Etobicoke—Rexdale

Etobicoke—Rexdale

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
District abolished	1996
First contested	1987
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census divisions	Metro Toronto
Census subdivisions	Etobicoke (now Toronto)

Etobicoke—Rexdale was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1987 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Etobicoke North. Etobicoke—Rexdale riding was created from Etobicoke. It was in the former borough of Etobicoke.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Ed Philip who served in Bob Rae's cabinet in a number of roles from 1990 to 1995.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Etobicoke—Rexdale
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from Etobicoke in 1987
34th	1987–1990		Ed Philip	New Democratic
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999		John Hastings	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke North after 1996

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1987

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	13,950	52.0
	Liberal	Jean Bickley	9,613	35.8
	Progressive Conservative	Aileen Anderson	3,252	12.1
		Total	26,815

Ontario general election, 1990

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	17,620	67.2
	Liberal	Aureilo Aquaviva	4,517	17.2
	Progressive Conservative	David Foster	3,296	12.6
	Green	David Burman	776	0.5
		Total	26,209

Ontario general election, 1995

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	John Hastings	9,521	36.6
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	8,668	33.3
	Liberal	Lorraine Nowina	7,173	27.5
	Independent	Diane Johnston	488	1.9
	Natural Law	Miki Staranchuk	188	0.7
		Total	26,038

References

Notes

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Ed Philip's Legislative Assembly information see "Ed Thomas Philip, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
   • For John Hasting's Legislative Assembly information see "John Hastings, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
2. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1987-09-11. p. A12.
3. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1990-09-07. p. A10.
4. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-08-27.