University—Rosedale

University—Rosedale
Ontario electoral district

University-Rosedale in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Chrystia Freeland
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 98,605
Electors (2015) 71,945
Area (km²) 14
Pop. density (per km²) 7,043.2
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto
Map of University-Rosedale riding

University—Rosedale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

History

University—Rosedale was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015.[1] The riding was created out of the northern parts of the electoral districts of Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre.[2]

Geography

The riding includes the Toronto neighbourhoods of Rosedale, Yorkville, the Annex, and Little Italy, among others.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
University—Rosedale
Riding created from Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre
42nd  2015–Present     Chrystia Freeland Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalChrystia Freeland 27,849 49.8 +19.23
New DemocraticJennifer Hollett 15,988 28.59 -15.24
ConservativeKarim Jivraj 9,790 17.51 -2.62
GreenNick Wright 1,641 2.93 -1.73
LibertarianJesse Waslowski 233 0.42
Animal AllianceSimon Luisi 126 0.22
CommunistDrew Garvie 125 0.22
BridgeDavid Berlin 122 0.21
Marxist–LeninistSteve Rutchinski 51 0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,925100.0 $204,905.49
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 71,945
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +17.24
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 20,451 43.83
  Liberal 14,265 30.57
  Conservative 9,392 20.13
  Green 2,175 4.66
  Others 379 0.81

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