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For the provincial electoral district, see Don Valley East (provincial electoral district).
Don Valley East
Ontario electoral district
Don Valley East in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Yasmin Ratansi
Independent
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]93,007
Electors (2019)65,793
Area (km²)[2]24
Pop. density (per km²)3,875.3
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of Don Valley East

Don Valley East (Template:Lang-fr) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, York North, and York—Scarborough ridings.

It is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Independent Yasmin Ratansi, formerly of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Geography

This riding is located in the eastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park, Don Mills, Graydon Hall, Parkwoods and Victoria Village.

History

For most of its existence, this riding has alternated between voting Liberal and Conservative. During the Brian Mulroney years, it elected Progressive Conservatives but it switched to Liberal when Jean Chrétien came to power. In 2011, when Stephen Harper's Conservative Party won a majority government, the riding switched back to Conservative.

In 2018 the Don Valley East Collective was created to organize & inform residents around important issues that impact our daily lives; this group spans all of the neighbourhoods within Don Valley East.

Robocall controversy

Main article: Robocall scandal

Don Valley East was one of the seven federal ridings for which the election results were being challenged in court because of automated phone calls ("robocalls") that voters say tried to misdirect them to wrong polling stations. According to the challenger's claims, phone calls claiming to be on behalf of Elections Canada directed some voters to the wrong polling station during the election. It is illegal under the Elections Act to impersonate Elections Canada and to interfere with somebody's right to vote.[3]

In October 2012, however, Don Valley East was dropped from the legal case after it was found that Leeanne Bielli, the voter who brought the challenge forward, did not live in the riding. Bielli therefore became ineligible to challenge the result.[4] Joe Daniel remained the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East until the 2015 federal election.

Boundaries

As of changes made in 2003, the riding boundaries consisted of:

  • on the east by Victoria Park Avenue,
  • on the north by the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail running west from Victoria Park Avenue to Highway No. 404, then along that highway to Finch Avenue East, and west along Finch Avenue to Leslie Street;
  • on the west by Leslie Street as far as the Canadian National Railway, then by the railway to Don Mills Road, then south along Don Mills Road to the Canadian Pacific Railway, then northeast along the railway to the Don River East Branch, and south along the Don River to just west of Sunrise Avenue, and
  • on the south by Sunrise Avenue.

This riding underwent significant changes during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost almost half of its territory to Don Valley North and gained a significant portion of Don Valley West.

Former boundaries

  • 1976 to 1987
    1976 to 1987
  • 1987 to 1996
    1987 to 1996
  • 1996 to 2003
    1996 to 2003
  • 2003 to 2015
    2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Don Valley East
Riding created from Willowdale, York East,
York North and York—Scarborough
31st  1979–1980     Sam Wakim Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984     David Smith Liberal
33rd  1984–1988     Bill Attewell Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993 Alan Redway
35th  1993–1997     David Collenette Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Yasmin Ratansi
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Joe Daniel Conservative
42nd  2015–2019     Yasmin Ratansi Liberal
43rd  2019–2020
 2020–present     Independent

Election results

Graph of general election results in Don Valley East (1979-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 24,908 59.7 +1.88 $74,656.45
Conservative Michael Ma 10,036 24.0 -5.23 $66,318.23
New Democratic Nicholas Thompson 4,591 11.0 +0.64 none listed
Green Dan Turcotte 1,643 3.9 +1.31 $3,743.20
People's John P. Hendry 556 1.3 - none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,734 100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 65,793
Liberal hold Swing
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]


2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 24,048 57.82 +19.43 $109,579.16
Conservative Maureen Harquail 12,155 29.23 -7.16 $127,111.51
New Democratic Khalid Ahmed 4,307 10.36 -11.52 $9,377.74
Green Laura Elizabeth Sanderson 1,078 2.59 -0.21 –
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,588 99.39   $197,799.11
Total rejected ballots 257 0.61
Turnout 41,845 65.54
Eligible voters 63,845
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +13.30
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9]


2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 13,503 38.39
  Conservative 12,794 36.38
  New Democratic 7,694 21.88
  Green 994 2.83
  Others 187 0.53

