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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286/286 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| CON | Chungsen Leung | 22,206 | 41.72 |
Elected |
| LIB | Martha Hall Findlay | 21,245 | 39.91 |
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| NDP | Mehdi Mollahasani | 9,780 | 18.37 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This Toronto riding contains part of the former city of North York, including its highly developed Yonge Street strip and many affluent residential areas.
It runs from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue East in the north, between Victoria Park Avenue, the hydro transmission line, Highway 404, Finch Avenue East and Leslie Street in the east, and the west branch of the Don River, Bathurst Street, the hydro transmission line and Yonge Street in the west.
Willowdale riding was established in 1976 from 57 per cent of York Centre, 35 per cent of York North and part of Eglinton Avenue. In 1996, there were substantial boundary revisions. In 2004, the southeast boundary moved east to Leslie Street and the northwest boundary moved west to Yonge Street.
Population: 129,356 (2006 census; an increase of 19.3% since 2001)
Political History
In the 2008 election, Martha Hall Findlay was re-elected to this seat, beating Conservative Jake Karns with 48 per cent of the vote. She had won a byelection earlier in the year to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Liberal MP Jim Peterson. In 2006, Peterson earned his sixth term when he won with 55 per cent of the vote over Conservative Jovan Boseovski. Peterson and Boseovski faced each other for the first time in 2004 when Peterson won with 61 per cent of the vote.
Peterson was secretary of state for international financial institutions from 1997 to 2002. In 2003, then prime minister Paul Martin named him minister of international trade. Peterson was the Liberal candidate in this riding since it was established. He was defeated in 1979 by PC Bob Jarvis and in 1984 by PC John Oostrom. In 1997, former Toronto police board chairman Norm Gardner ran for the PCs and lost to Peterson.
- 1979 - PC
- 1980 - LIB
- 1984 - PC
- 1988-2008 inclusive - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 16.31% (20,975) |
| French | 2.51% (3,230) |
| Aboriginal | 0.34% (435) |
| American | 0.51% (660) |
| Canadian | 7.21% (9,270) |
| Caribbean | 2.51% (3,230) |
| Latin, Central, South | 1.28% (1,640) |
| Western European | 4.82% (6,200) |
| Northern European | 0.98% (1,265) |
| Eastern European | 10.22% (13,145) |
| S European | 8.55% (10,995) |
| Other European | 5.56% (7,145) |
| Scandinavian | 0.68% (875) |
| Baltic | 0.67% (865) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.54% (700) |
| African | 1.49% (1,910) |
| Arab | 1.51% (1,940) |
| Maghrebi | 0.10% (130) |
| West Asia | 8.69% (11,175) |
| South Asia | 5.31% (6,830) |
| East/SE Asia | 43.29% (55,670) |
| Oceania | 0.09% (120) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.02% (20) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 128,600 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 37% (47,230) |
| French | 1% (1,390) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (10) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 1% (1,575) |
| Portuguese | 0% (455) |
| Romanian | 1% (1,575) |
| Spanish | 1% (1,820) |
| Danish | 0% (30) |
| Dutch | 0% (225) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (10) |
| German | 1% (975) |
| Norwegian | 0% (15) |
| Swedish | 0% (20) |
| Yiddish | 0% (485) |
| Bosnian | 0% (20) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (255) |
| Croatian | 0% (250) |
| Czech | 0% (115) |
| Macedonian | 0% (285) |
| Polish | 1% (710) |
| Russian | 3% (3,180) |
| Serbian | 0% (465) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (20) |
| Slovak | 0% (195) |
| Slovenian | 0% (70) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (330) |
| Latvian | 0% (95) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (55) |
| Estonian | 0% (200) |
| Finnish | 0% (170) |
| Hungarian | 1% (835) |
| Greek | 1% (985) |
| Armenian | 0% (615) |
| Turkish | 0% (380) |
| Amharic | 0% (35) |
| Arabic | 1% (1,215) |
| Hebrew | 0% (550) |
| Maltese | 0% (40) |
| Somali | 0% (130) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (15) |
| Bengali | 0% (245) |
| Gujarati | 0% (545) |
| Hindi | 1% (655) |
| Kurdish | 0% (35) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (175) |
| Pashto | 0% (10) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 7% (8,545) |
| Sindhi | 0% (135) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (30) |
| Urdu | 0% (510) |
| Malayalam | 0% (70) |
| Tamil | 0% (480) |
| Telugu | 0% (115) |
| Japanese | 1% (645) |
| Korean | 7% (9,270) |
| Cantonese | 10% (12,765) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 11% (13,845) |
| Mandarin | 6% (7,085) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (460) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (15) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (200) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (30) |
| Ilocano | 0% (90) |
| Malay | 0% (285) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 1% (1,745) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (85) |
| Swahili | 0% (50) |
| Creoles | 0% (125) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 126,545 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5.91 |
| Mining | 0.75 |
| Utilities | 1.13 |
| Construction | 5.28 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 3.77 |
| Retail | 10.71 |
| Transport | 5.63 |
| Info Culture | 2.08 |
| Finance Insurance | 3.82 |
| Real Estate | 1.33 |
| ProSciTech | 4.19 |
| Management | 0.11 |
| Waste/Remediation | 3.58 |
| Education | 7.75 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 12.42 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.87 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.64 |
| Public Admin | 6.81 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 611,280 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 7.5%
6.4% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 16.03%
13.56%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 26.78%
26.61%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $94,233
$90,526 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 60%
28% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 46.17%
33.54% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
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