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Oakwood (provincial electoral district)

FieldValue
nameOakwood
provinceOntario
prov-statusdefunct
prov-created1975
prov-abolished1997
prov-election-first1975
prov-election-last1999
demo-census-date2006
demo-cdToronto
demo-csdToronto

| prov-status = defunct | prov-created = 1975 | prov-abolished = 1997 | prov-election-first = 1975 | prov-election-last = 1999 | prov-rep = | prov-rep-link = | prov-rep-party = | prov-rep-party-link = | demo-census-date = 2006 | demo-pop = | demo-electors = | demo-electors-date = | demo-area = | demo-cd = Toronto | demo-csd = Toronto Oakwood was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1975 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. It was abolished into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's. Oakwood was located in York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.

Oakwood was a fairly safe seat for the New Democratic Party for most of its existence, although the Liberals won in 1987 and 1995. Both Liberal MPPs, Chaviva Hošek and Mike Colle, served in the Ontario cabinet at one time or another.

The longest-serving member for Oakwood was Tony Grande, who held the seat from 1975 to 1987. Tony Rizzo, elected in 1990, was forced to sit as an Independent MP for twenty months after it was disclosed that his construction firm had been charged with violating Ontario's labour code in 1989. He returned to caucus in 1992.

The riding had large Italian and Portuguese communities, and there was a significant increase in Caribbean immigrants during the 1980s.

Members of Provincial Parliament

| Assembly#=30 | PartyTerms#=4 | RepTerms#=4 | Assembly#=31 | Assembly#=32 | Assembly#=33 | Assembly#=34 | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 | Assembly#=35 | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 | Assembly#=36 | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

  • For Tony Grande's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Chaviva Hošek's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Tony Rizzo's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see }}

Electoral results

1975 boundaries

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Results from the 29 ridings in Metronewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1975-09-19location=Torontopage=A18}}136 out of 137 polls reporting.Vote %
New DemocratTony Grande7,302
LiberalRichard Meagher5,939
ConservativeJ.A. Marrese4,619
Total18,127
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=How they voted in Metro areanewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1977-06-10location=Torontopage=A10}}140 out of 144 polls reporting.Vote %
New DemocratTony Grande9,390
ConservativeFergy Brown6,550
LiberalRichard Meagher5,128
IndependentWillis Cummins238
Total21,691
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Election results for Metro Toronto ridingsnewspaper=The Windsor Starurl=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429date=1981-03-20location=Windsor, Ontariopage=22access-date=2012-05-10}}Vote %
New DemocratTony Grande9,235
ConservativeHarriet Wolman6,241
LiberalJean Gammage4,401
Total20,531
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding resultsnewspaper=Ottawa Citizenurl=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gzc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hvUIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464%2C1195068date=1985-05-03location=Torontopage=43access-date=2012-05-10}}Vote %
New DemocratTony Grande11,076
LiberalJoe Ricciuti10,093
ConservativeHarriet Wolman4,663
Total26,198

1987 boundaries

PartyCandidateVotes110 out of 118 polls reporting.Vote %
LiberalChaviva Hošek12,586
New DemocratTony Grande10,938
ConservativeIrene Paparo-Stein1,741
Total25,954

References

Notes

Citations

References

  1. "New no-fault insurance plan to be ready by January", ''Toronto Star'', 10 September 1992, A14; Catherine Thompson, "Ferguson not a priority with NDP colleagues", ''Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', 17 March 1993, A1.
  2. John Ferri, "Oakwood issues are sewers, roads not the leaders", ''Toronto Star'', 9 August 1987, A6.
  3. Canadian Press. (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star.
  4. Canadian Press. (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star.
  5. Canadian Press. (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star.
  6. Canadian Press. (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen.
  7. (1987-09-11). "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star.
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