Etobicoke—Lakeshore is a provincial
electoral district in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. It elects one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1987 from
Lakeshore.
From 1987 to 1999 the district included all of
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 ...
south of a line following the CP Railway to
Kipling Avenue
Kipling Avenue is a street in the cities of Toronto and Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, 6 concessions (12 km) west from Yonge Street, and is a major north–south arterial road. It consists of three separate sec ...
to
Bloor Street
Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Park ...
.
In 1999 the border was moved up to a line following
Dundas Street to the
427 to
Burnhamthorpe Road
Burnhamthorpe Road is a major arterial road in the cities of Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario; beginning at Dundas Street (from which it initially angles away from before running parallel with), near Islington Avenue, running west and becom ...
to
Kipling Avenue
Kipling Avenue is a street in the cities of Toronto and Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, 6 concessions (12 km) west from Yonge Street, and is a major north–south arterial road. It consists of three separate sec ...
to
Mimico Creek
Mimico Creek is a stream that flows through Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is long, is in the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Ontario.
The creek's name is derived from the comm ...
to the Canadian Pacific Railway to Dundas Street.
In 2007, the borders were not altered.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
Police detective Steve Ryan had originally been nominated by the Progressive Conservatives, however, according to party leader Tim Hudak, Ryan was unable to run in the by-election due to injuries sustained in a work related automobile accident; city councillor Doug Holyday was recruited to be the party's candidate instead.
2007 electoral reform referendum
References
External links
Elections Ontario Past Election ResultsMap of riding for 2018 election
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Etobicoke
Ontario provincial electoral districts
Provincial electoral districts of Toronto