Trinity—Spadina (provincial electoral district)

The electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people of which 74,409 were eligible to vote.

Its Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elect is Han Dong of the Ontario Liberal Party, who unseated longtime MPP Rosario Marchese in the 2014 general election.

Major landmarks within the riding include the western portion of the University of Toronto, the CN Tower, Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), Air Canada Centre, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 299 Queen Street West, the Toronto Eaton Centre, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto City Hall, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park and Palmerston Boulevard.

The riding is one of the most ethnically diverse in Canada containing the heart of Toronto's Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Italy and Little Portugal. The northern section of the riding is the trendy Annex district, while the eastern edge contains part of the University of Toronto and thousands of students. The riding has been the most left-leaning in Toronto and has voted NDP provincially for a number of years.

Demographics

Average family income: $81,415 ^[1]
Median family income: $50,047 ^[2]
Unemployment: 6.7% ^[3]
Language (mother tongue): English - 51%, French - 2%, Other - 45%, Multiple (Incl. English and/or French) - 2% ^[3]
Language (knowledge): English only - 75.3%, French only - < 0.1%, English and French - 15.4%, Neither English nor French - 9.1% ^[3]
Religion: Catholic - 32.1%, Protestant - 15%, other Christian (Incl. Orthodox) - 5.3%, Buddhist - 5.2%, Jewish - 4.2%, Muslim - 2.8%, No religious affiliation - 32.9%, Other - 2.4% ^[3]
Visible Minority: Chinese - 18.2%, Black - 4%, South Asian - 3.5%, Southeast Asian - 1.8%, Filipino - 1.7%, Korean - 1.5%, Latin American - 1.5%, Others - 3.3% ^[3]
Immigrant Status: Non-immigrant - 52%, Immigrant - 45%, Non-permanent resident - 3% ^[3]

Geography

It consists of the Toronto Islands and the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Toronto Harbour, and on the west, north and east by a line drawn from the harbour north on Spencer Avenue, east along the Gardiner Expressway, north on Dufferin, east on Queen Street West, southeast along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, north along Dovercourt Road, east along Dundas Street West, north along Ossington Avenue, east along the Canadian Pacific Railway situated north of Dupont Street, south along Avenue Road and Queens Park Crescent West, east along College Street and south along Yonge Street to the Harbour.

These borders were changed in the 2004 redistribution. The northwestern corner, a generally pro-NDP area was lost to Davenport. A large, but mostly business area of Toronto Centre—Rosedale between University Avenue and Yonge St. was added to the riding. This region tends to support the Liberals. The Toronto Islands were also added to the riding from Toronto Centre—Rosedale. This area is very strongly NDP and while it has a small population it is a highly activist one that provides many campaign workers for the New Democrats.

The boundaries in place from 1999 to 2003

Members of Provincial Parliament

Trinity—Spadina
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Fort York, St. Andrew—St. Patrick and Dovercourt
37th	1999–2003		Rosario Marchese	New Democratic
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present		Han Dong	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[4]

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Han Dong	26,935	46.28	+6.35
	New Democratic	Rosario Marchese	17,759	30.51	-11.85
	Progressive Conservative	Roberta Scott	8,094	13.91	+2.35
	Green	Tim Grant	4,111	7.06	+1.91
	Libertarian	Andrew Echevarria	729	1.25
	Vegan Environmental	Paul Figueiras	308	0.53
	Special Needs	Dan King	265	0.46	+0.16
Total valid votes			58,200	100.0
	Liberal gain		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Rosario Marchese	19,870	42.36	+1.21
	Liberal	Sarah Thomson	18,731	39.93	+8.40
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Yen	5,420	11.56	-2.30
	Green	Tim Grant	2,415	5.15	-6.31
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	139	0.30	-0.24
	Freedom	Silvio Ursomarzo	126	0.27	-0.06
	Socialist	Guy Fogel	117	0.25
	Human Rights	Abara Ocran-Caesar	88	0.19
Total valid votes			46,906	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			205	0.44
Turnout			47,111	43.00
Eligible voters			109,565
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.60
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Rosario Marchese	18,508	41.15	-6.36
	Liberal	Kathryn Holloway	14,180	31.53	-0.35
	Progressive Conservative	Tyler Currie	6,235	13.86	+1.57
	Green	Dan King	5,156	11.46	+5.64
	Independent	George Sawinson	350	0.78
	Special Needs	John Rubino	243	0.54
	Independent	Charlene Cottle	154	0.34
	Freedom	Silvio Ursomarzo	147	0.33
Total valid votes				100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Rosario Marchese	19,268	47.51	-0.38
	Liberal	Nellie Pedro	12,927	31.88	+4.4
	Progressive Conservative	Helena Guergis	4,985	12.29	-8.21
	Green	Greg Laxton	2,362	5.82	+4.11
	Libertarian	Judson Glober	756	1.86
	Independent	Nick Lin	256	0.63
Total valid votes			40,554	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Rosario Marchese	17,110	47.89
	Liberal	Albert Koehl	9,817	27.48
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Loreto	7,323	20.50
	Green	Sat K. S. Khalsa	612	1.71
	Natural Law	Ron Robins	274	0.77
	Independent	Roberto Verdecchia	258	0.72
	Freedom	Silvio Ursomarzo	182	0.51
	Independent	Raymond Samuels	154	0.43
Total valid votes			35,730	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	17,787	40.8
	Mixed member proportional	25,757	59.2
	Total valid votes	43,544	100.0

This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

City Councillors

Municipally, Trinity—Spadina is divided into two wards; the western half, Ward 19, is represented by Mike Layton (son of the late and former Canadian federal New Democratic leader Jack Layton), and the eastern half, Ward 20, is represented by Ceta Ramkhalawansingh. In Toronto's 2010 municipal elections, Adam Vaughan was re-elected for a second four-year term; the previous Ward 19 Councillor, Joe Pantalone, stood (unsuccessfully) for mayor. Ramkhalawansingh was appointed by Council after Vaughan ran successfully in the 2014 Ontario election.

Metro Ward 20

Joe Pantalone 1980–January 1, 1998

Metro Ward 24

Olivia Chow - 1991–January 1, 1998

Toronto Ward 24

Olivia Chow - Metro Council Ward 24 1998-2000

Toronto Ward 19

Joe Pantalone January 1, 1998–2010
Mike Layton 2010-

Toronto Ward 20

Olivia Chow - 2000–2006; 2006
Martin Silva 2006
Adam Vaughan 2006–2014
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh 2014–present

Toronto Ward 4

Martin Silva 1988–January 1, 1998
William Peyton Hubbard 1894–1915

Toronto Ward 5

Dan Leckie January 1, 1994–January 1, 1998

References

↑ "Canada Votes 2006". CBC News. 2001 Census. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "2006 Election". CTV News. 2001 Census. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Federal Electoral District Profile of Trinity-Spadina, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census". StatsCan. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014.
↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Rosario Marchese's Legislative Assembly information see "Rosario Marchese, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Han Dong's Legislative Assembly information see "Han Dong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 096 Trinity—Spadina". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Trinity—Spadina" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

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Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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