Willowdale is a provincial
electoral district
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in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It elects one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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. It was created in 1987.
History
From 1987 to 1999, its boundaries were
Bathurst Street to
Finch Avenue
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to
Yonge Street
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Once the southernmost leg of provincial Hi ...
to
Steeles Avenue
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to
Leslie Street
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Families
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* Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble famil ...
to the
401.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of
North York
North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...
bounded on the north by the city limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limits south along the eastern limit of the city, west along the hydro-electric transmission line situated south of McNicoll Avenue, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the northern city limit.
From 2003 to 2018, it consisted of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Victoria Park Avenue, southwest along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along Leslie Street, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, northeast along Bathurst Street, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Finch Avenue West and north along Yonge Street to the city limit.
This riding lost territory (36%) to
Don Valley North
Don Valley North (french: Don Valley-Nord) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. Don Valley North ...
, and gained territory from
York Centre
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(16%) during the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Provincial Parliament
,
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park ''curriculum vitae'' see below:
* For Gino Matrundola's Legislative Assembly information see
* For Charles Harnick's Legislative Assembly information see
* For David Young's Legislative Assembly information see
* For David Zimmer's Legislative Assembly information see ]
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
References
Elections Ontario Past Election ResultsMap of riding for 2018 election
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Provincial electoral districts of Toronto
North York