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Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada For the provincial and municipal electoral divisions, see Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district) and Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth.

Toronto—Danforth
Ontario electoral district
Location in Toronto
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Julie Dabrusin
Liberal
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)105,472
Electors (2015)76,567
Area (km²)19.75
Pop. density (per km²)5,340.4
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of Toronto–Danforth

Toronto–Danforth (formerly Broadview–Greenwood) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto. Its best-known MP was New Democratic Party (NDP) leader and Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton.

Toronto–Danforth includes an array of ethnicities, including large Greek, Chinese, and South Asian communities, many of the latter of whom are Muslims. It has the highest percentage of ethnic Greeks among all Toronto ridings (7.3%).

Historically, the riding has tilted to the left, particularly since the 1990s. Most election contests take place between the NDP and the Liberal Party. Even with the end of vote-splitting on the centre-right, the Conservatives are almost nonexistent in the riding; no Conservative candidate has crossed the 15 percent mark.

The NDP held the riding for the first nine years of its existence before Liberal Dennis Mills won the seat in 1988 and held it during the long period of Liberal dominance of the federal scene. He was unseated in 2004 by Layton, who had previously run against Mills in 1997. Layton held the seat until his death on August 22, 2011. The seat was vacant until a by-election on March 29, 2012, which was won by NDP candidate and human rights lawyer Craig Scott. However, Scott was narrowly defeated by Liberal Julie Dabrusin in the 2015 election in a major upset.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 63.4% White, 11.2% Chinese, 5.8% South Asian, 5.3% Black, 2.4% Filipino, 2.3% Indigenous, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.6% Latin American
Languages: 65.9% English, 5.4% Cantonese, 3.7% Greek, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.9% French, 1.6% Spanish, 1.0% Tagalog

Religions: 39.5% Christian (16.5% Catholic, 7.8% Christian Orthodox, 3.1% Anglican, 2.3% United Church, 9.8% Other), 4.7% Muslim, 2.7% Buddhist, 2.6% Jewish, 1.1% Hindu, 48.2% none
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $70,800 (2020)

History

The riding was created in 1976 as "Broadview—Greenwood" from parts of Broadview and York East and a small part of Greenwood.

It consisted initially of the part of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Queen Street East, on the west by the Don River, and on the east and north by a line drawn north from Queen Street along Jones Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, west along O'Connor Drive, north along Don Mills Road to the Don River.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Toronto and the Borough of East York bounded on the west by the Don River, on the south by Queen Street, and on the east and north by a line drawn from the lake north along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Danforth Avenue, north along Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, and west along Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch to the Don River.

In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the City of Toronto and the Borough of East York north along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, north along Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, west along Taylor Creek, the Don River East Branch and the Don River, northwest along Millwood Road, southwest along the Canadian Pacific Railway and the eastern limit of the City of Toronto, south along the Don River to Toronto Harbour.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 2000 to "Toronto—Danforth" on the suggestion of Dennis Mills, the riding's Member of Parliament. Many local citizens were upset at the name change, particularly because of the lack of public say in the matter. Layton sought neighbourhood input for another name change to the riding, but the name was not changed.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries, which consist of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and Toronto Harbour, on the east by Coxwell Avenue and Coxwell Boulevard, on the north by Taylor Creek and the Don River East Branch, and on the west by the Don River. This riding was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

  • 1976 to 1987 1976 to 1987
  • 1987 to 1996 1987 to 1996
  • 1996 to 2003 1996 to 2003
  • 2003 to 2015 2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Broadview—Greenwood
Riding created from Broadview, York East and Greenwood
31st  1979–1980     Bob Rae New Democratic
32nd  1980–1982
 1982–1984 Lynn McDonald
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993     Dennis Mills Liberal
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000
Toronto—Danforth
37th  2000–2004     Dennis Mills Liberal
38th  2004–2006     Jack Layton New Democratic
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2011
 2012–2015 Craig Scott
42nd  2015–2019     Julie Dabrusin Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

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Graph of general election results in Broadview—Greenwood (1976-2000), and Toronto—Danforth (2000-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Toronto—Danforth, 2000–present

