Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Beaches—East York is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1996 from parts of Beaches—Woodbine (95%), Don Mills (40%), and York East (20%).[1]
 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Toronto | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1999 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 109,465 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 82,386 | ||
| Area (km²) | 19 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 5,761.3 | ||
| Census division | Toronto | ||
| Census subdivision | Toronto | ||
When the riding was created, it included the former borough of East York east of Coxwell Avenue and that part of Old Toronto east of a line following Coxwell to Gerrard Street to Greenwood Avenue to Queen Street to Leslie Street. In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that everything west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to Toronto—Danforth.
Boundaries
In 1996, much of the province's old boundaries were redrawn due to the Fewer Politicians Act which reduced the number of seats in the legislature from 130 to 103 to match the number of federal seats.[2]
The boundaries for the 1996 Beaches—East York electoral district began at the southwest corner and started where the southern extension of Leslie Street intersected with Lake Ontario, proceeded 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 turned into Coxwell Boulevard at O'Connor Drive. It continued a short distance along this street where the boundary extended until it met Taylor-Massey Creek. It followed the creek west (downstream) until it met the Don River East Branch. The boundary followed the river northeast (upstream) until it met 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 turned south and followed the street south until it ended at Lake Ontario. The boundary followed the lake coast back west until it met the beginning point.[3]
In 2003, the western boundary was altered so that the portion west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to the neighbouring Toronto—Danforth electoral district.[4]
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Beaches—East York | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Beaches—Woodbine, Don Mills and York East | ||||
| 37th | 1999–2001 | Frances Lankin | New Democratic | |
| 2001–2003 | Michael Prue | |||
| 38th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 40th | 2011–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Arthur Potts | Liberal | |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Rima Berns-McGown | New Democratic | |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | Mary-Margaret McMahon | Liberal | |
| 44th | 2025–present | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[5] | ||||
Election results
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mary-Margaret McMahon | 21,545 | 51.17 | +15.75 | $63,307 | |||
| New Democratic | Kate Dupuis | 9,660 | 22.94 | –10.27 | $115,614 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Anna Michaelidis | 9,001 | 21.38 | +2.84 | $70,556 | |||
| Green | Jack Pennings | 1,298 | 3.08 | –7.14 | $4,350 | |||
| New Blue | Thomas Gregory | 246 | 0.58 | –0.50 | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Paul Stark | 125 | 0.30 | –0.47 | $0 | |||
| Independent | Dragan Cimesa | 122 | 0.29 | – | $0 | |||
| Canadians' Choice | Bahman Yazdanfar | 107 | 0.25 | +0.06 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,104 | 99.58 | – | $136,230 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 178 | 0.42 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,282 | 49.97 | +0.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,615 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mary-Margaret McMahon | 14,398 | 35.42 | +8.41 | $91,050 | |||
| New Democratic | Kate Dupuis | 13,500 | 33.21 | –15.00 | $90,885 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Angela Kennedy | 7,536 | 18.54 | +0.10 | $21,977 | |||
| Green | Abhijeet Manay | 4,154 | 10.22 | +5.96 | $43,979 | |||
| New Blue | Stephen Roney | 441 | 1.08 | – | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | John Ferguson | 310 | 0.76 | – | $0 | |||
| Communist | Drew Garvie | 120 | 0.30 | – | $0 | |||
| None of the Above | Joe Ring | 111 | 0.27 | +0.06 | $0 | |||
| Canadians' Choice | Bahman Yazdanfar | 78 | 0.19 | +0.04 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,648 | 99.65 | – | $116,071 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 143 | 0.35 | –0.58 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,791 | 49.58 | –11.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,279 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing |  11.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rima Berns-McGown | 24,064 | 48.21 | +9.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur Potts | 13,480 | 27.01 | –13.08 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sarah Mallo | 9,202 | 18.44 | +4.51 | ||||
| Green | Debra Scott | 2,128 | 4.26 | –1.16 | ||||
| Libertarian | Thomas Armstrong | 458 | 0.92 | –0.30 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Balodis | 161 | 0.32 | – | ||||
| Special Needs | Regina Mundrugo | 117 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| None of the Above | Joe Ring | 104 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Canadians' Choice | Bahman Yazdanfar | 74 | 0.15 | – | ||||
| Cultural Action | Eric Brazau | 68 | 0.14 | – | ||||
