Beaches—East York

Beaches—East York
Ontario electoral district
	Beaches—East York in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	109,468
Electors (2015)	75,169
Area (km²)	16.64
Pop. density (per km²)	6,578.6
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Beaches—East York (formerly Beaches—Woodbine) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

According to the 2016 Census, Beaches—East York has the highest percentage of people of English (24.2%), Canadian (19.7%), and Scottish (18.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto ridings.

Geography[edit]

Map of Beaches-East York

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of the Beaches, Upper Beaches, East Danforth, O'Connor–Parkview, and part of Old East York.

History[edit]

The federal riding of Beaches—Woodbine was created before the 1988 federal election from Beaches riding. Before the 1997 federal election, it adopted its current name. The original boundary of the riding of Beaches-Woodbine, began at the southwest corner starts where the southern extension of Leslie Street intersects with Lake Ontario, proceeds north along Leslie Street, then east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, and north along Coxwell Avenue until it turns into Coxwell Blvd. at O'Connor Drive. It continues a short distance along this street where the boundary extends until it meets Taylor-Massey Creek. It follows the creek west (downstream) until it meets the Don River East Branch. The boundary follows the river northeast (upstream) until it meets the point where a westerly extension of Sunrise Avenue intersects with the river course. The boundary continues east along Sunrise Avenue until it meets Victoria Park Avenue. The boundary turns south and follows the street south until it ends at Lake Ontario. The boundary follows the lake coast back west until it meets the beginning point.^[3]

In 2003, the western boundary was altered so that the portion west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to the neighbouring riding of Toronto-Danforth.^[4] This riding was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Since its creation as Beaches-Woodbine in 1988, Beaches—East York has been contested between Liberal and New Democratic candidates, with both parties nearly doubling Conservative vote totals.

In the 2011 election the riding was won by New Democratic Party candidate Matthew Kellway (an economist and policy analyst who lives in the Beaches), beating out Liberal incumbent Maria Minna by nearly 11%.^[5]^[6] Kellway, who was nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate in February 2010, is the co-chair of the Toronto Energy Coalition.^[7]^[8]

Beaches—East York has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Beaches—Woodbine Riding created from Beaches
34th	1988–1993	Neil Young	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Maria Minna	Liberal
Beaches—East York
36th	1997–2000	Maria Minna	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Matthew Kellway	New Democratic
42nd	2015–present	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	Liberal

Election results[edit]