Parkdale—High Park (provincial electoral district)

Parkdale—High Park
Ontario electoral district
	Parkdale—High Park in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Coordinates:	43°39′N 79°28′W / 43.65°N 79.47°W; Coordinates for the centre of the district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Bhutila Karpoche; New Democratic
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	108,805
Electors (2018)	88,131
Area (km²)	16
Pop. density (per km²)	6,800.3
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Parkdale—High Park is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, created in 1996 and represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It is located in the Toronto's west-end, bordering on the lakefront to the south, the Humber River to the west, and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks essentially defining its northern and eastern borders. There are 107,035 residents in the district.^[1]^{[nb 1]} Federally the electoral district is held by Member of Parliament (MP) Arif Virani, provincially by Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Bhutila Karpoche and municipally by city councillor Gord Perks (Ward 4).

Boundaries

2007 & 2011 elections

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north and east by a line drawn from the Humber River east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway to Queen Street West, south along Dufferin Street to the Gardiner expressway; then westerly along said expressway to the southerly production of Spencer Street, and south along the Spencer production to the city limits in Lake Ontario. The boundary then moves westerly along the city limits to the production of the Humber River; then generally it moves northwesterly following the river back to the commencement point at the intersection of the river and the railway tracks.^[2]

1999, 2003, 2006 elections

The district was constituted from parts of the old City of Toronto and the former City of York. It started at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of York with the Canadian Pacific Railway; then went easterly along the railway to the Canadian National Railway; from there it went southeasterly along the Canadian National Railway to the northerly production of Atlantic Avenue; then southerly along said production, Atlantic Avenue and its southerly production to the Gardiner Expressway; thence westerly along the Gardiner Expressway to the southerly production of Spencer Avenue; then southerly along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue to the southerly limit of the City of Toronto in Lake Ontario. The boundary then moves westerly along the city limits to the production of the Humber River; then generally it moves northwesterly following the river back to the commencement point at the intersection of the river and the railway tracks.^[3]

Neighbourhoods

Parkdale—High Park encompasses seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of Swansea; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the south half of The Junction; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is Roncesvalles; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east.^[4]

History

Parkdale—High Park was created in 1996 when provincial districts were defined to have the same borders as federal electoral districts.^[5] It had previously been represented by portions of the High Park—Swansea, Parkdale, and York South districts.^[6]

Gerard Kennedy, a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, was the first MPP elected from this district, after he won the seat in the 1999 Ontario general election. He was re-elected in the subsequent 2003 Ontario general election that elected a Liberal majority government. Kennedy served as Minister of Education in that government until he resigned in 2006 to run for the federal Liberal Party leadership, precipitating the September 14, 2006 by-election that was won by DiNovo.^[7]

Cheri DiNovo, a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), became the district's MPP after the September 14, 2006 by-election caused by Kennedy's resignation from the Legislature. DiNovo was re-elected in the 2007 , 2011 and 2014 Ontario general elections^[8] before retiring from politics in 2017 to become minister of Trinity-St. Paul's United Church.

After DiNovo's departure, Bhutila Karpoche, a member of the New Democratic Party, was elected in the 2018 Ontario general election. Karpoche was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election. In 2024, Karpoche announced that she would not be seeking re-election as an MPP and instead seeking the federal NDP nomination for the next federal election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from High Park—Swansea, Parkdale and York South
37th	1999–2003	Gerard Kennedy	Liberal
38th	2003–2006	Gerard Kennedy	Liberal
38th	2006–2007	Cheri DiNovo	New Democratic
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2017
42nd	2018–2022	Bhutila Karpoche
43rd	2022–present	Bhutila Karpoche
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[9]

