Downsview (electoral district)

Template:Template other Downsview was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. Downsview was located in North York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto. It was formed from part of the original riding of York Centre. In 1996 it was merged into a newly reconstituted riding of the same name.

For most of its history, Downsview was a hotly contested marginal seat between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party. Its final representative, however, was a Progressive Conservative: Annamarie Castrilli was elected as a Liberal in 1995, but crossed parties on the last sitting day of the legislature before the 1999 election.

The riding's demographics and boundaries shifted throughout its existence. In the 1960s, it consisted of the area of the borough of North York between Bathurst Street and Keele Street. During this period, the riding had a large Jewish community, representing about 40% of the population. In the 1975 election, the eastern, predominantly Jewish section of the riding was redistributed to the riding of Wilson Heights and the riding became predominantly Italian. Odoardo Di Santo, elected as a New Democrat in 1975, was one of the first three Italian-Canadians to serve in the Ontario legislature.

Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Vern Singer	7,328	38.0
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Alan Borovoy	6,806	35.3
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	David Vanek	5,168	26.8
		Total	19,302

1967 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Vern Singer	8,875	36.6
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Murray Chusid	8,848	36.4
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Max Shecter	6,293	25.9
Template:Canadian party colour |	Independent	Sonee Cohen	261	1.1
		Total	24,277

1971 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Vern Singer	16,933	52.2
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Murray Chusid	10,803	33.3
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Deane	4,673	14.4
		Total	32,409

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Odoardo Di Santo	8,090	37.0
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Michael Spensieri	7,962	36.4
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	5,832	26.6
		Total	21,884

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Odoardo Di Santo	10,238	45.3
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Sam Stabile	6,109	27.0
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Joseph De Angelis	5,818	25.7
Template:Canadian party colour |	Independent	Doreen Leitch	252	1.1
		Total	22,604

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Odoardo Di Santo	8,718	39.4
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Joe Volpe	8,039	36.3
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Ross Charles	5,368	24.3
		Total	22,125

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	11,250	43.9
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Odoardo Di Santo	11,119	43.7
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Vincent Stabile	3,250	12.7
		Total	28,559

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Laureano Leone	11,921	46.7
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Maria Augimeri	11,778	46.2
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	David McCreadle	1,816	7.1
		Total	19,058

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democrat	Anthony Perruzza	13,440	56.7
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	Laureano Leone	8,180	34.5
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	Chris Smith	1,471	6.2
		Total	23,709