimbet
4,774
10.09%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Alejandra Bravo
19,854
41.97%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Adrian Currie
1,087
2.30%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Tara Dos Remedios
1,499
3.17%||Chai Kalevar (Ind.)
77 0.16%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Julie Dzerowicz|-||Troy Young (Ind.)
86 0.18%|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Don Valley West|||Rob Oliphant
24,798
52.75%||Yvonne Robertson
16,695
35.51%||Syeda Riaz
3,814
8.11%||Elvira Caputolan
761
1.62%||Michael Minas
881
1.87%||Adil Khan (Cent.)
65
0.14%|||Rob Oliphant|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Eglinton—Lawrence|||Marco Mendicino
24,051
48.48%||Geoff Pollock
18,082
36.45%||Caleb Senneker
4,543
9.16%||Eric Frydman
1,490
3.00%||Timothy Gleeson
1,445
2.91%|||||Marco Mendicino|-|rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Parkdale—High Park|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Arif Virani
22,307
42.45%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Nestor Sanajko
6,815
12.97%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Paul Taylor
20,602
39.21%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Diem Marchand-Lafortune
957
1.82%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Wilfried Richard Alexander Danzinger
1,642
3.13%||Lorne Gershuny (M-L)
90 0.17%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Arif Virani|-||Terry Parker (Mar.)
130 0.25%|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Spadina—Fort York|||Kevin Vuong
18,991
38.90%||Sukhi Jandu
9,875
20.23%||Norm Di Pasquale
16,834
34.48%||Amanda Rosenstock
1,645
3.37%||Ian Roden
1,476
3.02%|||||Adam Vaughan$[1] |-|rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Toronto Centre|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Marci Ien
23,071
50.35%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Ryan Lester
5,571
12.16%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Brian Chang
11,909
25.99%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Annamie Paul
3,921
8.56%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Syed Jaffery
1,047
2.29%||Ivan Byard (Comm.)
181 0.40%|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2 |Marci Ien|-||Peter Stubbins (Animal)
117 0.26%|-|rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Toronto—Danforth|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Julie Dabrusin
25,214
48.36%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Michael Carey
6,547
12.56%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Clare Hacksel
17,555
33.67%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Maryem Tollar
1,023
1.96%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Wayne Simmons
1,282
2.46%||Habiba Desai (Ind.)
123 0.24%|rowspan=3 ||rowspan=3 |Julie Dabrusin|-||Elizabeth Rowley (Comm.)
215 0.41%|-||Liz White (Animal)
183 0.35%|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Toronto—St. Paul's|||Carolyn Bennett
26,429
49.22%||Stephanie Osadchuk
13,587
25.30%||Sidney Coles
9,036
16.83%||Phil De Luna
3,214
5.99%||Peter Remedios
1,432
2.67%|||||Carolyn Bennett|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |University—Rosedale|||Chrystia Freeland
22,451
47.53%||Steven Taylor
9,473
20.06%||Nicole Robicheau
11,921
25.24%||Tim Grant
1,974
4.18%||David Kent
1,172
2.48%||Drew Garvie (Comm.)
244
0.52%|||Chrystia Freeland|-| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |York South—Weston|||Ahmed Hussen
21,644
56.12%||Sajanth Mohan
7,783
20.18%||Hawa Mire
6,517
16.90%||Nicki Ward
872
2.26%||Sitara Chiu
1,754
4.55%|||||Ahmed Hussen|}
See main article: 2019 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
See main article: 2015 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
See main article: 2011 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
See main article: 2008 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
See main article: 2006 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
See main article: 2004 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
See main article: 2000 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
See main article: 1997 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
See main article: 1993 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
See main article: 1988 Canadian federal election.
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Party | 1984 | Gain from (loss to) | 1988 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" align="center" width="50" | Lib. | colspan="2" align="center" width="50" | PC | colspan="2" align="center" width="50" | NDP | ||||
| 4 | +1 | 0 | +1 | (1) | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | +1 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||