Don Valley West (federal electoral district)

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Don Valley West (Template:Langx) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539.

Its most high-profile MPs have been John Bosley, who was Speaker of the House 1984-86 and John Godfrey, who served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin as a Minister of State.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Languages: 55.1% English, 4.6% Mandarin, 4.3% Urdu, 2.8% Persian, 2.8% Cantonese, 1.9% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.7% Tagalog, 1.4% French, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Russian, 1.1% Pashto, 1.1% Portuguese
Religions: 41.3% Christian (17.5% Catholic, 4.5% Anglican, 4.5% Christian Orthodox, 3,7% United Church, 1.0% Presbyterian, 8.0% Other), 16.5% Muslim, 6.3% Jewish, 2.2% Hindu, 31.8% None
Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $113,600 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Don Valley West (2011−2021)
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European Template:Efn	53,110	Template:Percentage	58,960	Template:Percentage	62,905	Template:Percentage
East Asian Template:Efn	14,535	Template:Percentage	13,310	Template:Percentage	11,135	Template:Percentage
South Asian	13,410	Template:Percentage	13,555	Template:Percentage	12,445	Template:Percentage
Middle Eastern Template:Efn	6,855	Template:Percentage	5,450	Template:Percentage	3,990	Template:Percentage
Southeast Asian Template:Efn	4,125	Template:Percentage	3,585	Template:Percentage	3,385	Template:Percentage
African	3,835	Template:Percentage	3,060	Template:Percentage	2,060	Template:Percentage
Latin American	2,150	Template:Percentage	1,425	Template:Percentage	1,090	Template:Percentage
Indigenous	500	Template:Percentage	580	Template:Percentage	465	Template:Percentage
Other/multiracial Template:Efn	2,510	Template:Percentage	1,870	Template:Percentage	1,460	Template:Percentage
Total responses	101,025	Template:Percentage	101,790	Template:Percentage	98,935	Template:Percentage
Total population	101,959	Template:Percentage	102,508	Template:Percentage	99,820	Template:Percentage
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Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of York Mills, Silver Hills, the western half of Don Mills, the eastern half of Lawrence Park, Leaside, and Thorncliffe Park in the City of Toronto–mostly in the former municipalities of North York and East York. The area is 37 km².

History

The federal electoral district was created in 1976 from Don Valley riding.

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John Godfrey, who had represented the riding since 1993, announced in November 2007 that he would be resigning his seat on July 1, 2008 in order to accept a position as headmaster of Toronto French School and would leave earlier if an election were called before that date. Godfrey subsequently postponed his resignation until August 1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On August 17, 2008, the Prime Minister's Office issued a press release on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper announcing a by-election for Don Valley West on September 22, 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The by-election was canceled with the announcement of the federal election to be held on October 14, 2008.

This riding lost significant territory to Don Valley East and gained territory from St. Paul's during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

1976 to 1987
1987 to 1996
1996 to 2003
2003 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Election results

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Party		Vote	%
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Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	29,537	57.23
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	15,436	29.91
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	4,730	9.16
Template:Canadian party colour \|	People's	1,309	2.54
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Green	548	1.06
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	55	0.11

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