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Graph of general election results in Toronto—Danforth (2000-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dabrusin 23,038 48.41 +0.58 $77,319.65
New Democratic Clare Hacksel 15,881 33.28 +0.08 $94,784.85
Conservative Michael Carey 6,105 12.83 +2.29 $25,348.44
People's Wayne Simmons 1,238 2.59 +1.49 $766.61
Green Maryem Tollar 949 1.99 -4.51 $2,899.08
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 204 0.43 +0.13 $0.00
Animal Protection Liz White 179 0.38 -0.02 $3,315.07
Independent Habiba Desai 125 0.26 $510.82
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,719 – – $110,583.29
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 47,719 59.84
Eligible voters 79,749
Source: Elections Canada
2021 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Liberal 25,216 48.36
  New Democratic 17,556 33.67
  Conservative 6,548 12.56
  People's 1,282 2.46
  Green 1,023 1.96
  Others 521 1.00
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dabrusin 27,681 47.7 +5.36 $75,766
New Democratic Min Sook Lee 19,283 33.2 -6.97 $102,067
Conservative Zia Choudhary 6,091 10.5 +0.64 $19,351
Green Chris Tolley 3,761 6.5 +1.79
People's Tara Dos Remedios 621 1.1 - $3,633
Animal Protection Elizabeth Abbott 261 0.4 -0.24 $2,645
Independent John Kladitis 210 0.4 - $2,953
Communist Ivan Byard 151 0.3 -
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,059 100.0
Total rejected ballots 413
Turnout 58,472 71.9
Eligible voters 81,283
Liberal hold Swing +6.17
Source: Elections Canada
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Julie Dabrusin 23,531 42.34 +24.75 $76,557.98
New Democratic Craig Scott 22,325 40.17 -20.70 $177,088.37
Conservative Benjamin Dichter 5,478 9.86 -4.44 $7,898.04
Green Chris Tolley 2,618 4.71 -1.74 $8,441.33
Progressive Canadian John Richardson 1,275 2.29 – –
Animal Alliance Elizabeth Abbott 354 0.64 – $216.83
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,581 100.00   $210,111.71
Total rejected ballots 269 0.48 –
Turnout 55,850 72.38 –
Eligible voters 77,158
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +22.73
Source: Elections Canada


Canadian federal by-election, March 19, 2012: Toronto—Danforth
Death of Jack Layton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Craig Scott 19,210 59.44 −1.36 $ 82,847.22
Liberal Grant Gordon 9,215 28.51 +10.89 86,016.54
Conservative Andrew Keyes 1,736 5.37 −8.95 73,735.56
Green Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu 1,517 4.69 −1.77 57,955.38
Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 208 0.64 –   1,473.73
Libertarian John C. Recker 133 0.41 –   2,433.05
Independent Leslie Bory 77 0.24 –   898.69
Canadian Action Christopher Porter 75 0.23 –   3,163.57
Independent John Turmel 57 0.18 –   –    
United Brian Jedan 55 0.17 –   130.18
Independent Bahman Yazdanfar 36 0.11 –   622.86
Total valid votes/expense limit 32,319 100.00     $ 86,821.95
Total rejected ballots 150 0.46 −0.13
Turnout 32,469 43.58 −21.32
New Democratic hold Swing −6.1
Source(s) "By-election March 19, 2012 – Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
"Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return – March 19, 2012 By-election". Retrieved October 29, 2014.
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jack Layton 29,235 60.80 +16.02 $ 71,037.96
Liberal Andrew Lang 8,472 17.62 -11.76 62,218.04
Conservative Katarina Von Koenig 6,885 14.32 +2.67 4,113.58
Green Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu 3,107 6.46 -6.75 47,241.28
Animal Alliance Marie Crawford 387 0.80 +0.41 –  
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,086 100.00 –   $ 84,621.69
Total rejected ballots 284 0.59 +0.17
Turnout 48,370 64.90 +3.99
New Democratic hold Swing +13.9
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Forty-First General Election 2011". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014.
"Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jack Layton 20,323 44.78 -3.64 $ 79,280.87
Liberal Andrew Lang 13,336 29.38 -4.85 65,423.39
Green Sharon Howarth 5,995 13.21 +6.10 37,793.55
Conservative Christina Perreault 5,287 11.65 +1.75 16,514.92
Animal Alliance Marie Crawford 175 0.39 – –  
Independent John Richardson 130 0.29 – 38.98
Marxist–Leninist Marcell Rodden 87 0.19 -0.15 –  
Canadian Action Bahman Yazdanfar 54 0.12 – 125.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,387 100.00 –   $ 82,496.98
Total rejected ballots 191 0.42 -0.06
Turnout 45,578 60.91 -6.76
New Democratic hold Swing +0.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Fortieth General Election 2008". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014.
"Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jack Layton 24,412 48.42 +2.08 $ 74,966.33
Liberal Deborah Coyne 17,256 34.23 -7.11 74,304.11
Conservative Kren Clausen 4,992 9.90 +3.69 32,138.91
Green Al Hart 3,583 7.11 +1.73 6,770.73
Marxist–Leninist Marcell Rodden 172 0.34 +0.16 –  
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,415 100.00 – $ 76,419.79
Total rejected ballots 242 0.48 -0.08
Turnout 50,657 67.67 +3.57
New Democratic hold Swing +4.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Thirty-ninth General Election". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014.
"Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jack Layton 22,198 46.34 +18.69 $ 72,751.01
Liberal Dennis Mills 19,803 41.34 -10.56 73,909.41
Conservative Loftus Cuddy 2,975 6.21 -9.51 12,400.00
Green Jim Harris 2,575 5.38 +3.42 11,139.51
Marijuana Scott Yee 265 0.55 -0.76 –  
Marxist–Leninist Marcell Rodden 84 0.18 -0.03 –  
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,900 100.00   $ 75,271.84
Total rejected ballots 269 0.56  
Turnout 48,169 64.10  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing -14.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Thirty-eighth General Election". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014.
"Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

