York Centre is a provincial electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 since 1999.

York Centre consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Yonge Street, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of Finch Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.

Electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Before 1999, the name York Centre was assigned to a completely different riding located in York Region north of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 with none of the same territory as the current York Centre. In 1999, much of the old York Centre was absorbed by the new riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora

Vaughan—King—Aurora

Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007....

. The former riding was Wilson Heights

Wilson Heights (electoral district)

Wilson Heights was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1999, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence...

.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York Centre (1967-1999)
28th 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 17, 1967 until September 13, 1971, just prior to the 1971 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by John Robarts....	1967–1971		Donald Deacon Donald Deacon Donald MacKay Deacon, OC, O.PEI, MC was a Canadian politician, businessman and volunteer.Deacon was born and raised in a family of ten children in Toronto, Ontario. In 1942, he volunteered to serve in the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of Captain...	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
29th 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 21, 1971 until August 11, 1975, just prior to the 1975 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis.- External links :*...	1971–1975
30th 30th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 30th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 18, 1975 until April 29, 1977, just prior to the 1977 general election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis formed a minority government.- External links :*...	1975–1977		Alfred Stong Alfred Stong Alfred Joseph "Alf" Stong is an Ontario lawyer, judge and former political figure. He represented York Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1975 to 1981....
31st 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1977 until February 2, 1981, just prior to the 1981 general election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis formed a second consecutive minority government....	1977–1981
32nd 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 19, 1981 until March 25, 1985, just prior to the 1985 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis....	1981–1985		W. Donald Cousens	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
33rd 33rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 33rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from May 2, 1985 until July 31, 1987, just prior to the 1987 general election. The Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson formed a minority government with the support of the Ontario New Democratic Party.- External links :*...	1985–1987
34nd 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 10, 1987 until July 30, 1990, just prior to the 1990 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson.- External links :*...	1987–1990		Greg Sorbara Greg Sorbara Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
35th 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 6, 1990 until April 28, 1995, just prior to the 1995 general election. The majority party was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae....	1990–1995
36th 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most-populous province, was in session from June 8, 1995 until May 5, 1999, just prior to the Ontario general election. Majority was held by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Mike Harris....	1995–1999		Al Palladini Al Palladini Al Palladini was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.Before entering political life, Palladini was the owner of the Pine Tree Ford...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
York Centre (1999-present)
37th 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was in session from June 8, 1999 until May 5, 2003, just prior to the Ontario general election...	1999–2003		Monte Kwinter Monte Kwinter Monte Kwinter is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1985, was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990, and was re-appointed to a cabinet position when the Liberals returned to power under Dalton...	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
38th 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto, and ended on June 5, 2007...	2003–2007
39th 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, at Queen's Park in Toronto. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.It is controlled by a...	2007–2011
40th	2011-present

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,223	59.8
	Mixed member proportional	12,907	40.2
	Total valid votes	32,130	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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West: York West York West York West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904 and since 1917.Its population was 110,384 in 2001...	York Centre	East: Willowdale Willowdale (electoral district) Willowdale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.The riding was created in 1976 from part of Eglinton....
	South: Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.... , York South—Weston York South—Weston York South—Weston is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.-Electoral district:It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population...