Wilson Heights (electoral district)

{{short description|Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada}}

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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. Wilson Heights was located in the neighbourhood of Wilson Heights in the former municipality of North York, which is now part of Toronto.

Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Liberal Vern Singer, was a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the York Centre and Downsview ridings. He retired in 1977 and was replaced by Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg, who briefly served as a minister without portfolio in Frank Miller's government. Its longest-serving representative was Monte Kwinter, who defeated Rotenberg in the 1985 provincial election and held the riding for fourteen years until its dissolution. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson, and now represents York Centre.

The Wilson Heights division had a significant Jewish population, at almost 40% of the total population.

Members of Provincial Parliament

class="wikitable"

! Parliament

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

colspan="5" align="center" | See Downsview riding prior to 1975

30th

| 1975-1977

| rowspan="1" {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

| rowspan="1" | Vern Singer

| rowspan="1" | Liberal

31st

| 1977-1981

| rowspan="2" {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="2" | David Rotenberg

| rowspan="2" | Progressive Conservative

32nd

| 1981-1985

33rd

| 1985-1987

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

| rowspan="4" | Monte Kwinter

| rowspan="4" | Liberal

34th

| 1987-1990

35th

| 1990-1995

36th

| 1995-1999

|Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

For Vern Singer's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Vernon Milton Singer, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=616|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=September 22, 2012|location=Toronto|year=2012}}
For David Rotenberg's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=David Rotenberg, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=671|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=September 22, 2012|location=Toronto|year=2012}}
For Monte Kwinter's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Monte Kwinter, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=56|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=September 22, 2012|location=Toronto|year=2012}}

colspan="5" align="center" | Merged into York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence (1999)

Election results

class="wikitable"

|+ 1975 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Results from the 29 ridings in Metro |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=September 19, 1975|location=Toronto|page=A18}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Vern Singer

|align=right| 11,480

|align=right| 40.2

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| David Rotenberg

|align=right| 9,262

|align=right| 32.4

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Howard Moscoe

|align=right| 7,476

|align=right| 26.1

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |

|Independent

| George Dance

|align=right| 372

|align=right| 1.3

|Total

|align=right|28,590

class="wikitable"

|+ 1977 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=How they voted in Metro area |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=June 10, 1977|location=Toronto|page=A10}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| David Rotenberg

|align=right| 13,792

|align=right| 49.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Murray Markin

|align=right| 7,057

|align=right| 25.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Howard Moscoe

|align=right| 7,055

|align=right| 25.1

|Total

|align=right|28,084

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|+ 1981 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Election results for Metro Toronto ridings|newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429 |date=March 20, 1981|location=Windsor, Ontario|page=22|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| David Rotenberg

|align=right| 11,579

|align=right| 48.4

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Elinor Caplan

|align=right| 8,760

|align=right| 36.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Greg Iaonnou

|align=right| 3,580

|align=right| 15.0

|Total

|align=right|23,919

class="wikitable"

|+ 1985 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gzc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hvUIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464%2C1195068 |date=May 3, 1985|location=Toronto|page=43|accessdate=May 10, 2012}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Monte Kwinter

|align=right| 12,425

|align=right| 40.9

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| David Rotenberg

|align=right| 10,068

|align=right| 33.2

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Howard Moscoe

|align=right| 7,858

|align=right| 25.9

|Total

|align=right|30,351

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|+ 1987 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=How Metro-Area Voted|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=September 11, 1987|location=Toronto|page=A12}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Monte Kwinter

|align=right| 17,018

|align=right| 57.4

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Jennifer Paton

|align=right| 6,752

|align=right| 22.8

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| David Farb

|align=right| 5,885

|align=right| 19.8

|Total

|align=right|29,655

class="wikitable"

|+ 1990 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=How Metro-Area Voted|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=September 7, 1990|location=Toronto|page=A10}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Monte Kwinter

|align=right| 12,204

|align=right| 44.8

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| John Fagan

|align=right| 9,540

|align=right| 35.0

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| Steven Kerzner

|align=right| 4,361

|align=right| 16.0

|Total

|align=right|27,243

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|+ 1995 Ontario general election

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite web|url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=wilson+heights&flag=E&layout=G|title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate|publisher=Elections Ontario|date=June 8, 1995|accessdate=September 4, 2012}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |

|Liberal

| Monte Kwinter

|align=right| 12,468

|align=right| 44.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |

|Conservative

| Sam Pasternack

|align=right| 9,772

|align=right| 35.0

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |

|New Democrat

| Claudia White

|align=right| 4,612

|align=right| 16.5

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Natural Law|background}} |

|Natural Law

| Mike Dubinsky

|align=right| 438

|align=right| 1.6

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |

|Independent

| David Yates

|align=right| 109

|align=right| 0.4

|Total

|align=right|27,933

References

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Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario

Category:Provincial electoral districts of Toronto