Etobicoke (provincial electoral district)

Etobicoke

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1987
First contested	1963
Last contested	1987
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Etobicoke was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1987, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Etobicoke—Rexdale. Etobicoke riding was created from the northern part of York West. 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
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from York West riding in 1963
27th	1963–1967		Leonard Braithwaite	Liberal
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Ed Philip	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke—Rexdale riding after 1987

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1963

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2]	Vote %
	Liberal	Leonard Braithwaite	8,193	42.71
	Conservative	Geoffrey Grossmith[nb 1]	7,747	40.4
	New Democrat	James Goodison	3,232	16.9
		Total	19,172

Ontario general election, 1967

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Liberal	Leonard Braithwaite	13,138	42.8
	New Democrat	Mort Warling	9,135	29.8
	Conservative	John Allen	8,401	27.4
		Total	30,684

Ontario general election, 1971

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4][nb 2]	Vote %
	Liberal	Leonard Braithwaite	16,876	40.0
	Conservative	Dennis Flynn	15,840	37.5
	New Democrat	Clayton Peterson	9,103	21.6
	Independent	Harold Lehman	416	1.0
		Total	42,235

Ontario general election, 1975

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	8,995	37.7
	Liberal	Leonard Braithwaite	7,758	32.5
	Conservative	Bill Stockwell	7,134	29.9
		Total	23,887

Ontario general election, 1977

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	11,604	46.0
	Conservative	Rosalyn McKenna	6,785	26.9
	Liberal	Ben Ballantone	6,313	25.0
	Libertarian	Richard Bolstler	514	2.0
		Total	25,216

Ontario general election, 1981

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	10,343	40.4
	Conservative	Aileen Anderson	8,041	31.4
	Liberal	Laureano Leone	7,199	28.1
		Total	25,583

Ontario general election, 1985

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ed Philip	16,746	54.2
	Conservative	John Smith	7,624	24.7
	Liberal	John Genser	6,543	21.2
		Total	30,913

References

Notes

1. Originally declared winner.
2. 226 out of 233 polls reporting.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Leonard Braithwaite's Legislative Assembly information see "Leonard A. Braithwaite, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
   • For Ed Philip's Legislative Assembly information see "Ed Thomas Philip, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
2. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 20.
3. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 66.
4. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 12.
5. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
6. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
7. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
8. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.