Beaches - East York

This Toronto riding is bordered to the south by Lake Ontario, to the north by Sunrise Avenue and the Don River, the old border of Scarborough to the east (Victoria Park Avenue) and Coxwell Avenue to the west.

Homeowners outnumber renters in the riding by 57 per cent to 43 per cen. The bulk of workers are in retail or wholesale trade, the service sector, or manufacturing and construction. Average family income is $92,186 and the unemployment rate is 6.9 per cent.

According to the 2006 census the immigrant population is 35 per cent, with Chinese, Italian and Indian among the major ethnic groups.

In the 2004 redistribution, the riding added small areas from Scarborough, Don Valley East and Don Valley West. The Beaches riding was created in 1976, mainly from the former Greenwood riding, and became Beaches-Woodbine in 1986. Part of Don Valley East was added in 1996.

Population: 104,831 (2006 census; a decrease of 3.7% since 2001)

Political History

Since 1993, this riding has been held by Liberal Maria Minna, a former minister of international co-operation. In 2004, she defeated New Democrat Peter Tabuns.

In the 2006 election, Minna continued her winning streak when she beat NDP candidate Marilyn Churley by 2,778 votes.

The former Greenwood riding was Tory from 1935 to 1958 and New Democrat from 1962 to 1974. The riding went PC in 1979 and was then held by NDP MP Neil Young for three terms.

Greenwood:

• 1935-58 inclusive - PC
• 1962-74 inclusive - NDP

Beaches/Beaches-Woodbine:

• 1979 - PC
• 1980-88 inclusive - NDP
• 1993 - LIB

Beaches-East York:

• 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 - LIB