High Park—Swansea was a provincial riding (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.

High Park—Swansea
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1975
District abolished1999
First contested1975
Last contested1995

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 current-day Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings, that followed the same boundaries as the federal ones.[2][3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

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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

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1975 boundaries

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1975 Ontario general election
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
1977 Ontario general election
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
1981 Ontario general election
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
1985 Ontario general election
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

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1987 Ontario general election
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
1990 Ontario general election
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
1995 Ontario general election
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

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ 134 out of 136 polls reporting.

Citations

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  1. ^ Potter, Kent (1975-09-17). "Shadow of Shulman looms large in High Park". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. A11.
  2. ^ Rusk, James (1996-10-02). "Harris redraws electoral map". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A4.
  3. ^ Urquhart, Ian (1997-07-12). "Lots of ego in nasty Liberal riding fight". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. B5.
  4. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Ed Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward J. Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Yuri Shymko's Legislative Assembly information see "Yuri Shymko, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For David Fleet's Legislative Assembly information see "David Gordon Fleet, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Elaine Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Elaine Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Derwyn Shea's Legislative Assembly information see "Derwyn Shea, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  5. ^ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  6. ^ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  7. ^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  8. ^ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  9. ^ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
  10. ^ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  11. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.[permanent dead link]