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York South—Weston

Ontario electoral district
York South–Weston in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Alan Tonks Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Laura Albanese Liberal
District created
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	114,458
Electors (2007)	67,563
Area (km²)	26
Pop. density (per km²)	4,402.2
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

York South—Weston is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 ¹.

The current federal Member of Parliament for the riding is Liberal Alan Tonks and the current provincial Member of Provincial Parliament is Liberal Laura Albanese.

Federal electoral district

It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. The riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park¹.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway situated west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, southeast along Old Weston Road, west along Lavender Road, south along Keele Street, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the Humber River to Highway 401¹.

Former boundaries

It was created in 1976 from parts of York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke ridings ¹.

It consisted originally of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Eglinton Avenue West north along Keele Street, west along Lawrence Avenue West, south along the Humber River, east and north along the north limit of the City of Toronto, south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, south along Keele Street, east along Humberside Avenue, northwest along the Canadian National Railway, east along the north limit of the City of Toronto, north along the east side of Prospect Cemetery, and west along Eglinton Avenue West to Keele Street¹.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, south along Keele Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, south along Keele Street, west along the southern limit of the City of York, southeast along the Canadian National Railway line, west along Dupont Street, northwest along Dundas Street West, west along Annette Street, north along Runnymede Road, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and north along the western limits of the Cities of York and North York to Highway 401¹.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, southeast along the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, south along Old Weston Road, west along the northern limit of the City of Toronto, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the western limit of the cities of York and North York to Highway 401¹.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Federal elections results

Provincial electoral district

York South–Weston riding map 1999-2003 boundaries. Source Elections Ontario

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. New electoral district boundaries will follow the current federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 elections. They became law after Bill 214 (2005), otherwise known as the "Representations Act, 2005",was passed in the Ontario Legislature². The October 10, 2007 Ontario general election was conducted using the new boundaries, with only minor changes to the boundaries in the south-east corner of the riding, along the border with the Davenport riding ³.

1999 Provincial electoral district description

YORK SOUTH-WESTON consisting of those parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of North York with the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway No. 401); thence easterly along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along Rogers Road to Old Weston Road; thence southerly along Old Weston Road to the northerly limit of the City of Toronto; thence westerly along the northerly limit of the City of Toronto to the Canadian National Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the Canadian Pacific Railway to the westerly limit of the City of York; thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of the cities of York and North York to the point of commencement ⁴.

Member of Provincial Parliament

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

Provincial general election results

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "York South Weston electoral boundaries" (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
2. ^ "Bill 214 2005 An Act to amend the Election Act,the Election Finances Act and the Legislative Assembly Act, to repeal the Representation Act, 1996 and to enact the Representation Act, 2005" (HTML). Journals and Procedural Research Branch Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
3. ^ "New electoral boundaries" (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
4. ^ "York South Weston electoral boundaries" (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (1996). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.

See also

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

External links

• York South-Weston history from the Parliament of Canada website includes election results and evolving boundary descriptions.

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