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:
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.
Candidate | Votes[1] [2] | Vote % | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Democrat | Rosario Marchese | 10,801 | 46.8 | |||
Liberal | Bob Wong | 9,256 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative | John Pepalt | 2,191 | 9.5 | |||
Independent | Ronald Rodgers | 331 | 1.4 | |||
Total | 23,098 |
Candidate | Votes[3] | Vote % | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Democrat | Rosario Marchese | 10,762 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal | Bob Wong | 8,482 | 32.3 | |||
Conservative | Jacob Ginsberg | 6,025 | 23.0 | |||
Independent | Matthew Shepherd | 140 | 0.5 | |||
Natural Law | Maurice Seguin | 133 | 0.5 | |||
Independent | John Steele | 129 | 0.5 | |||
Total | 26,237 |