Note: Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dennis Mills 20,330 51.90 +2.14
New Democratic Paula Turtle 10,830 27.65 -5.12
Progressive Conservative Rose A. Dyson 3,138 8.01 +0.38
Alliance Chris Butryn 3,021 7.71 +0.06
Green Robert Nevin 769 1.96 +0.96
Marijuana Sean Keir 513 1.31 –
Canadian Action William Angus Millar 202 0.52 –
Natural Law Linda Martin 154 0.39 -0.09
Communist Miguel Figueroa 129 0.33 –
Marxist–Leninist Melanie Cishecki 82 0.21 +0.01
Total valid votes 39,168 100.00 –

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Broadview—Greenwood, 1976–2000

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Graph of general election results in Broadview—Greenwood (1976-2000) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dennis Mills 21,108 49.76 -11.31
New Democratic Jack Layton 13,903 32.77 +18.82
Reform Brian Higgins 3,247 7.65 -3.64
Progressive Conservative Dianne Garrels 3,238 7.63 -1.71
Green Karen McCarthy 426 1.00 –
Independent Kevin Mark Clarke 211 0.50 –
Natural Law Bob Hyman 205 0.48 -0.53
Marxist–Leninist Gurdev Singh 85 0.20 -0.04
Total valid votes 42,423 100.00 –
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dennis Mills 23,558 61.07 +22.18
New Democratic Lynn McDonald 5,381 13.95 -22.01
Reform Frank Meyers 4,356 11.29 –
Progressive Conservative John Papadakis 3,601 9.34 -13.08
National Barbara A. Sim 976 2.53 –
Natural Law Bob Hyman 389 1.01 –
Independent Elizabeth Rowley 148 0.38 –
Marxist–Leninist Manuel Gitterman 92 0.24 –
Abolitionist Brian Blonski 74 0.19 –
Total valid votes 38,575 100.00 –
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dennis Mills 15,808 38.89 +20.55
New Democratic Lynn McDonald 14,616 35.96 -9.63
Progressive Conservative Wayne Allan Shillinglaw 9,112 22.42 -12.25
Libertarian Byron J. Garby 431 1.06 –
Green Elizabeth Rhodes 296 0.73 +0.01
Rhinoceros Hank Wright Snell 243 0.60 -0.08
Commonwealth of Canada David S. Moyer 137 0.34 –
Total valid votes 40,643 100.00 –
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lynn McDonald 15,066 45.59 +6.48
Progressive Conservative Peter Worthington 11,455 34.67 -15.26
Liberal Ken Paige 6,060 18.34 +8.61
Green Rolf Tegtmeyer 239 0.72 –
Rhinoceros Nora Rodden 224 0.68 +0.36
Total valid votes 33,044 100.00 –

Note: the popular vote of Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Worthington is compared to the total popular vote in the 1982 by-election earned by the PC candidate Bill Fatsis and by Mr. Worthington running without affiliation.

Canadian federal by-election, October 12, 1982: Toronto-Danforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lynn McDonald 10,967 39.11 -1.26
Independent Peter Worthington 9,004 32.11 –
Progressive Conservative Bill Fatsis 4,999 17.82 -6.10
Liberal Dave O'Connor 2,728 9.73 -23.31
Independent Donald Y. Hsu 159 0.57 –
Rhinoceros Terry The Pirate Roche 90 0.32 -0.29
Independent Christopher R.C. Boddy 41 0.15 –
Independent Sydney Thompson 38 0.14 –
Independent John Turmel 19 0.07 –
Total valid votes 28,045 100.00 –
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bob Rae 12,953 40.37 +0.65
Liberal Philippe Gigantès 10,601 33.04 +5.06
Progressive Conservative Michael Clarke 7,677 23.92 -6.16
Libertarian Walter Belej 352 1.10 -0.33
Rhinoceros Vicki Butterfield 196 0.61 –
Communist Ed McDonald 164 0.51 +0.07
Independent Don Hayward 53 0.17 –
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy J. O'Donnell 53 0.17 0.00
Independent Milorad Novich 40 0.12 -0.07
Total valid votes 32,089 100.00 –
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Bob Rae 13,187 39.72
Progressive Conservative Michael Clarke 9,987 30.08
Liberal Philipp Varelis 9,290 27.98
Libertarian Walter Belej 474 1.43
Communist John Bizzell 145 0.44
Independent Milorad Novich 64 0.19
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy J. O'Donnell 57 0.17
Total valid votes 33,204 100.00

See also

References

Citations

  1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Toronto--Danforth [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  4. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Toronto—Danforth, 30 September 2015
  9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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