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Etobicoke - Lakeshore (024)Candidates:
The southernmost of the three Etobicoke ridings is primarily a working-class constituency, and boasts the greatest share of Polish speakers in the province. Bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, in the north by Burnhamthorpe Road and Dundas Street, in the west by Highway 427 and in the east by the Humber River. The riding is comprised of mainly residential areas in the north, while the south has a mix of residential and industrial. In 1999, Etobicoke-Lakeshore absorbed 20 per cent of the old Etobicoke-Humber riding and 15 per cent of Etobicoke West.
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[PDF, 255KB] ( Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.) Political History:One of Etobicoke Lakeshore's most famous former MPPs is Alan Eagleson, who sat as the riding's Tory member from 1963 to 1967. Eagleson left to head the National Hockey League Players' Association. The riding was won by Tory and NDP candidates in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, NDP Ruth Grier defeated Liberal Sam Shepard by 11,112 votes and would go on to hold the environment and health portfolios. Grier placed third in the 1995 election, trailing Liberal Bruce Davis and Tory frontrunner Morley Kells. Kells captured the new Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding in 1999 and again 2003, beating Liberal Laurel Broten by nearly 5,000 votes. Broten bounced back in 2003, defeating Kells by a similar margin. Broten was named environment minister in June 2005. (The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. External links will open in a new window.
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIB | 71 | 0 | 71 | 42.19% |
| PC | 26 | 0 | 26 | 31.67% |
| NDP | 10 | 0 | 10 | 16.79% |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.01% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.34% |
| Last Update:October 11, 2:25:56 AM EDT | ||||
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