Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.
This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Languages: 56.5% English, 3.6% Polish, 3.0% Spanish, 2.5% Ukrainian, 2.5% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 1.9% Italian, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% French, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.3% Tibetan, 1.3% Korean, 1.2% Serbian, 1.0% Arabic, 1.0% Cantonese Religions: 55.2% Christian (32.1% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 3.1% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.0% Other), 4.8% Muslim, 3.8% Hindu, 2.9% Buddhist, 31.2% None Median income: $47,600 (2020)
Average income: $71,100 (2020)
+ Panethnic groups in Etobicoke—Lakeshore (2011−2021)Panethnic group202120162011 European 89,835 90,915 86,280 South Asian 10,850 7,050 5,115 East Asian 8,705 7,520 5,870 African 8,020 6,325 4,860 Southeast Asian 6,575 5,570 5,150 Latin American 4,590 3,060 2,475 Middle Eastern 3,660 2,075 1,630 Indigenous 1,415 1,250 930 Other/multiracial 6,285 3,755 2,010 Total responses 139,915 127,520 114,310 Total population 141,751 129,081 115,437
Geography Consisting of parts of the City of Toronto
History The riding was created in 1966 as "Lakeshore" from part of York—Humber, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities', Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of Etobicoke. In 1971, it was renamed "Toronto—Lakeshore". In 1976, it was abolished, and replaced by "Etobicoke—Lakeshore".
The riding was represented by federal Liberal Party and official Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative Bernard Trottier. Trottier lost to James Maloney of the Liberals in 2015, and Maloney still holds the seat. It was previously represented by Jean Augustine. Provincially, it was represented by Peter Milczyn from 2014 to 2018, and is now represented by Christine Hogarth. On Toronto City Council, the riding is represented by Amber Morley.
In the 1988 federal election, there was no Liberal candidate on the ballot because two days after nominations were due, the Liberal candidate, Emmanuel Feuerwerker, withdrew citing heart problems after the news media reported that Mr. Feuerwerker's campaign literature claimed university degrees that he did not, in fact, possess.
This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Former boundaries
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 26,199 47.14 Conservative 18,047 32.47 New Democratic 7,498 13.49 People's 2,445 4.40 Green 1,177 2.12 Others 216 0.39
2011 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 20,484 40.23 Liberal 17,867 35.09 New Democratic 10,336 20.30 Green 2,046 4.02 Marxist-Leninist 182 0.36
Toronto—Lakeshore
Lakeshore
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament: Lakeshore
Etobicoke—Lakeshore 2011 Results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
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