St. Paul's (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the Canadian provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see St. Paul's (electoral district). For other uses, see Saint Paul (disambiguation).

St. Paul's

Ontario electoral district
St. Paul's in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Eric Hoskins Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	116,463
Electors (2007)	78,575
Area (km²)	15.2
Pop. density (per km²)	7,662
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of St. Paul's

St. Paul's is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The small but densely populated riding covers the area to the north of Downtown Toronto. (Map) The riding is represented by Liberal Eric Hoskins, who was elected in a 2009 by-election following the resignation of Michael Bryant.

The riding was created for the 1999 election, to match the borders of the federal riding of the same name. It was carved out of the former districts of St. Andrew—St. Patrick, Eglinton, Oakwood, Dovercourt and St. George—St. David.

The riding consists of part of the Fairbank, Humewood-Cedarvale, Hillcrest-Bracondale, Wychwood Park, part of Davenport, Casa Loma, Forest Hill, Tarragon Village, Rathnelly, South Hill, Summerhill, Rosehill, Chaplin Estates, Deer Park and Davisville and part of North Toronto neighbourhoods.

Political geography

In the 2007 provincial election, the Liberals dominated most of the riding, performing the best in Fairbank in the northwest corner of the riding and in Davisville, in the east end of the riding. The Tories won most of their polls in the Forest Hill neighbourhood, and in Cedarvale. The NDP won a few polls, mostly in the south, where the riding borders the NDP riding of Trinity—Spadina. [1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

St. Paul's
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from St. Andrew—St. Patrick, St. George—St. David, Eglinton, Oakwood and Dovercourt
37th	1999–2003		Michael Bryant	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2009
	2009–2011		Eric Hoskins	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Eric Hoskins	30,036	59.65	+1.26
	Progressive Conservative	Justine Deluce	12,032	23.89	+2.97
	New Democratic	Luke Savage	5,142	10.21	-6.40
	Green	Josh Rachlis	2,556	5.08	+2.33
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	413	0.82	+0.04
	Freedom	Mike Rita	176	0.35	+0.15
Total valid votes			50,355	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Eric Hoskins	25,048	58.39	+10.79
	Progressive Conservative	Christine McGirr	8,972	20.92	-7.41
	New Democratic	David Hynes	7,124	16.61	-0.27
	Green	Judith Van Veldhuysen	1,180	2.75	-2.72
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	335	0.78	+0.20
	Freedom	Mike Rita	86	0.20	-0.02
	Socialist	Keith Pinto	83	0.19
	Northern Ontario Heritage	David Vallance	69	0.16
Total valid votes			42,897	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			177	0.41
Turnout			43,074	50.41
Eligible voters			85,451
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.10
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, 17 September 2009 Resignation of Michael Bryant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Eric Hoskins	13,192	47.60	+0.17
	Progressive Conservative	Sue-Ann Levy	7,851	28.33	+1.79
	New Democratic	Julian Heller	4,677	16.88	+1.14
	Green	Chris Chopik	1,515	5.47	-2.87
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	161	0.58	+0.05
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	95	0.34
	Independent	Marius Frederick	84	0.30
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	61	0.22	-0.04
	Independent	John Turmel	52	0.19
	Independent	Rajendra Rama	24	0.09
Total valid votes			27,712	100.00

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Bryant	21,280	47.43	-7.33
	Progressive Conservative	Lillyann Goldstein	11,910	26.54	+1.89
	New Democratic	Julian Heller	7,061	15.74	+0.91
	Green	Steven D'Sa	3,744	8.34	+3.35
	Independent	Charles de Kerckhove	328	0.73
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	240	0.53
	Family Coalition	Blaise Thompson	190	0.42
	Freedom	Carol Leborg	115	0.26	-0.52
Total valid votes			44,868	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Bryant	24,887	54.76	+4.19
	Progressive Conservative	Charis Kelso	11,203	24.65	-15.74
	New Democratic	Julian Heller	6,740	14.83	+7.70
	Green	Peter Elgie	2,266	4.99	+4.30
	Freedom	Carol Leborg	354	0.78
Total valid votes			45,450	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Bryant	23,755	50.57
	Progressive Conservative	Isabel Bassett	18,973	40.39
	New Democratic	Larry Solway	3,350	7.13
	Green	Don Roebuck	326	0.69
	Independent	Philip Fernandez	194	0.41
	Natural Law	Linda Martin	188	0.40
	Independent	Antonio Maristanes	184	0.39
Total valid votes			46,970	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,009	55.0
	Mixed member proportional	19,630	45.0
	Total valid votes	43,639	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results