Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)

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Don Valley West

Ontario electoral district
Don Valley West in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Kathleen Wynne Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	117,083
Electors (2007)	77,977
Area (km²)	37
Pop. density (per km²)	3,164.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton.

When the riding was created, it included all of Metro Toronto within the following line: Highway 401 to Leslie Street to the CN Railway to Don Mills Road to the CP Railway to the East Branch of the Don River to East York/North York border the Don Valley Parkway to the Don River to Millwood Road to the CP Railway to the East York/North York border to the Old Toronto city limits to Broadway Avenue to Yonge Street.

Starting with the 2007 Election, the southern border was altered so that it continues to follow the East Branch of the Don River to the main branch until Pottery Road to Bayview Avenue until the CP railway.

The riding was particularly notable in the 2007 election because John Tory, who at the time was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, was defeated by his Liberal opponent Kathleen Wynne.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. David Turnbull, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Kathleen Wynne, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	23,059	50.4
	Progressive Conservative	John Tory	18,136	39.7
	Green	Adrian Walker	2,202	4.8
	New Democrat	Mike Kenny	2,135	4.7
	Family Coalition	Daniel Kidd	183	0.4

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27967	62.9%
	Mixed member proportional	16488	37.2%

• As in most ridings the majority of voters backed FPTP

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	23,488	52.59	+8.97
	Progressive Conservative	David Turnbull	17,394	38.95	-11.57
	New Democrat	Ali Naqvi	2,540	5.69	+1.00
	Green	Philip Hawkins	1,239	2.77

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Turnbull	23,177	50.52
	Liberal	Paul Davidson	20,008	43.62
	New Democrat	Geoffrey Allen	2,152	4.69
	Independent	Judith A. Snow	312	0.68
	Natural Law	Debbie Weberg	224	0.49

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