2003 boundaries

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Joe Daniel 14,422 36.78 +5.78
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 13,552 34.56 -13.51
New Democratic Mary Trapani Hynes 9,878 25.19 +11.87
Green Akil Sadikali 1,114 2.84 -4.05
Christian Heritage Ryan Kidd 246 0.63 -0.07
Total valid votes 39,212 100.00
Total rejected ballots 218 0.55 –
Turnout 39,430 57.24 –
Eligible voters 68,890 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 18,264 48.07 -5.92 $67,602
Conservative Eugene McDermott 11,777 31.00 +1.84 $77,618
New Democratic Mary Trapani Hynes 5,062 13.32 +0.43 $5,282
Green Wayne Clements 2,618 6.89 +2.95 $4,032
Christian Heritage Alex Kovalenko 266 0.70 – $163
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,987 100.00   $81,387
  Liberal hold Swing -3.88
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 23,441 53.99 -0.6
Conservative Eugene McDermott 12,661 29.16 +1.2
New Democratic Richard Alan Hennick 5,597 12.89 -0.3
Green Wayne Clements 1,714 3.94 +1.0
Total valid votes 43,413 100.00
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 21,864 54.6 -12.0
Conservative David Johnson 11,206 28.0 +7.7
New Democratic Valerie Mah 5,287 13.2 +7.4
Green Dan King 1,172 2.9
Christian Heritage Ryan Kidd 351 0.8 +0.3
Communist Christopher Black 149 0.4
Total valid votes 40,029 100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

1996 boundaries

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Collenette 25,915 66.6 +11.5
Progressive Conservative Cecila Fusco 5,645 14.5 -7.6
Alliance Kasra Nejatian 4,736 12.2 -1.1
New Democratic Ron Casey Nestor 2,249 5.8 -1.9
Independent Ryan Kidd 212 0.5
Marxist–Leninist Judith Snow 153 0.4
Total valid votes 38,910 100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Collenette 21,511 55.1 +1.0
Progressive Conservative Denzil Minnan-Wong 8,610 22.1 -1.3
Reform John Pope 5,167 13.2 -4.1
New Democratic Shodja Ziaian 2,981 7.6 +3.8
Canadian Action Joe Braini 384 1.0
Natural Law Mark Roy 192 0.5 0.0
Independent Mariam Abou-Dib 170 0.4
Total valid votes 39,015 100.0

1987 boundaries

1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Collenette 21,511 54.1 +16.2
Progressive Conservative Alan Redway 9,279 23.3 -21.4
Reform Gordon E. Honsey 6,877 17.3
New Democratic Janice Waud Loper 1,538 3.9 -11.2
Libertarian Mark Meschino 238 0.6 -0.7
Natural Law Fred Fredeen 205 0.5
Marxist–Leninist Roger Carter 90 0.2
Abolitionist Michael Mazerolle 22 0.1
Total valid votes 39,760 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Alan Redway 18,719 44.7 -9.7
Liberal Yasmin Ratansi 15,881 37.9 +3.9
New Democratic Brant Loper 6,310 15.1 +4.4
Libertarian Mark Meschino 538 1.3 +0.6
Independent David Smith 271 0.6
Communist Maria Kontopidis 155 0.4
Total valid votes 41,874 100.0

1976 boundaries

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Attewell 29,706 54.4 +11.4
Liberal David Smith 18,578 34.0 -10.6
New Democratic Joe Macdonald 5,842 10.7 -0.9
Libertarian Robert Champlain 356 0.7 +0.1
Independent Arthur V. Wright 162 0.3 +0.1
Total valid votes 54,644 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Smith 21,944 44.6 +4.8
Progressive Conservative Sam Wakim 21,119 43.0 -4.2
New Democratic Saul Paton 5,713 11.6 -0.7
Libertarian Gordon Keys 286 0.6 0.0
Independent Arthur V. Wright 98 0.2
Total valid votes 49,160 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Sam Wakim 25,352 47.2
Liberal Mike Smith 21,428 39.9
New Democratic Saul Paton 6,595 12.3
Libertarian Nick Moldovanyi 301 0.6
Marxist–Leninist Donna Gordon 56 0.1
Total valid votes 53,732 100.0

See also

References

  • "Don Valley East (federal electoral district) (Code 35016) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  • Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada
  2. ^ Statistics Canada
  3. ^ CBC News, "Conservatives deny party focus of robocalls probe", Laura Payton, April 17, 2012
  4. ^ CBC News, "6 ridings remain in Federal Court election challenge", Laura Payton, Oct 23, 2012
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Election Night Results -". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley East, 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Poll-by-poll results
  10. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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