Yorkview

Yorkview

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1996
First contested	1963
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Yorkview was an Ontario provincial electoral district (riding), in the former city of North York from 1963 to 1999. The riding was established for the 1963 Ontario general election.^[1] The riding was abolished in preparation for the 1999 Ontario general election. It was partitioned into the current provincial ridings of York West, York Centre and York South—Weston.^[2]

Its first and longest-serving Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) was Fred Young,^[1] who served the riding as a Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) member, from 1963 until his retirement in 1981.^[3] The last MPP to represent the riding was Ontario Liberal Party member, Mario Sergio.^[4] Sergio went on to win the first election of the new riding of York West, which contained the majority of the former Yorkview riding.

Boundaries

Its original boundaries were Steeles Avenue West on the north, the western boundary was the Humber River, the eastern boundary was Keele Street and the southern boundary meandered south from the Humber along Weston Road, east to Lawrence Avenue West, then south along Jane Street to Eglinton Avenue West.^[2]

In 1975 the riding boundaries were changed. From the southwest corner where Highway 401 crossed the Humber River the boundary followed the river north to Finch Avenue West. It then turned east following Finch to Highway 400. It then turned north following Highway 400 to Steeles Avenue West. It then followed Steeles east to Keele Street and then south along Keele to Sheppard Avenue West. It then went west along Sheppard to Jane Street and then south along Jane to Highway 401. It then followed Highway 401 back west to the Humber River.^[5]

The boundary changed again in 1987. From the southwest corner where Highway 401 crossed the Humber River the boundary followed the river north to Steeles Avenue West. It then turned east following Steeles until it reached Black Creek. It followed the river course south to Finch Avenue West. It then turned west following Finch to Keele Street. It then turned south following Keele until it reached Highway 401. It then followed Highway 401 back west to the Humber River.^[6]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Yorkview
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from part of York Centre
27th	1963–1967		Fred Young	New Democratic
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Michael Spensieri	Liberal
33rd	1985–1987		Claudio Polsinelli	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Giorgio Mammoliti	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Mario Sergio	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[7]
Merged into York West, York Centre and York South—Weston

Election results

Ontario general election, 1963

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Fred Young	7,652	39.0
	Liberal	William Lyon	6,804	34.6
	Progressive Conservative	Isobel Walker	5,185	26.2
		Total	19,641

Ontario general election, 1967

	Party	Candidate	Votes[9]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Fred Young	13,941	46.7
	Liberal	Elvio DelZotta	10,363	34.7
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Gould	5,535	18.5
		Total	29,839

Ontario general election, 1971

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Fred Young	20,540	43.7
	Liberal	Jim Fleming	13,928	29.6
	Progressive Conservative	Michael O'Rourke	12,547	26.7
		Total	47,015

Ontario general election, 1975

	Party	Candidate	Votes[11]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Fred Young	13,428	52.5
	Liberal	Ben Bellantone	8,077	31.6
	Progressive Conservative	Dorlene Hewitt	3,460	13.5
	Communist	John Sweet	602	2.4
		Total	25,567

Ontario general election, 1977

	Party	Candidate	Votes[12]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Fred Young	13,235	53.4
	Liberal	Paul Uguccioni	6,133	24.7
	Progressive Conservative	George Gemmell	3,982	16.1
	Independent	Dorlene Hewitt	485	2.0
	Libertarian	Hersh Gelman	479	1.9
	Communist	R.Moretton	356	1.4
	Independent	Helen Obadia	118	0.5
		Total	24,788

Ontario general election, 1981

	Party	Candidate	Votes[13]	Vote %
	Liberal	Michael Spensieri	10,135	39.1
	New Democrat	Mike Morrone	8,921	34.4
	Conservative	Brian Yandell	5,273	30.4
	Independent	Frank Esposito	831	3.2
	Independent	R. Brandenburg	336	1.3
	Communist	Jack Sweet	242	0.9
	Independent	Victor Heyn	196	0.8
		Total	25,934

Ontario general election, 1985

	Party	Candidate	Votes[14]	Vote %
	Liberal	Claudio Polsinelli	15,959	49.7
	New Democrat	Mike Foster	12,651	39.4
	Conservative	Leslie Soobrian	3,514	10.9
		Total	32,124

Ontario general election, 1987

	Party	Candidate	Votes[15]	Vote %
	Liberal	Claudio Polsinelli	11,378	50.9
	New Democrat	Sheila Lambrinos	6,185	27.7
	Independent Liberal	Tony Marzilli	2,470	11.1
	Conservative	Fareed Khan	1,639	7.3
	Libertarian	Russ Jackman	674	3.0
		Total	22,346

Ontario general election, 1990

	Party	Candidate	Votes[16]	Vote %
	New Democrat	George Mammoliti	9,944	49.5
	Liberal	Claudio Polsinelli	8,320	41.5
	Conservative	Pedro Cordoba	1,249712	6.2
	Libertarian	Roma Kelembet	325	1.6
	Independent	Lucylle Boikoff	233	1.2
		Total	20,071

Ontario general election, 1995

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Liberal	Mario Sergio	9,245	47.0
	New Democrat	George Mammoliti	6,447	32.8
	Conservative	Danny Varaich	3,989	20.3
Total			19681
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			320
Turnout			20,021	60.8
Electors on list			32,827

References

1. "Get On With Medicare–NDP Winner". The Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). 1963-09-26. p. 5.
2. Simon, Dick (1967-10-18). "Map: Metro Toronto Ridings". The Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). p. 66.
3. Branes, Alan (1993-12-16). "Obituary: Fred Young, 86 longtime MPP". The Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). p. A24.
4. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidates". General Election June 8, 1995. Toronto: Elections Ontario. 1995. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
5. Potter, Kent (1975-08-25). "In Yorkview, it's youth against Young". The Toronto Star. p. A06.
6. "Liberal Dominate (chart)". The Toronto Star. 1987-09-11. p. A14.
7. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Fred Young's Legislative Assembly information see "Fred Young, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
   • For Michael Spensieri's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael A. Spensieri, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
   • For Claudio Polsinelli's Legislative Assembly information see "Claudio Polsinelli, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
   • For George Mammoliti's Legislative Assembly information see "Giorgio Mammoliti, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
   • For Mario Sergio's Legislative Assembly information see "Mario Sergio, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
8. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 20.
9. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 66.
10. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 12.
11. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
12. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
13. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
14. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
15. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1987-09-11. p. A12.
16. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1990-09-07. p. A10.