Oakwood (provincial electoral district)







































Oakwood

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1975
District abolished 1997
First contested 1975
Last contested 1999
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Oakwood was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1975 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. It was abolished into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's. Oakwood was located in York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.


Oakwood was a fairly safe seat for the New Democratic Party for most of its existence, although the Liberals won in 1987 and 1995. Both Liberal MPPs, Chaviva Hošek and Mike Colle, served in the Ontario cabinet at one time or another.


The longest-serving member for Oakwood was Tony Grande, who held the seat from 1975 to 1987. Tony Rizzo, elected in 1990, was forced to sit as an Independent MP for twenty months after it was disclosed that his construction firm had been charged with violating Ontario's labour code in 1989. He returned to caucus in 1992.[1]


The riding had large Italian and Portuguese communities, and there was a significant increase in Caribbean immigrants during the 1980s.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Members of Provincial Parliament


  • 2 Electoral results


    • 2.1 1975 boundaries


    • 2.2 1987 boundaries




  • 3 References


    • 3.1 Notes


    • 3.2 Citations







Members of Provincial Parliament








































Oakwood
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from parts of York South and York-Forest Hill ridings in 1975
30th  1975–1977     Tony Grande New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Chaviva Hosek Liberal
35th  1990–1995    
Tony Rizzo[nb 1]
 New Democratic
36th  1995–1999     Michael Colle Liberal


Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston and St. Paul's (1999)


Electoral results



1975 boundaries

















































Ontario general election, 1975

Party
 Candidate
 Votes[4][nb 2]
 Vote %
   
 New Democrat
Tony Grande
 7,302
 40.3
   
 Liberal
 Richard Meagher
 5,939
 32.8
   
Conservative
 J.A. Marrese
 4,619
 25.5

Communist Val Bjarnason 267 1.5


Total
 18,127






























































Ontario general election, 1977

Party
 Candidate
 Votes[5][nb 3]
 Vote %
   
 New Democrat
Tony Grande
 9,390
 43.3
   
 Conservative
Fergy Brown
 6,550
 30.2
   
 Liberal
 Richard Meagher
 5,128
 23.6
   
 Independent
 Willis Cummins
 238
 1.7

Communist Val Bjarnason 232 1.7

Libertarian Alex Eaglesham 153 0.7


Total
 21,691
















































Ontario general election, 1981

Party
 Candidate
 Votes[6]
 Vote %
   
 New Democrat
Tony Grande
 9,235
 45.0
   
 Conservative
 Harriet Wolman
 6,241
 30.4
   
 Liberal
 Jean Gammage
 4,401
 21.4

Communist Nan McDonald 654 3.2


Total
 20,531
















































Ontario general election, 1985

Party
 Candidate
 Votes[7]
 Vote %
   
 New Democrat
Tony Grande
 11,076
 42.3
   
 Liberal
 Joe Ricciuti
 10,093
 38.5
   
 Conservative
 Harriet Wolman
 4,663
 17.8

Communist Mike Sterling 366 1.4


Total
 26,198


1987 boundaries

















































Ontario general election, 1987

Party
 Candidate
 Votes[8][nb 4]
 Vote %
   
 Liberal
Chaviva Hošek
 12,586
 48.5
   
 New Democrat
 Tony Grande
 10,938
 42.1
   
 Conservative
 Irene Paparo-Stein
 1,741
 6.7

Communist Geoff da Silva 689 2.7


Total
 25,954





























































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Ontario general election, 1990
Party
 Candidate
 Votes %

New Democratic Tony Rizzo 10,572 48.9

Liberal Chaviva Hošek 8,196 37.9

Conservative Claudio Lewis 1,712 7.9

Green Steven Peck 589 2.7

Libertarian John Primerano 359 1.7

Communist Elizabeth Rowley 206 1.0
Total
21,634
123 out of 134 polls reporting.

"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

































































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Ontario general election, 1995
Party
 Candidate
 Votes %

Liberal Mike Colle 8,599 42.3

New Democratic Tony Rizzo 7,624 37.5

Conservative Courtney Doldron 3,298 16.2

Independent Joseph Flexer 301 1.7

Green Constantine Kritsonis 269 1.3

Natural Law Doug Storey 136 0.7

Libertarian Nunzio Venuto 100 0.5
Total
20,327

"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.


References



Notes





  1. ^ Sat as an Independent from October 10, 1990 to June 09, 1992.


  2. ^ 136 out of 137 polls reporting.


  3. ^ 140 out of 144 polls reporting.


  4. ^ 110 out of 118 polls reporting.




Citations





  1. ^ "New no-fault insurance plan to be ready by January", Toronto Star, 10 September 1992, A14; Catherine Thompson, "Ferguson not a priority with NDP colleagues", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 17 March 1993, A1.


  2. ^ John Ferri, "Oakwood issues are sewers, roads not the leaders", Toronto Star, 9 August 1987, A6.


  3. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

    • For Tony Grande's Legislative Assembly information see "Anthony William Grande, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

    • For Chaviva Hošek's Legislative Assembly information see "Chaviva Milada Hošek, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

    • For Tony Rizzo's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony Rizzo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

    • For Mike Colle's Legislative Assembly information see "Mike Colle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.




  4. ^ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.


  5. ^ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.


  6. ^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.


  7. ^ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.


  8. ^ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.








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