Fort York (provincial electoral district) explained

Fort York
Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1987
Prov-Abolished:1999
Prov-Election-First:1987
Prov-Election-Last:1995
Demo-Cd:Toronto
Demo-Csd:Toronto

Fort York was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1987 and was subsequently abolished in 1999 when the ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. The riding had only two representatives:

Boundaries

The riding occupied the central downtown area of Toronto. The western border zigzagged from the Lake along Atlantic Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Ossington Avenue to Bloor Street. It then followed Bloor east to Bathurst Street, then south on Bathurst to College Street, then east on College and then on Carlton Street past Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street. It then went south on Sherbourne to the lake. It then followed the lakeshore west back to Atlantic. The riding also included the Toronto Islands.

Electoral results

Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[1] [2] Vote %
    New DemocratRosario Marchese10,80146.8
    Liberal Bob Wong9,25640.1
    ConservativeJohn Pepalt2,1919.5
    IndependentRonald Rodgers3311.4
Total 23,098
Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[3] Vote %
    New DemocratRosario Marchese10,76241.0
    Liberal Bob Wong8,48232.3
    ConservativeJacob Ginsberg6,02523.0
    IndependentMatthew Shepherd1400.5
    Natural LawMaurice Seguin1330.5
    IndependentJohn Steele1290.5
Total 26,237

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Notes and References

  1. News: How Metro-Area Voted. The Toronto Daily Star. 1990-09-07. Toronto. A10.
  2. 141 out of 164 polls reporting.
  3. Web site: Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate. Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. 2012-09-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223210723/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=fort+york&flag=E&layout=G. 2015-02-23.