York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)

York South—Weston
Ontario electoral district
	York South–Weston in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Michael Ford; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	116,690
Electors (2018)	76,772
Area (km²)	25
Pop. density (per km²)	4,667.6
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.^[1]

Its Member of Provincial Parliament is Progressive Conservative Michael Ford.

Geography

It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. The riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park.^[1]

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway situated west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, southeast along Old Weston Road, west along Lavender Road, south along Keele Street, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the Humber River to Highway 401.^[1]

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. Prior to that redistribution, the area included York South and parts of what are now Parkdale-High Park, Davenport, and Eglinton-Lawrence. They became law after Bill 214 (2005), otherwise known as the "Representations Act, 2005",was passed in the Ontario Legislature.^[2] The October 10, 2007 provincial election was conducted using the new boundaries, with only minor changes to the boundaries in the south-east corner of the riding, along the border with the Davenport riding.^[3]

1999 electoral district description

York South—Weston consisting of those parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of North York with the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway No. 401); thence easterly along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along Rogers Road to Old Weston Road; thence southerly along Old Weston Road to the northerly limit of the City of Toronto; thence westerly along the northerly limit of the City of Toronto to the Canadian National Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the Canadian Pacific Railway to the westerly limit of the City of York; thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of the cities of York and North York to the point of commencement.^[4]

Members of Provincial Parliament

York South—Weston
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created*
37th	1999–2003		Joe Cordiano	Liberal
38th	2003–2007		Joe Cordiano	Liberal
38th	2007–2007		Paul Ferreira	New Democratic
39th	2007–2011		Laura Albanese	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Faisal Hassan	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Michael Ford	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[5]

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Ford	11,138	36.60	+3.65	$69,685
	New Democratic	Faisal Hassan	10,342	33.98	−2.09	$97,063
	Liberal	Nadia Guerrera	7,377	24.24	−3.59	$82,208
	Green	Ignacio Mongrell Gonzalez	770	2.53	−0.01	$0
	New Blue	Tom Hipsz	345	1.13		$0
	Ontario Party	Ana Gabriela Ortiz	251	0.82		$217
	Independent	James Michael Fields	209	0.69		$632
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,432	99.12	+0.31	$112,794
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			271	0.88	−0.31
Turnout			30,703	38.11	−11.06
Eligible voters			80,336
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.87
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Faisal Hassan	13,455	36.07	-1.18
	Progressive Conservative	Mark DeMontis	12,290	32.95	+21.69
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	10,379	27.83	-20.02
	Green	Grad Murray	946	2.54	+0.10
	Libertarian	Bonnie Hu	228	0.61
Total valid votes			37,298	98.81
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	1.19	-0.03
Turnout			37,747	49.17	+3.03
Eligible voters			76,772
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.42
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	15,669	47.85	+3.30
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	12,200	37.25	-4.93
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Ffrench	3,687	11.26	+0.16
	Green	Jessica Higgins	797	2.43	+0.90
	Freedom	Eric Compton	249	0.76	+0.27
	Independent	Abi Issa	146	0.45
Total valid votes			32,748	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			404	1.22
Turnout			33,152	46.13
Eligible voters			71,860
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.11
Source(s) ^[7]

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	13,805	44.55	+1.61
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	13,071	42.18	+0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Lan Daniel	3,441	11.10	+1.26
	Green	Keith Jarrett	474	1.53	-2.27
	Freedom	Eric Compton	151	0.49
	Independent	Michael Radejewski	45	0.15
Total valid votes			30,987	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227	0.73
Turnout			31,214	44.86
Eligible voters			69,580
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.49
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiel - York South—Weston" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	13,846	42.94	+1.50
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	13,394	41.54	-1.79
	Progressive Conservative	Karen McMillan-Aver	3,173	9.84	-0.43
	Green	Anthony Gratl	1,226	3.80	+2.41
	Libertarian	Marco Dias	385	1.19	+0.67
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	218	0.68	-0.06
Total valid votes			32,242	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			433	1.33
Turnout			32,675	46.34
Eligible voters			70,518
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+1.64
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll By Poll Results: 106 York South-Weston" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015.

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, February 8, 2007 Resignation of Joseph Cordiano
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	8,146	43.33	+24.04
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	7,831	41.44	−20.12
	Progressive Conservative	Pina Martino	1,917	10.27	−4.96
	Green	Mir Kamal	263	1.39	−1.06
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	220	1.16
	Independent	Mohammed Choudhary	142	0.75
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	134	0.74	−0.73
	Libertarian	Nunzio Venuto	101	0.52
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	77	0.41
Total valid votes			18,831	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			146	0.77
Turnout			18,977	28.62
Eligible voters			66,308
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+22.08
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "By-Election 2007: Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate". Retrieved 24 August 2015.

v t e 2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	19,932	61.56	+8.17
	New Democratic	Brian Donlevy	6,247	19.29	-0.80
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Halicki	4,930	15.23	-6.68
	Green	Enrique Palad	794	2.45	+2.02
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	475	1.47	-0.12
Total valid votes			32,378	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			540	1.56
Turnout			32,747	50.70
Eligible voters			64,589
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.48
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2003). "General Election of October 2, 2003 Poll By Poll Results: 102 York South-Weston". Retrieved 24 August 2015.

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.39
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.91
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.09
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.59
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.43
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.77
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.43
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.41
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			540	1.56
Turnout			34,641	58.23
Eligible voters			59,490
Source(s) Elections Ontario (1999). "General Election of June 3 1999 Poll By Poll Results: 102 York South-Weston". Retrieved 24 August 2015.

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	16,842	56.4
	Mixed member proportional	12,998	43.6
	Total valid votes	29,840	100.0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "York South Weston electoral boundaries". Elections Canada, Government of Canada. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
^ "Bill 214 2005 An Act to amend the Election Act,the Election Finances Act and the Legislative Assembly Act, to repeal the Representation Act, 1996 and to enact the Representation Act, 2005". Journals and Procedural Research Branch Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
^ "New electoral boundaries". Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
^ "York South Weston electoral boundaries". Elections Canada, Government of Canada. 1996. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Joe Cordiano's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Cordiano, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Paul Ferreira's Legislative Assembly information see "Paul Ferreira, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Laura Albanese's Legislative Assembly information see "Laura Albanese, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "Official Return from the Records: 106 York South—Weston" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.