Don Valley West

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Don Valley West Electoral district
Don Valley West in relation to the other Toronto ridings
MP	John Godfrey (1993-)
Party	Liberal (1993-)
MPP	Kathleen O. Wynne (2003-)
Party	Liberal (2003-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto
Federal district created	1976

Don Valley West is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It is the richest district in Canada. Its population in 2001 was 115,539.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History - Federal riding 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 History - provincial riding 4.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 5 Former boundaries 6 Federal election results 7 See also 8 External link

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 60.3% White, 14.3% South Asian, 8.6% Chinese, 4.6% Filipino, 4.0% Black, 3.0% West Asian, 1.4% Korean
Languages: 57.2% English, 1.3% French, 39.3% Other, 2.2% Multiple responses
Religions: 27.8% Protestant, 20.0% Catholic, 5.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Other Christian; 13.6% Muslim, 8.2% Jewish, 3.7% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 16.5% No affiliation
Average income: $57,558

[edit] Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of York Mills, Silver Hills, the western half of Don Mills, the eastern half of Lawrence Park, Leaside, Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park in the City of Toronto. The area is 37 km².

[edit] History - Federal riding

The federal electoral district was created in 1976 from Don Valley riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Don Valley prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		John Bosley	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		John Godfrey	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] History - provincial riding

The provincial riding was created in 1999 when provincial riding boundaries were defined to be the same as those defined for federal electoral purposes.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. David Turnbull, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Kathleen O. Wynne, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Godfrey	28,709
	Conservative	John Carmichael	17,908
	New Democrat	David Thomas	4,902
	Green	Daphne So	1,906
	Libertarian	Soumen Deb	226
	Canadian Action	Paul Barnes	151

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Godfrey	30,615
	Conservative	David Turnbull	14,495
	New Democrat	David Thomas	4,393
	Green	Serge Abbat	1,703

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Godfrey	25,329
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Murton	10,583
	Canadian Alliance	John Wakelin	7,239
	New Democrat	Ali Naqvi	2,024
	Marijuana	Greg Stock	469
	Marxist-Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	97

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Godfrey	26,209
	Progressive Conservative	Joanne Flint	15,046
	Reform	Jonathan Silbert	4,669
	New Democrat	Richard Tiller	2,922
	Green	Dan King	378
	Natural Law	Debbie Webberg	173
	Marxist-Leninist	Judith A. Snow	104

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Godfrey	25,756
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	15,023
	Reform	Julian Pope	7,872
	New Democrat	Leonard Swartz	1,410
	National	Dorothy Campbell	1,111
	Green	Dan King	302
	Natural Law	Bob Pepper	262
	Not affiliated	Judith A. Snow	91
	Abolitionist	Stephen Wilson	26

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	27,683
	Liberal	Liz Yorke	19,097
	New Democrat	Ian Cameron	4,307
	Libertarian	Clarke Slemon	408
	Independent	J. Michael McCutcheon	292
	Communist	Chris Frazer	73
	Commonwealth	Peter Hetherington	36

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	29,905
	Liberal	David Wishart	12,855
	New Democrat	Ian Cameron	6,570
	Libertarian	Michael Beech	577

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	25,260
	Liberal	Frank Felkai	18,430
	New Democrat	Jonathan Lomas	4,702
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	365
	Marxist-Leninist	Ian Hyman	42

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Bosley	28,427
	Liberal	Frank Felkai	18,117
	New Democrat	Jean Smith	5,572
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	405
	Marxist-Leninist	Ian Hyman	34

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean