York South—Weston (federal electoral district)

York South—Weston

Ontario electoral district
York South–Weston in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alan Tonks Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	114,458
Electors (2011)	68,978
Area (km²)	26
Pop. density (per km²)	4,402.2
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district)

York South—Weston is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

Its Member of Parliament for the riding is Liberal Alan Tonks.

Electoral district

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.

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.

Former boundaries

It was created in 1976 from parts of York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke ridings .

It consisted originally of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Eglinton Avenue West north along Keele Street, west along Lawrence Avenue West, south along the Humber River, east and north along the north limit of the City of Toronto, south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, south along Keele Street, east along Humberside Avenue, northwest along the Canadian National Railway, east along the north limit of the City of Toronto, north along the east side of Prospect Cemetery, and west along Eglinton Avenue West to Keele Street.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, south along Keele Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, south along Keele Street, west along the southern limit of the City of York, southeast along the Canadian National Railway line, west along Dupont Street, northwest along Dundas Street West, west along Annette Street, north along Runnymede Road, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and north along the western limits of the Cities of York and North York to Highway 401.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, southeast along the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, south along Old Weston Road, west along the northern limit of the City of Toronto, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the western limit of the cities of York and North York to Highway 401.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

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  1976 to 1987
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  1987 to 1996
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  1996 to 2003

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Ursula Appolloni	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	John Nunziata	Liberal
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1996
	1996-1997	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents |		Independent
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Alan Tonks	Liberal
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

Elections results

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

External links

• York South-Weston history from the Parliament of Canada website includes election results and evolving boundary descriptions.