Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Ontario electoral district
	Etobicoke—Lakeshore in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	129,081
Electors (2015)	90,167
Area (km²)[2]	53
Pop. density (per km²)	2,435.5
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Map of Etobicoke-Lakeshore

It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.

This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.[3]

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 Toronto 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 Highway 427; 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 York—Humber, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities', Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of Etobicoke. 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 Michael Ignatieff, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative Bernard Trottier. It was previously represented by Jean Augustine. Provincially, it has been represented by Peter Milczyn since 2014. On Toronto City Council, the southern half of the riding is represented by Mark Grimes, and the northern half by Justin Di Ciano.

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.[4]

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

1966 to 1976
1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2004
2004 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lakeshore Riding created from York—Humber
28th	1968–1972	Ken Robinson	Liberal
Toronto—Lakeshore
29th	1972–1974	Terry Grier	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979	Ken Robinson	Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
31st	1979–1980	Ken Robinson	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Ken Robinson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Patrick Boyer	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Patrick Boyer	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Jean Augustine	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Michael Ignatieff
40th	2008–2011	Michael Ignatieff
41st	2011–2015	Bernard Trottier	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	James Maloney	Liberal
43rd	2019–present	James Maloney	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in Etobicoke—Lakeshore (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)