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bhutila Karpoche	23,024	53.97	−5.44	$114,469
	Liberal	Karim Bardeesy	9,547	22.38	+5.38	$118,634
	Progressive Conservative	Monika Frejlich	6,270	14.70	−3.31	$12,433
	Green	Patrick Macklem	2,587	6.06	+1.40	$2,663
	New Blue	Danielle Height	537	1.26		$0
	Ontario Party	Craig Peskett	349	0.82		$0
	Communist	Gunes Agduk	221	0.52	+0.27	$0
	People's Political Party	Oliver Roberts	129	0.30		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,664	99.47	+0.33	$120,799
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			228	0.53	−0.33
Turnout			42,892	50.25	−12.18
Eligible voters			86,295
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−5.41
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bhutila Karpoche	32,407	59.41	+13.21
	Progressive Conservative	Adam Pham	9,821	18.00	+6.26
	Liberal	Nadia Guerrera	9,271	17.00	-20.42
	Green	Halyna Zalucky	2,544	4.66	+1.33
	Libertarian	Matthias Nunno	371	0.68	+0.25
	Communist	Jay Watts	135	0.25
Turnout			54,549	65.02	+8.12
Eligible voters			83,879
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.42
Source: Elections Ontario^[10]

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Cheri DiNovo	18,385	40.77	-5.43
	Liberal	Nancy Leblanc	17,841	39.56	+2.14
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Ellerton	5,787	12.83	+1.09
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,479	5.50	+2.17
	None of the Above	Matthew Vezina	305	0.68	–
	Libertarian	Redmond Weissenberger	191	0.42	-0.01
	Freedom	Melanie Motz	105	0.23	–
Total valid votes			45,093	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			262	1.06
Turnout			45,576	56.88
Eligible voters			80,122
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.79
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Past Election Results". Retrieved 26 March 2016.

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Cheri DiNovo	18,365	46.20	+1.57
	Liberal	Cortney Pasternak	14,877	37.42	+8.13
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Ganetakos	4,668	11.74	-3.06
	Green	Justin Trottier	1,325	3.33	-6.36
	Libertarian	Rod Rojas	172	0.43	-0.37
	Independent	Bohdan Ewhen Radejewsky	88	0.22
	Independent	George Babula	84	0.21
	Independent	Cecilia Luu	78	0.20
	People's Political Party	Thomas Zaugg	56	0.14
	Independent	Istvan Tar	39	0.10
Total valid votes			39,752	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			81	0.20
Turnout			39,959	51.79
Eligible voters			77,163
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.28
Source: Elections Ontario^[11]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Cheri DiNovo	18,194	44.71	+3.59
	Liberal	Sylvia Watson	11,900	29.24	-3.7
	Progressive Conservative	David Hutcheon	6,024	14.80	-2.49
	Green	Bruce Hearns	3,938	9.68	+3.53
	Libertarian	Zork Hun	326	0.80	+0.23
	Family Coalition	Marilee Kidd	312	0.77	-0.5
Total valid votes			40,694	100.0

Ontario provincial by-election, September 14, 2006 Resignation of Gerard Kennedy
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Cheri DiNovo	11,677	41.04	+25.27
	Liberal	Sylvia Watson	9,387	32.99	-24.84
	Progressive Conservative	David Hutcheon	4,921	17.29	+1.11
	Green	Frank De Jong	1,753	6.16	-0.77
	Family Coalition	Stan Grzywna	367	1.29	-0.2
	Libertarian	Jim McIntosh	162	0.57
	Freedom	Silvio Ursomarzo	111	0.39	-0.02
	Independent	John Turmel	78	0.27
Total valid votes			28,456	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[12]

