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Wilson Heights (electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada


Summary

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

FieldValue
nameWilson Heights
provinceOntario
prov-statusdefunct
prov-created1975
prov-abolished2001
prov-election-first1975
prov-election-last1999
demo-cdToronto
demo-csdToronto

| prov-status = defunct | prov-created = 1975 | prov-abolished = 2001 | prov-election-first = 1975 | prov-election-last = 1999 | prov-rep = | prov-rep-link = | prov-rep-party = | prov-rep-party-link = | demo-census-date = | demo-pop = | demo-electors = | demo-electors-date = | demo-area = | demo-cd = Toronto | demo-csd = Toronto Wilson Heights was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1999, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence. Wilson Heights was located in the neighbourhood of Wilson Heights in the former municipality of North York, which is now part of Toronto.

Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Liberal Vern Singer, was a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the York Centre and Downsview ridings. He retired in 1977 and was replaced by Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg, who briefly served as a minister without portfolio in Frank Miller's government. Its longest-serving representative was Monte Kwinter, who defeated Rotenberg in the 1985 provincial election and held the riding for fourteen years until its dissolution. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson, and now represents York Centre.

The Wilson Heights division had a significant Jewish population, at almost 40% of the total population.

Members of Provincial Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
See Downsview riding prior to 1975
30th1975–1977ONLiberalbackground}}Vern Singer
31st1977–1981ONPCbackground}}David Rotenberg
32nd1981–1985
33rd1985–1987ONLiberalbackground}}Monte Kwinter
34th1987–1990
35th1990–1995
36th1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
Merged into York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence (1999)

Election results

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Results from the 29 ridings in Metronewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=September 19, 1975location=Torontopage=A18}}Vote %
LiberalVern Singer11,480
ConservativeDavid Rotenberg9,262
New DemocratHoward Moscoe7,476
IndependentGeorge Dance372
Total28,590
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=How they voted in Metro areanewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=June 10, 1977location=Torontopage=A10}}Vote %
ConservativeDavid Rotenberg13,792
LiberalMurray Markin7,057
New DemocratHoward Moscoe7,055
Total28,084
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Election results for Metro Toronto ridingsnewspaper=The Windsor Starurl=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429date=March 20, 1981location=Windsor, Ontariopage=22accessdate=May 10, 2012}}Vote %
ConservativeDavid Rotenberg11,579
LiberalElinor Caplan8,760
New DemocratGreg Iaonnou3,580
Total23,919
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=May 3, 1985location=Torontopage=43accessdate=May 10, 2012}}Vote %
LiberalMonte Kwinter12,425
ConservativeDavid Rotenberg10,068
New DemocratHoward Moscoe7,858
Total30,351
PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMonte Kwinter17,018
New DemocratJennifer Paton6,752
ConservativeDavid Farb5,885
Total29,655
PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMonte Kwinter12,204
New DemocratJohn Fagan9,540
ConservativeSteven Kerzner4,361
Total27,243
PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMonte Kwinter12,468
ConservativeSam Pasternack9,772
New DemocratClaudia White4,612
Natural LawMike Dubinsky438
IndependentDavid Yates109
Total27,933

References

Notes

Citations

References

  1. Canadian Press. (September 19, 1975). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star.
  2. Canadian Press. (June 10, 1977). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star.
  3. Canadian Press. (March 20, 1981). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star.
  4. Canadian Press. (May 3, 1985). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen.
  5. (September 11, 1987). "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star.
  6. (September 7, 1990). "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star.
  7. (June 8, 1995). "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario.
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