Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1968. It covers the southern part of the

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

portion of

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on the shore of

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including the former ' Lakeshore Municipalities' of

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and Long Branch. This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of

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in this riding (primarily

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, Serbian, and Croatian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 75.3% White, 4.6% South Asian, 4.2% Black, 3.3% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 2.2% Latin American, 1.8% Korean, 1.3% Southeast Asian
Languages: 60.6% English, 5.5% Polish, 3.4% Ukrainian, 2.7% Italian, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 2.1% Chinese, 2.0% French, 1.8% Tagalog, 1.7% Serbian, 1.5% Korean
Religions: 70.7% Christian (40.8% Catholic, 5.9% Christian Orthodox, 5.3% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 1.9% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist), 3.7% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 21.6 No religion
Median income (2005): $30,419

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of

described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Dundas Street West; thence southwesterly along said street to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly along said railway to Mimico Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Kipling Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Burnhamthorpe Road; thence westerly along said road to

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; thence southerly along said highway to Dundas Street West; thence westerly along said street to the westerly limit of said city; thence generally southerly and northeasterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said city to the southeasterly production of the Humber River; thence generally northwesterly along said production and the Humber River to the point of commencement.

History

The riding was created in 1966 as "Lakeshore" from part of

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, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities',

, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of

. In 1971, it was renamed "Toronto—Lakeshore". In 1976, it was abolished, and replaced by "Etobicoke—Lakeshore". The riding was represented by federal Liberal Party and official Opposition leader

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, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative

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. Trottier lost to James Maloney of the Liberals in 2015, and Maloney still holds the seat. It was previously represented by

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. Provincially, it was represented by

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from 2014 to 2018, and is now represented by Christine Hogarth. On

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, the riding is represented by

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. In the 1988 federal election, there was no Liberal candidate on the ballot because two days after nominations were due, the Liberal candidate, Emmanuel Feuerwerker, withdrew citing heart problems after the news media reported that Mr. Feuerwerker's campaign literature claimed university degrees that he did not, in fact, possess. This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

Image:Lakeshore, riding.png, 1966 to 1976 Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1976.png, 1976 to 1987 Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1987.png, 1987 to 1996 Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1996.png, 1996 to 2004 Image:Etobicoke Lakeshore.png, 2004 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Toronto—Lakeshore

Lakeshore

References

* *Federal riding history from the

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:
Lakeshore

Toronto—Lakeshore

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

2011 Results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Etobicoke-Lakeshore Etobicoke Federal electoral districts of Toronto Ontario federal electoral districts 1976 establishments in Ontario 1966 establishments in Ontario 1976 disestablishments in Ontario