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerard Kennedy	23,008	57.83	+2.91
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Snell	6,436	16.18	-13.99
	New Democratic	Margo Duncan	6,275	15.77	+3.99
	Green	Neil Spiegel	2,758	6.93	+5.74
	Family Coalition	Stan Grzywna	591	1.49	+0.8
	Communist	Karin Larsen	349	0.88
	Independent	John Steele	204	0.51
	Freedom	Richard "Dick" Field	165	0.41
Total valid votes			39,786	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerard Kennedy	23,022	54.92
	Progressive Conservative	Annamarie Castrilli	12,647	30.17
	New Democratic	Irene Atkinson	4,937	11.78
	Green	Frank de Jong	500	1.19
	Libertarian	Doug Burn	325	0.78
	Family Coalition	Stan Grzywna	289	0.69
	Independent	Jorge Van Schouwen	99	0.24
	Natural Law	Lynne Hea	99	0.24
Total valid votes			41,918	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[13]

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	17,741	45.5
	Mixed member proportional^{[nb 2]}	21,207	54.5
	Total valid votes	38,948	100.0

References

Notes

^ The figure is a sum of the population of the two city wards that occupy Parkdale-High Park. The total may be underrepresented by as much as 5% due to "census undercoverage".
^ This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

Citations

^ "City of Toronto Population by Ward" (PDF). City of Toronto. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Parkdale--High Park (Ontario)". Maps. Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2011-12-31. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
^ "Parkdale--High Park (Ontario". Historical 301 Electoral Districts Database. Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2011-12-31. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
^ "Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles - Map". Toronto. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
^ Rusk, James (1996-10-02). "Harris redraws electoral map". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A4.
^ Urquhart, Ian (1997-07-12). "Lots of ego in nasty Liberal riding fight". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. B5.
^ Diebel, Linda (2006-10-08). "Calling Mr. Kennedy". The Toronto Star. Toronto. pp. A1, A6–A7.
^ Rubin, Josh (2011-10-06). "Parkdale–High Park: DiNovo fights off challenge". The Toronto Star. Toronto. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Gerard Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Gerard Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- For Cheri DiNovo's Legislative Assembly information see "Cheri DiNovo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ Essensa, Greg (2011). "068, Parkdale–High Park". 2011 General Election Results by District. Toronto: Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
^ Chief Returning Officer. "Parkdale–High Park By-election 2006". Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate. Toronto: Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
^ Chief Returning Officer of Ontario. "Parkdale—High Park General Election of June 3, 1999". Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate. Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

[2] The figure is a sum of the population of the two city wards that occupy Parkdale-High Park. The total may be underrepresented by as much as 5% due to "census undercoverage".

[15] This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

[Elect_CAN_ED_Profile-1] "City of Toronto Population by Ward" (PDF). City of Toronto. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

[Elect_CAN_Maps_2011-3] "Parkdale--High Park (Ontario)". Maps. Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2011-12-31. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

[Elect_CAN_Maps_1997-4] "Parkdale--High Park (Ontario". Historical 301 Electoral Districts Database. Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2011-12-31. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

[5] "Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles - Map". Toronto. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

[Globe_19961002-6] Rusk, James (1996-10-02). "Harris redraws electoral map". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A4.

[ToStar_19970712-7] Urquhart, Ian (1997-07-12). "Lots of ego in nasty Liberal riding fight". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. B5.

[ToStar_20061008-8] Diebel, Linda (2006-10-08). "Calling Mr. Kennedy". The Toronto Star. Toronto. pp. A1, A6–A7.

[ToStar_20111006-9] Rubin, Josh (2011-10-06). "Parkdale–High Park: DiNovo fights off challenge". The Toronto Star. Toronto. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

[10] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Gerard Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Gerard Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

For Cheri DiNovo's Legislative Assembly information see "Cheri DiNovo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[12] For Gerard Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Gerard Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[13] For Cheri DiNovo's Legislative Assembly information see "Cheri DiNovo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

[11] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[Elections_Ontario_2011-12] Essensa, Greg (2011). "068, Parkdale–High Park". 2011 General Election Results by District. Toronto: Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

[ELXN_ON_by-elxn_2006-13] Chief Returning Officer. "Parkdale–High Park By-election 2006". Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate. Toronto: Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

[14] Chief Returning Officer of Ontario. "Parkdale—High Park General Election of June 3, 1999". Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate. Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

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