Fort York (provincial electoral district)

Fort York

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
District abolished	1999
First contested	1987
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Fort York was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1987 and was subsequently abolished in 1999 when the ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. The riding had only two representatives:

• Bob Wong who was elected in the 1987 provincial election; and,
• Rosario Marchese who defeated Mr Wong in the 1990 provincial election. He was subsequently re-elected when the riding was redistributed and renamed Trinity-Spadina prior to the 1999 provincial election.

Boundaries

The riding occupied the central downtown area of Toronto. The western border zigzagged from the Lake along Atlantic Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Ossington Avenue to Bloor Street. It then followed Bloor east to Bathurst Street, then south on Bathurst to College Street, then east on College and then on Carlton Street past Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street. It then went south on Sherbourne to the lake. It then followed the lakeshore west back to Atlantic. The riding also included the Toronto Islands.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Fort York
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from parts of St. Andrew—St. Patrick, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, and St. George in 1987
34th	1987–1990		Bob Wong	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Rosario Marchese	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre after 1996

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1987: Fort York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bob Wong	8,951	43.9
	New Democratic	Joe Pantalone	8,795	43.2
	Conservative	Tom Pang	1,534	7.5
	Libertarian	Paul Barker	364	1.8
	Green	Andrew Scorer	221	1.1
	Freedom	Glen J. Magder	174	0.9
	Independent	Bill Wheton	167	0.8
	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	161	0.8
20,367
Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1987-09-11. p. A12.
147 out of 159 polls reporting.

Ontario general election, 1990

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2][nb 1]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Rosario Marchese	10,801	46.8
	Liberal	Bob Wong	9,256	40.1
	Conservative	John Pepalt	2,191	9.5
	Libertarian	Paul Barker	519	2.2
	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	331	1.4
		Total	23,098

Ontario general election, 1995

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Rosario Marchese	10,762	41.0
	Liberal	Bob Wong	8,482	32.3
	Conservative	Jacob Ginsberg	6,025	23.0
	Green	Kevin Ells	300	1.1
	Libertarian	Paul Barker	266	1.0
	Independent	Matthew Shepherd	140	0.5
	Natural Law	Maurice Seguin	133	0.5
	Independent	John Steele	129	0.5
		Total	26,237

References

Notes

1. 141 out of 164 polls reporting.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Bob Wong's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Charles Wong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
   • For Rosario Marchese's Legislative Assembly information see "Rosario Marchese, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
2. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1990-09-07. p. A10.
3. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

External links

• Elections Ontario