Beaches—Woodbine (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with Beaches—Woodbine (federal electoral district) or Woodbine (electoral district).

Beaches—Woodbine was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1967 by merging the former ridings of Woodbine and Beaches.

Beaches—Woodbine

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1967
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Boundaries

The riding was created prior to the 1967 election by combining the ridings of Woodbine and Beaches. The boundaries of the new riding were as follows: From the southwest point where Coxwell Avenue met Lake Ontario the boundary followed Coxwell north to Queen Street East. It then went west a short distance to Rhodes Avenue. It followed Rhodes Avenue north to Danforth Avenue. It then went back east along Danforth to Coxwell. It then went north along Coxwell to the city limits. Along the north it followed the city limits until it reached Victoria Park Avenue. It then went south along Victoria Park and along the same line until it reached Lake Ontario.^[1]

In 1974 the eastern boundary with Riverdale was altered. The border now consisted of Coxwell Avenue from Lake Ontario north to the railway right-of-way just south of Hanson Street. The boundary followed the right-of-way west until Greenwood Avenue. It then went north along Greenwood until it met the city limits.^[2]

From 1987 to 1999 it consisted of Old Toronto east from where Leslie Street meets the lake north to Queen Street. It then followed Queen Street east to Greenwood Avenue and then north to the CN railway. Following the CN right of way to Coxwell Avenue it then went north to the city limits.

In 1999, it was absorbed into the new ridings of Beaches—East York and Toronto—Danforth.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Beaches—Woodbine
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from parts of Woodbine and Beaches
28th	1967–1971		John Brown	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Tom Wardle	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Marion Bryden	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Frances Lankin
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Beaches—East York and Toronto—Danforth

Election results

1967 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[4]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	John Brown	10,522	43.6
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Harris	9,977	41.3
	Liberal	Joe Fullerton	3,646	15.1
		Total	24,145

1971 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[5]	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Wardle	13,768	49.3
	New Democratic	Bruce Kidd	11,138	39.8
	Liberal	Jerry Ewins	2,819	10.1
	Social Credit	Al Overfield	144	0.5
	Independent	Harold Rowbottom	88	0.3
		Total	27,958

1975 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[6]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marion Bryden	11,462	45.6
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Wardle	8,576	34.1
	Liberal	Ken Kory	4,914	19.4
	Communist	C. Negre	195	0.8
		Total	25,147

1977 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[7]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marion Bryden	11,491	46.5
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Wardle	9,217	37.3
	Liberal	Ernest Barr	3,579	14.5
	Independent	George Leslie	203	0.8
	Communist	Gerry Van Houten	114	0.5
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	103	0.4

1981 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[8]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marion Bryden	9,590	43.1	-3.4
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Christie	9,266	41.4	+4.3
	Liberal	Wayne Cook	3,140	14.1	-0.4
	Independent	Peter Flosznik	252	1.1	-

1985 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[9]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marion Bryden	12,672	49.8	+6.7
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Christie	7,301	28.7	-12.9
	Liberal	Sally Kelly	5,065	19.9	+5.8
	Libertarian	Steve Thistle	396	1.6	-

1987 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[10]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Marion Bryden	11,948	49.7	-0.1
	Liberal	Patricia Herdman	8,519	35.5	+15.6
	Progressive Conservative	John Beveridge	3,022	12.6	-16.1
	Libertarian	Steve Thistle	533	2.2	+0.6

1990 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[11]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Frances Lankin	14,381	58.4	+8.7
	Liberal	Beryl Potter	6,329	25.7	-9.8
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Forest	3,535	14.3	-2.3
	Independent	Sam Vitulli	400	1.6	-

1995 Ontario general election: Beaches—Woodbine
Party		Candidate	Votes[12]	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Frances Lankin	10,862	42.4	-16.0
	Progressive Conservative	Lynda Buffet	7,923	31.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Stephen Lautens	6,158	24.1	+9.8
	Independent	Brad Allen	319	1.2	-
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	169	0.7	-
	Natural Law	Donalda Fredeen	162	0.6	-

References

1. Provincial Electoral Districts (Map). Cartography by Lands and Surveys Branch, Department of Lands and Forests. Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario. 1967. To find this map in the Ontario Archives, please see sub-series title "Ontario electoral district maps", reference code RG 1-211, File item code RG 1-211-0-0-06.
2. Vallee, Brian (1975-08-26). "Riverdale: Prices are a growing concern". Toronto Star. p. A7.
3. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

   • For John L. Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "John L. Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
   • For Thomas Alfred Wardle's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Alfred Wardle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
   • For Marion Helen Bryden's Legislative Assembly information see "Marion Helen Bryden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
   • For Frances Lankin's Legislative Assembly information see "Frances Lankin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
4. "Provincial Election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (3 star edition). Toronto. 1967-10-18. p. 66.
5. "Here's who won in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1971-10-22. p. 12.
6. "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1975-09-19. p. A18.
7. "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1977-06-10. p. A10.
8. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
9. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
10. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
11. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
12. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.^{[permanent dead link]}