Toronto Centre (French : Toronto-Centre 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).
Map of Toronto Centre 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.
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] 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] [ 6] 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
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% IndigenousLanguages: 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% PersianReligions: 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% NoneMedian income: $40,800 (2020) Average income: $59,750 (2020)
Members of Parliament
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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]
October 26, 2020 : Toronto Centre 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.
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 .
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
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] [ 19]
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
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 .
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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 .
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)
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ontario electoral district
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1933–1966
1966–1976
1976–1987
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