Ridings
202 Trinity-Spadina
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
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This downtown Toronto riding contains some of the city's most famous landmarks,
including the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre, the bank towers, Ontario Place
and the Royal Ontario Museum.
The riding stretches from Lake Ontario in the south to the CP Rail line
north of Dupont Street in the north. The eastern boundaries are Avenue
Road and Queen's Park Crescent, east along College Street to Yonge Street,
and down Yonge to Lake Ontario. Western boundaries zigzag: Ossington Avenue
down to Dundas Street West, across Dundas to Dovercourt Road, then down
to the CN Rail line, across to Dufferin Street, down Dufferin, then west
around the Canadian National Exhibition grounds to the lake.
Chinatown, Little Italy, Portugal Village, Kensington market, the Annex,
the University of Toronto and the Toronto Islands are also in the riding.
The riding contains the financial district, many commercial establishments,
small businesses and the city's garment district.
According to the 2001 census, the immigrant population is 44 per cent,
with a diverse mix of backgrounds. There are large Chinese and Portugese
communities. Almost 45 per cent listed a language other than English or
French as their mother tongue. Only 35 per cent of residents own their
homes. The average family income is $81,415 and unemployment is 6.7 per
cent.
This riding was created in the 1986 redistribution from 88 per cent of
Spadina and 40 per cent of Trinity ridings. In 1996, a piece of Davenport
was added. In 2004, the southwest border was moved west to Dufferin Street
and in the southeast, the boundary of the riding moved to Yonge Street
from University Avenue.
Political History
In 2004, Tony Ianno defeated New Democrat Olivia Chow by 805
votes to win a fourth term of office. Chow, city councillor and wife of
NDP leader Jack Layton, also ran against Ianno and lost in 1997.
Liberal Paul Hellyer won a December 1958 byelection in Trinity riding
and was MP until he resigned in 1971 and changed party affiliation. Hellyer
was defeated by Pierre Trudeau for the Liberal leadership in 1968. In
1972, he was narrowly re-elected as Trinity's MP, this time as a PC. He
ran for leadership of the Conservatives in 1976 and lost. Liberal Aideen
Nicholson was elected in Trinity in 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984.
In Spadina, Liberal Peter Stollery was elected four times from 1972 through
1980. He was appointed to the Senate in 1981, when Pierre Trudeau wanted
to open the seat to let his principal secretary, Jim Coutts, run. Coutts
lost the 1981 byelection to New Democrat Dan Heap, an Anglican minister
and city alderman. Heap won the 1984 election in Spadina and the 1988
election in the newly created Trinity-Spadina.
Spadina:
1935-53 inclusive - LIB
1955 byelection, 1957, 1958 - PC
1962-80 - LIB
1981 byelection, 1984 - NDP
Trinity:
1935, 1940 - LIB
1945 - PC
1949, 1953, 1954 byelection, 1957 - LIB
1958 - PC
1958 byelection, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968 - LIB
1972 - PC
1974, 1979, 1980, 1984 - LIB
Trinity-Spadina:
1988 - NDP
1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
John Riddell
Party: Canadian Action Party
Community Activities: Created the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform's (COMER) website. Made feature-length videos on
financial and social issues
Riding Address:
102 - 15 Walmer Rd, Toronto, ON, K2P 1Y4
Tel.: 416 961-5990
johnr@pathcom.com
www.thedreamofcanada.ca
Sam Goldstein
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Profession: Lawyer
Career Background: Criminal lawyer and a former prosecutor
Community Activities: Serves on the board of directors of the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and the Downtown Jewish
Community School. Awarded the Canadian Jewish Playwrighting Award in 1991
Riding Address:
Tel.: 416-531-2135
sam@samgoldstein.ca
www.samgoldstein.ca
Thom Chapman
Party: Green Party of Canada
Education: Honours graduate in public and media relations
Career Background: Works in international sales for a large television and media company. Has worked in the television and film
industry for three years
Campaign Address:
(416) 955-1283
tchapman@greenparty.ca
ridings.greenparty.ca/article202.html
Tony Ianno
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth Date: Jan. 2, 1957
Age: 48
Birthplace: Toronto, Ont.
Education: B.Sc. (University of Toronto)
Profession: Businessperson
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Christine Innes
Children: Four
Career Background: Adviser to former Ontario Premier David Peterson. Managed a family-owned roofing business.
Served as chair of Energlobe Power Quality Management Services,
a firm that maximizes power efficiency for large commercial
industries. Founder and publisher of the Canadian Italian Business
Directory
Community Activities: Co-founder of Trinity-Bellwoods Rate Payers Association.
Served as Director of the Toronto Athletic Sports Clubs Association,
and has worked in support of emotionally challenged children
Provincial:
Federal: Defeated in this riding in 1988, elected in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004
Political History
Cabinet: Parlimentary Secretary to the President of Treasury Board and Minister Responsible for Infrastructure
Committee: Former Member: Human Resources Development and the Status of
Persons with Disabilities; Industry; Natural Resources and
Government Operations; Canadian Heritage
Caucus: Member of Caucus Committee on Economic Development.
Chaired Liberal caucus Task Force on Financial Services.
Was a member of Prime Minister's Task Force on Aging and chaired the
Prime Minister's Task Force on Active Living and Dignity for Seniors
Riding Address:
206 Beverley Street, Toronto, ON
M5T 1Z3
Tel.: 416-703-6474
tony@tonyianno.ca
www.tonyianno.ca
Nick Lin
Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Electoral History
Provincial: Defeated in Trinity-Spadina in 2003
Federal: Defeated in Trinity-Spadina in 2000 and 2004
Olivia Chow
Party: New Democratic Party
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Education: BA Hons. in Fine Arts (University of Guelph)
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Jack Layton
Children: Sarah and Michael
Career Background: Served with several social service agencies. Assistant to Trinity Spadina MP Dan Heap (NDP) in 1981. Worked
for two public school trustees, before being elected a trustee. Between 1995 and 2002 she was a lecturer at George Brown College, in
the Counselling and Advocacy for Assaulted Women and Children Program.
Community Activities: A sculptor, she has donated work in support of various charities. Board Member: Toronto Community Housing
Corp, Toronto Public Library, Art Gallery of Ontario, Harbourfront Centre, Scadding Court Community Centre, Association of
Municipalities of Ontario
Political History
Municipal: Elected public school trustee for Toronto Board of Education in 1985. Metro Councillor for the Downtown Ward (1991-2005). In 1998,
she was named Toronto's Children and Youth Advocate. Was a member of the City's Budget Committee from 1994 to 2003. Current chair of
Community Services Committee and Children and Youth Action Committee; current co-chair, Toronto Cycling Committee
Resigned from Metro Toronto Council upon being nominated a candidate in this riding.
Riding Address:
659 Bloor St. W.
Tel.: 416-534-3906
olivia@oliviachow.ca
www.oliviachow.ca/
Asif Hossain
Party:Progressive Canadian Party
Education: Studying at the University of Toronto
Profession: Student
Political History
Party: Joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2000. Volunteered for the PC Party candidate in the Windsor-West
riding in the 2000 Federal Election
Riding Address:
Tel.: (416) 725-3630
www.asifhossain.com
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