Ridings
130 Etobicoke Centre
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
This residential riding in west-end Toronto runs the gamut from stately
homes near the Kingsway to pockets of no-frills public housing.
Etobicoke Centre is bordered by the Humber River to the east, Highway
401 and Dixon Road to the north, the CP line, Mimico Creek, Burnhamthorpe
Road and Highway 427 to the south and Etobicoke Creek and Dundas Street
West to the west.
According to the 2001 census, more than 19 per cent of the population is
over 65, the highest such percentage in Ontario. The immigrant population
is 42 per cent and more than 10 per cent are Italian.
Manufacturing is the largest employer, followed by retail trade and the
service sector. Average family income is $93,277 and the unemployment rate
is 5.9 per cent.
Etobicoke Centre riding was created in 1976 from parts of the former
Etobicoke riding and High Park-Humber Valley. In 1996, 21 per cent of
Etobicoke North was added. In the 2004 redistribution, a small part of
Etobicoke North was added to Etobicoke Centre's northeastern edge.
Population:
111,792
Political History
In 2004, Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj was elected with more than twice as
many votes as his nearest competitor, Conservative Lida Preyma.
Liberal Allan Rock held the riding for three terms. Rock resigned in
December 2003 and was named ambassador to the United Nations. He served
in Jean Chrétien's cabinet as minister of justice, attorney general,
minister of health and minister of industry.
Progressive Conservative MP Michael Wilson held the riding from 1979
to 1993. He was minister of finance for seven years under Brian Mulroney.
Liberal Alastair Gillespie was MP for Etobicoke Centre from 1969 to 1979
and served as minister of energy, mines and resources, minister of state
for science and technology and minister of industry, trade and commerce
under Pierre Trudeau.
Etobicoke:
1968, 1972, 1974 - LIB
Etobicoke Centre:
1979-88 inclusive - PC
1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Axel Kuhn
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Education: B.Sc. from the University of Toronto. Post-graduate scholarship to CalTech
Profession: Business owner
Marital status: Married
Name of spouse: Darlene
Children: Two
Career background: Co-founder and partner of ISIS Digital Media in Burlington (1999-present). Founder, president and owner of Kuhn Technology Marketing (1987-2002). General manager of sales and marketing at Husky Injection Molding Systems in Bolton, Ont. (1984-1987). Consultant for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Peoria, U.S. and Geneva, Switzerland (1978-1984)
Community activities: Current president of the Thorncrest Homes Association
Electoral History
Party: Joined the new Etobicoke-Centre Conservative Association (2004). Elected vice-president (2005). Elected a delegate to Founding Convention of the Party in Montreal (2005)
Campaign Address:
416-239-2856
axel@axelkuhn.ca
www.axelkuhn.ca
John Vanderheyden
Party: Green Party of Canada
Education: Graduated from engineering faculty at the University of Toronto
Profession: Professional engineer and certified management consultant
Career background: Was a partner in one of Canada's major management consulting firms. Later, was a principal with Resources Management Consultants Ltd. Has worked as a consultant in South-East Asia, the Orient, the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the former Soviet Union. Has been a special lecturer in industrial engineering at the University of Toronto and a visiting professor in industrial management at the University of the West Indies. For the last 30 years, has been a member on the advisory council of the mechanical and industrial engineering department at Ryerson University. Has served as an executive member of such organizations as the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Institute of Management Consultants of Ontario and the Institute of Industrial Engineers
Campaign Address:
647-430-0642
jvanderheyden@greenparty.ca
Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth date: Nov. 10, 1960
Age: 45
Birthplace: Toronto
Education:BA from the University of Toronto
Profession: Current president and owner of both the Future Bakery and M-C Dairy in Etobicoke, Ont.
Career background: Took over the family business at age 22. The Future Bakery, founded by his grandparents, employs more than 80 people today. Co-founder and executive member of the Annex Business Improvement Area. Co-founder and president of the Garrison Village Business Association. Executive member of the Niagara Neighbourhood Association. Named one of Ontario's Top 100 Entrepreneurs by the Ontario Business Journal
Community activities: As an activist, he funded, organized and supported civil rights groups and democratic reform on the ground in Ukraine prior to glasnost and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, the family continues to work in Ukraine, funding and organizing both relief efforts for orphans and post-secondary scholarship funds for promising students in need
Electoral History
Federal: Elected in Etobicoke Centre (2004)
Political History
Committee: Member of Public Accounts, Transport
Campaign Address:
385 The West Mall, Unit 101/201, Toronto, Ont.
416-621-6403
electborys@bellnet.com
www.electborys.com
Ottawa Address:
Room 555-D, Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont.
613-947-5000
France Tremblay
Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Campaign Address:
info@mlpc.ca
Cynthia Cameron
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Education: BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. Studied ethics at King's University College
Profession: Lifestyle and health journalist
Marital status: Married
Name of spouse: Alex Glinka
Children: Jesse, Jessika and Liam
Career background: Former assistant editor of the Canadian trade publication Environmental Digest. Was the feature columnist for nine years of the non-profit ability publication Perspectives. Won the Ontario Association of Community Living Newsletter Award for an Individual Article (1998)
Community activities: Volunteer and nominated parent representative at Humber Valley Village School. Has been a hospital auxiliary volunteer, working with senior population for five years. Has been been active in community work, such as the 25th Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, the Women's Community House, YMCA Parent Advisory Council and canvassing for Autism Society Ontario, March of Dimes, Easter Seals, Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Ontario
Campaign Address:
416-232-0992
cynthiacameron@ndp.ca
Norman Dundas
Party: Progressive Canadian Party
Birth date: May, 1940
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario
Education: B.Comm. (Sir George Williams University)
Profession: Retired
Marital status: Divorced
Career background: Employed by Sun Life of Canada and successor Sun Life Financial for 37 years in Montreal and Toronto. Retired in 2000 as taxation officer
Community activities: Treasurer of The Phi Gamma Delta Foundation of Canada, a charity providing scholarships, fellowships, and alcohol and drug abuse programs to university students across Canada. Member of Bloordale United Church involved in church committees and is the congregation's representative to Toronto West Presbytery of the United Church of Canada. Member and director of the Etobicoke Centennial Choir
Riding Address:
20 Raintree Path, Etobicoke ON M9C 5A9
Tel: 416-695-3157
norman.dundas@pcparty.org
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