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Trinity—Spadina (provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trinity—Spadina was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
District created | 1999 |
First contested | 1999 |
Last contested | 2014 |
Demographics | |
Population (2011) | 144,733 |
Electors (2011) | 96,793 |
Area (km²) | 18.55 |
Census division(s) | Toronto |
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
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The electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people of which 74,409 were eligible to vote.
Its Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elect is Chris Glover of the Ontario New Democratic Party, who unseated short lived MPP Han Dong in the 2018 general election.
Major landmarks within the riding include the western portion of the University of Toronto, the CN Tower, Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), Air Canada Centre, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 299 Queen Street West, the Toronto Eaton Centre, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto City Hall, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park and Palmerston Boulevard.
The riding is one of the most ethnically diverse in Canada containing the heart of Toronto's Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Italy and Little Portugal. The northern section of the riding is the trendy Annex district, while the eastern edge contains part of the University of Toronto and thousands of students. The riding has been the most left-leaning in Toronto and has voted NDP provincially for a number of years.
In 2018, the district was dissolved into Spadina—Fort York, University—Rosedale and Toronto Centre.