| People's Political Party | Tony Chipman | 58 | 0.12 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,914 | 99.07 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 470 | 0.93 | –0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,384 | 61.16 | +5.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,386 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.16 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[11][12][13] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur Potts | 17,218 | 40.09 | +4.01 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Prue | 16,737 | 38.97 | –7.85 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicolas Johnson | 5,982 | 13.93 | –0.00 | ||||
| Green | Debra Scott | 2,329 | 5.42 | +2.75 | ||||
| Libertarian | Alex Lindsay | 524 | 1.22 | – | ||||
| Freedom | Naomi Poley-Fisher | 158 | 0.37 | –0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,948 | 98.86 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 494 | 1.14 | +0.72 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,442 | 56.14 | +4.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,381 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +5.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[14][15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Prue | 17,925 | 46.82 | +2.50 | ||||
| Liberal | Helen Burstyn | 13,813 | 36.08 | +10.24 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Menary | 5,333 | 13.93 | –1.66 | ||||
| Green | Shawn Ali | 1,025 | 2.68 | –9.42 | ||||
| Freedom | Naomi Poley-Fisher | 144 | 0.38 | +0.03 | ||||
| The Only Party | Joe Ross | 45 | 0.12 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,285 | 99.58 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 162 | 0.42 | –0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,447 | 51.64 | –2.73 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,450 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –3.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[17][18] | ||||||||
| 2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Prue | 17,522 | 44.32 | –6.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Tom Teahen | 10,215 | 25.84 | +1.55 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Duvall | 6,166 | 15.59 | –4.08 | ||||
| Green | Caroline Law | 4,785 | 12.10 | +7.29 | ||||
| Libertarian | Doug Patfield | 515 | 1.30 | – | ||||
| Family Coalition | Joel Kidd | 201 | 0.51 | – | ||||
| Freedom | James Whitaker | 135 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,539 | 99.10 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 361 | 0.90 | +0.26 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,900 | 54.37 | –1.26 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 73,386 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –4.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[19][20][21] | ||||||||
| 2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Prue | 21,239 | 51.23 | +1.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Monica Purdy | 10,070 | 24.29 | –12.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Angela Kennedy | 8,157 | 19.67 | +9.68 | ||||
| Green | Tom Mason | 1,995 | 4.81 | +2.35 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,461 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 267 | 0.64 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,728 | 55.63 | +18.63 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,006 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[22][23][24][25] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 20, 2001 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Prue | 14,024 | 49.66 | +3.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert (Bob) Hunter | 10,289 | 36.44 | +14.68 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mac Penney | 2,821 | 9.99 | –19.79 | ||||
| Green | Peter Elgie | 694 | 2.46 | +1.45 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Ray Scott | 206 | 0.73 | +0.11 | ||||
| Independent | Kevin Clarke | 94 | 0.33 | – | ||||
| Independent | Vince Corriero | 59 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dan King | 51 | 0.18 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,238 | 99.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 167 | 0.59 | –0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,405 | 37.00 | –16.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,765 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –5.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[26][27][28] | ||||||||
| 1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Frances Lankin | 19,703 | 45.93 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Judy Burns | 12,776 | 29.78 | |||||
| Liberal | Bill Buckingham | 9,332 | 21.75 | |||||
| Green | Michael Schulman | 431 | 1.00 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Dan Largy | 264 | 0.62 | |||||
| Natural Law | Donalda Fredeen | 230 | 0.54 | |||||
| Independent | Steve Rutchinski | 164 | 0.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,900 | 99.23 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 335 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,235 | 53.64 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,602 | |||||||
| New Democratic pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[29][30] | ||||||||
2007 electoral reform referendum
| 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 19,100 | 49.9% | |
| Mixed member proportional | 19,180 | 50.1% | |
| Total valid votes | 38,280 | 100.0 | |
- This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.