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Canada Votes 2008

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York West

2008 Results

York West
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 192/192 polls
LIB Judy Sgro 17,026 Elected
NDP Giulio Manfrini 5,365
CON Kevin Nguyen 4,787
GRN Nick Capra 1,502

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This northwest Toronto riding has an immigrant population of 61.4 per cent – among the highest in Canada. Almost 18 per cent listed Italian as their ethnic origin. There are also large Indian, Jamaican, Chinese and Vietnamese communities.

The riding stretches from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue West in the north between the Humber River in the west and Keele Street, Grandravine Drive, Black Creek, Sheppard Avenue West and Jane Street in the east.

Manufacturing is the main source of employment and the riding contains a large number of light furniture- and cabinet-making companies. The 2006 census shows an average family income of $58,785 – the lowest in the province – and an unemployment rate of 9.6 per cent – the third-highest in the province.

The riding was established in 1867, abolished in 1903 and re-established in 1914. The 1996 redistribution kept 78 per cent of the riding and added part of York Centre. In 2004, the northeastern boundary moved west to Keele Street and a portion of York Centre south of Grandravine Drive was added.

Population: 103,948 (2006 census; a decrease of 5.8% since 2001)

Political History

This riding voted Conservative from 1940 to 1958, but has chosen Liberal MPs since 1962.

Judy Sgro won this riding easily in 2006 when she defeated Conservative candidate Parm Gill by 15,174 votes. She is serving her third term in the riding.

In 2004, Sgro was victorious and received 65 per cent of the vote. She first won a November 1999 byelection and was re-elected in the 2000 general election.

Sgro was named minister of citizenship and immigration in 2003, but resigned in January 2005 after allegations that she offered asylum in Canada to a volunteer on her campaign. Her accuser later retracted his claim and apologized.

Liberal Red Kelly won in 1962 and 1963. Robert Winters won a single term in 1965, but didn't run again after he lost the Liberal leadership to Pierre Trudeau. Phil Givens won in 1968.

Jim Fleming, a former minister of state for multiculturalism, was MP from 1972 to 1984.

Sergio Marchi won the riding in 1984, 1988, 1993 and 1997. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him minister of citizenship and immigration and minister of environment. He resigned in August 1999 and was named ambassador to the World Trade Organization.

  • 1917-30 - CON
  • 1935 - LIB
  • 1940-58 - PC
  • Since 1962 - LIB