Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district)

For the federal riding, see Beaches—East York. For the defunct provincial riding see Beaches—Woodbine (provincial electoral district).

Beaches—East York

Ontario electoral district
Beaches—East York in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Arthur Potts Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,084
Electors (2011)	73,832
Area (km²)	16.64
Pop. density (per km²)	6,435.3
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Beaches—East York is a provincial riding in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1996 from parts of Beaches—Woodbine (95%), Don Mills (40%), and York East (20%).

When the riding was created, it included the former borough of East York east of Coxwell Avenue and that part of Old Toronto east of a line following Coxwell to Gerrard Street to Greenwood Avenue to Queen Street to Leslie Street. In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that everything west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to Toronto—Danforth.

Boundaries

In 1996, much of the province's old boundaries were redrawn due to the Fewer Politicians Act which reduced the number of seats in the legislature from 130 to 103 to match the number of federal seats.

The boundary of the new riding of Beaches-East York, beginning at the southwest corner starts where the southern extension of Leslie Street intersects with Lake Ontario, proceeds north along Leslie Street, then east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, and north along Coxwell Avenue until it turns into Coxwell Blvd. at O'Connor Drive. It continues a short distance along this street where the boundary extends until it meets Taylor-Massey Creek. It follows the creek west (downstream) until it meets the Don River East Branch. The boundary follows the river northeast (upstream) until it meets the point where a westerly extension of Sunrise Avenue intersects with the river course. The boundary continues east along Sunrise Avenue until it meets Victoria Park Avenue. The boundary turns south and follows the street south until it ends at Lake Ontario. The boundary follows the lake coast back west until it meets the beginning point.

In 2003, the western boundary was altered so that the portion west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to the neighbouring riding of Toronto-Danforth.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Beaches—East York
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Beaches—Woodbine, Don Mills and York East
37th	1999–2001		Frances Lankin	New Democratic
	2001–2003		Michael Prue	New Democratic
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–present		Arthur Potts	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,100	49.9%
	Mixed member proportional	19,180	50.1%
	Total valid votes	38,280	100.0

• This riding was one of five ridings where a majority of voters supported MMP.

Election results

Map of Beaches-East York

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Arthur Potts	17,218	40.09	+4.01
	New Democratic	Michael Prue	16,737	38.97	-7.85
	Progressive Conservative	Nicolas Johnson	5,982	13.93	±0
	Green	Debra Scott	2,329	5.42	+2.74
	Libertarian	Alex Lindsay	524	1.22	–
	Freedom	Naomi Poley-Fisher	158	0.37	-0.01
Total valid votes			42,948	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.93
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Michael Prue	17,925	46.82	+2.78
	Liberal	Helen Burstyn	13,813	36.08	+10.48
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Menary	5,333	13.93	-1.52
	Green	Shawn Ali	1,025	2.68	-9.31
	Freedom	Naomi Poley-Fisher	144	0.38	+0.04
	Independent	Joe Ross	45	0.12
Total valid votes			38,285	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			162	0.42
Turnout			38,447	51.64
Eligible voters			74,450
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.85
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Michael Prue	17,572	44.04	-6.86
	Liberal	Tom Teahen	10,215	25.60	+1.47
	Progressive Conservative	Don Duvall	6,166	15.45	-4.1
	Green	Caroline Law	4,785	11.99	+7.21
	Libertarian	Doug Patfield	515	1.29
	Family Coalition	Joel Kidd	201	0.50
	Freedom	James Whitaker	135	0.34
Total valid votes			39,900	100.0
Elections Ontario:

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Michael Prue	21,239	50.90	+1.07
	Liberal	Monica Purdy	10,070	24.13	-12.43
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Kennedy	8,157	19.55	+9.53
	Green	Tom Mason	1,995	4.78	+2.31
Total valid votes			41,728	100.0
Elections Ontario:

Ontario provincial by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Michael Prue	14,024	49.83	+4.26
	Liberal	Robert Hunter	10,289	36.56	+14.98
	Progressive Conservative	Mac Penney	2,821	10.02	-19.53
	Green	Peter Elgie	694	2.47	+1.47
	Family Coalition	Ray Scott	206	0.73	+0.12
	Independent	Vince Corriere	59	0.21
	Independent	Don King	51	0.18
Total valid votes			28,144	100.0
Elections Ontario:

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frances Lankin	19,703	45.57	+3.5
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Burns	12,776	29.55	-1.2
	Liberal	Bill Buckingham	9,332	21.58	-2.3
	Green	Michael Schulman	431	1.00
	Family Coalition	Dan Largy	264	0.61
	Natural Law	Donalda Fredeen	230	0.53	-0.1
	Independent	Steve Rutchinski	164	0.38
Total valid votes			43,235	100.0
Elections Ontario: