Fort York (provincial electoral district)


Fort York was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1987 and was subsequently abolished in 1999 when the ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. The riding had only two representatives:
The riding occupied the central downtown area of Toronto. The western border zigzagged from the Lake along Atlantic Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Ossington Avenue to Bloor Street. It then followed Bloor east to Bathurst Street, then south on Bathurst to College Street, then east on College and then on Carlton Street past Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street. It then went south on Sherbourne to the lake. It then followed the lakeshore west back to Atlantic. The riding also included the Toronto Islands.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Electoral results

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
New DemocratRosario Marchese10,80146.8
LiberalBob Wong9,25640.1
ConservativeJohn Pepalt2,1919.5
IndependentRonald Rodgers3311.4
Total23,098

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
New DemocratRosario Marchese10,76241.0
LiberalBob Wong8,48232.3
ConservativeJacob Ginsberg6,02523.0
IndependentMatthew Shepherd1400.5
Natural LawMaurice Seguin1330.5
IndependentJohn Steele1290.5
Total26,237

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