Eglinton—Lawrence is a provincial
electoral district in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada. It elects one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of
Lawrence
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
,
York Mills,
Wilson Heights,
Oakwood,
St. Andrew—St. Patrick and
Eglinton.
When the riding was created, it included all of
Metro Toronto
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, whic ...
within the following line:
Highway 401
King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one,
is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian provinc ...
to the CN Railway to
Eglinton Avenue
Eglinton Avenue is a major east–west arterial thoroughfare in Toronto and Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario. The street begins at Highway 407 (but does not interchange with the tollway) at the western limits of Mississauga, as ...
to
Dufferin Street
Dufferin Street is a major north–south street in Toronto, Vaughan and King, Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, two concessions (4 km) west of Yonge Street. The street starts at Exhibition Place, continues north to Toronto's northe ...
to
Rogers Road to
Oakwood Avenue to Holland Park Avenue to Winona Drive to the border of
Old Toronto to
Bathurst Street to the
Belt Line to Eglinton Avenue to
Yonge Street
Yonge Street (; pronounced "young") is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes.
Once the southernmost leg of provincial H ...
.
In 2007, the southern border was altered so that it was Eglinton Avenue from the CN Railway to Yonge Street.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
References
External links
Elections Ontario Past Election ResultsMap of riding for 2018 election
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Ontario provincial electoral districts
North York
Provincial electoral districts of Toronto
1999 establishments in Ontario