York Centre is a provincial
electoral district
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in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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, that has been the name of ridings in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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three different times. It was created initially in 1955 from the southern part of York North. It was dissolved in 1963 when it was split into three ridings called Yorkview, Downsview and Armourdale. In 1967, it was reconstituted north of Steeles in the township of Markham. This lasted until 1999 when it was dissolved into
Markham—Unionville
Markham—Unionville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Boundaries
Markham—Unionville is located in the City of Markham within an area bordered by a ...
. The name was given to a new riding formed in its original location south of Steeles. It remains as an existing riding today.
Boundaries
1955 to 1963
The original boundaries consisted of Steeles Avenue West to the north, Yonge Street to the East, Lawrence Avenue West to the south and the Humber River to the west.
1963 to 1999
1999 to present
York Centre consists of the part of the City of Toronto within the
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 ...
district bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Yonge Street, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of Finch Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.
History
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
Before 1999, the name York Centre was assigned to a completely different riding located in
York Region
The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. The region was established after the passing of then Bill 102, An Act to Establish The Regional M ...
north of
Toronto
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with none of the same territory as the current York Centre. In 1999, much of the old York Centre was absorbed by the new riding of
Vaughan—King—Aurora
Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1 ...
. The former riding was
Wilson Heights.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
Historic election results
1987 boundaries
1974 boundaries
1966 boundaries
1950s
References
Notes
Citations
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