Oakwood (provincial electoral district) explained

Oakwood
Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1975
Prov-Abolished:1997
Prov-Election-First:1975
Prov-Election-Last:1999
Demo-Census-Date:2006
Demo-Cd:Toronto
Demo-Csd:Toronto

Oakwood was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1975 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. It was abolished into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's. Oakwood was located in York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.

Oakwood was a fairly safe seat for the New Democratic Party for most of its existence, although the Liberals won in 1987 and 1995. Both Liberal MPPs, Chaviva Hošek and Mike Colle, served in the Ontario cabinet at one time or another.

The longest-serving member for Oakwood was Tony Grande, who held the seat from 1975 to 1987. Tony Rizzo, elected in 1990, was forced to sit as an Independent MP for twenty months after it was disclosed that his construction firm had been charged with violating Ontario's labour code in 1989. He returned to caucus in 1992.[1]

The riding had large Italian and Portuguese communities, and there was a significant increase in Caribbean immigrants during the 1980s.[2]

Electoral results

1975 boundaries

Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[3] [4] Vote %
   New DemocratTony Grande7,30240.3
   LiberalRichard Meagher5,93932.8
   ConservativeJ.A. Marrese4,61925.5
Total18,127
Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[5] [6] Vote %
   New DemocratTony Grande9,39043.3
   ConservativeFergy Brown6,55030.2
   LiberalRichard Meagher5,12823.6
   IndependentWillis Cummins2381.7
Total21,691
Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[7] Vote %
   New DemocratTony Grande9,23545.0
   ConservativeHarriet Wolman6,24130.4
   LiberalJean Gammage4,40121.4
Total20,531
Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[8] Vote %
   New DemocratTony Grande11,07642.3
   LiberalJoe Ricciuti10,09338.5
   ConservativeHarriet Wolman4,66317.8
Total26,198

1987 boundaries

Party! scope="col" width="150"
CandidateVotes[9] [10] Vote %
   LiberalChaviva Hošek12,58648.5
   New DemocratTony Grande10,93842.1
   ConservativeIrene Paparo-Stein1,7416.7
Total25,954

References

Citations

Notes and References

  1. "New no-fault insurance plan to be ready by January", Toronto Star, 10 September 1992, A14; Catherine Thompson, "Ferguson not a priority with NDP colleagues", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 17 March 1993, A1.
  2. John Ferri, "Oakwood issues are sewers, roads not the leaders", Toronto Star, 9 August 1987, A6.
  3. News: Canadian Press. Results from the 29 ridings in Metro . The Toronto Daily Star . 1975-09-19. Toronto. A18.
  4. 136 out of 137 polls reporting.
  5. News: Canadian Press. How they voted in Metro area . The Toronto Daily Star . 1977-06-10. Toronto. A10.
  6. 140 out of 144 polls reporting.
  7. News: Canadian Press. Election results for Metro Toronto ridings. The Windsor Star . 1981-03-20. Windsor, Ontario. 22. 2012-05-10.
  8. News: Canadian Press. The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results. Ottawa Citizen . 1985-05-03. Toronto. 43. 2012-05-10.
  9. News: How Metro-Area Voted. The Toronto Daily Star. 1987-09-11. Toronto. A12.
  10. 110 out of 118 polls reporting.