Vaughan (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Vaughan (electoral district).

Vaughan

Ontario electoral district

Vaughan in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Steven Del Duca
Liberal

District created

2003

First contested

2007

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2006)

154,206

Electors (2007)

100,066

Area (km²)

230

Pop. density (per km²)

670.5

Census divisions

York

Census subdivisions

Vaughan

Map of Vaughan riding

Vaughan is a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

The riding covers the fast-growing region of Vaughan north of Toronto.

It consists of the part of the City of Vaughan that lies west of Highway 400 and north of Rutherford Road.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Racial groups: 74.3% White, 9.3% South Asian, 2.7% Latin American, 2.5% Black, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Chinese, 1.7% West Asian, 1.7% Filipino, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 44.8% English, 0.5% French, 54.6% Other
Religions (2001): 77.0% Catholic, 7.3% Protestant, 2.7% Muslim, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Sikh, 1.6% Hindu, 1.3% Buddhist, 3.9% No religion
Average income: $34,485

Members of Provincial Parliament

Vaughan
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
39th	2007–2011		Greg Sorbara	Liberal
40th	2011–2012		Greg Sorbara	Liberal
40th	2012–2014		Steven Del Duca	Liberal
41st	2014–Present		Steven Del Duca	Liberal

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Steven Del Duca	33,545	55.99	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Meffe	16,654	27.80	-5.49
	New Democratic	Marco Coletta	7,015	11.86	+0.48
	Green	Matthew Pankhurst	1,336	2.23	+0.47
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	1,277	2.13	+1.19
Total valid votes			59,917	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.06
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012 Resignation of Greg Sorbara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Steven Del Duca	16,469	51.37	-1.65
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Genco	10,674	33.29	+2.05
	New Democratic	Paul Donofrio	3,647	11.38	+0.05
	Green	Paula Conning	564	1.76	+0.35
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	300	0.94	-0.94
	Family Coalition	Bart Wysokinski	144	0.45
	Independent	Stephen Tonner	118	0.37
	Freedom	Erin Goodwin	90	0.28
	People's	Phil Sarazen	54	0.17
Total valid votes			32,060	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			301	0.93
Turnout			32,361	25.62
Eligible voters			126,323
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.85
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Greg Sorbara	26,174	53.02	-8.88
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Genco	15,420	31.24	+12.52
	New Democratic	Paul Donofrio	5,594	11.33	-0.36
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	929	1.88
	Green	Brendan Frye	694	1.41	-4.95
	Reform	David Natale	218	0.44
	Confederation of Regions	Terry Marino	169	0.34
	Independent	Savino Quatela	169	0.34	-0.99
Total valid votes			49,367	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			406	0.82
Turnout			49,773	41.08	-5.23
Eligible voters			121,154
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.70
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Greg Sorbara	28,964	61.90
	Progressive Conservative	Gayani Weerasinghe	8,759	18.72
	New Democratic	Rick Morelli	5,470	11.69
	Green	Russell Korus	2,975	6.36
	Independent	Savino Quatela	623	1.33
Total valid votes			46,791	100.0
Total rejected ballots			584
Turnout			47,375	46.31
Eligible voters			102,293	–

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,507	61.9
	Mixed member proportional	16,960	38.1
	Total valid votes	44,467	100.0

Sources

↑ "General Election Results by District, 097 Vaughan". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Vaughan by-election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Vaughan" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°50′N 79°34′W / 43.84°N 79.57°W / 43.84; -79.57

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