High Park—Swansea
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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High Park—Swansea was a provincial electoral district in the west-end of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1999.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1975
District abolished1999
First contested1975
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1975 |
| District abolished | 1999 |
| First contested | 1975 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
It was created during the 1975 riding redistribution, taking much of its territory from the defunct High Park riding.[1] It was abolished in 1999, and redistributed into the Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport electoral districts, that followed the same boundaries as the federal ones.[2][3]
Members of Provincial Parliament
| High Park—Swansea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created in 1975 from parts of High Park riding | ||||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Ed Ziemba | New Democratic | |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Yuri Shymko | Progressive Conservative | |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | David Fleet | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Elaine Ziemba | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Derwyn Shea | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4] | ||||
| Merged into Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings after 1996 | ||||
Electoral results
1975 boundaries
| Party | Candidate | Votes[5] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 10,215 | 40.0 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 8,442 | 33.0 | |
| Liberal | Ed Negridge | 6,440 | 25.2 | |
| Communist | Steve Amsel | 234 | 0.9 | |
| Independent | Ann Noble | 217 | 0.8 | |
| Total | 25,548 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[6] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 10,408 | 40.7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Boytchuk | 9,620 | 37.7 | |
| Liberal | Ted Ives | 4,980 | 19.5 | |
| Libertarian | Robert McKay | 360 | 1.4 | |
| Communist | Christian Negre | 178 | 0.7 | |
| Total | 25,546 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[7][nb 1] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 10,917 | 47.3 | |
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 8,169 | 35.4 | |
| Liberal | Peter Simonels | 3,442 | 14.9 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 538 | 2.3 | |
| Total | 23,066 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[8] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 9,995 | 38.2 | |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 9,594 | 36.7 | |
| Liberal | John Rudnicki | 5,681 | 21.7 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 411 | 1.6 | |
| Independent | Robert Szajkowski | 246 | 0.9 | |
| Green | Andrew Scorer | 222 | 0.8 | |
| Total | 26,149 |
1987 boundaries
| Party | Candidate | Votes[9] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | David Fleet | 9,740 | 35.5 | |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 8,927 | 32.5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 8,095 | 29.5 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 666 | 2.4 | |
| Total | 27,428 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[10] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 11,092 | 43.8 | |
| Liberal | David Fleet | 8,314 | 32.8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Polakowsky | 4,784 | 18.9 | |
| Family Coalition | Tingle Coburn | 429 | 1.7 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Beech | 359 | 1.4 | |
| Green | Bill Seney | 332 | 1.3 | |
| Total | 25,310 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[11] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Derwyn Shea | 10,559 | 38.8 | |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 8,899 | 32.7 | |
| Liberal | Ted Lojko | 7,121 | 26.1 | |
| Green | David G. Burman | 368 | 1.4 | |
| Natural Law | Greg W. Roberts | 286 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 27,233 |
