Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Don Valley East () is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, York North, and York—Scarborough ridings.
It is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Liberal MP Michael Coteau. He was formerly the Ontario Liberal MPP for the contiguous provincial riding.
Geography.
This riding is located in the eastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park, Don Mills, Graydon Hall, Parkwoods and Victoria Village.
History.
For most of its existence, this riding has alternated between voting Liberal and Conservative. During the Brian Mulroney years, it elected Progressive Conservatives but it switched to Liberal when Jean Chrétien came to power. In 2011, when Stephen Harper's Conservative Party won a majority government, the riding switched back to Conservative.
In 2018 the Don Valley East Collective was created to organize &amp; inform residents around important issues that impact our daily lives; this group spans all of the neighbourhoods within Don Valley East.
Robocall controversy.
Don Valley East was one of the seven federal ridings for which the election results were being challenged in court because of automated phone calls ("robocalls") that voters say tried to misdirect them to wrong polling stations. According to the challenger's claims, phone calls claiming to be on behalf of Elections Canada directed some voters to the wrong polling station during the election. It is illegal under the Elections Act to impersonate Elections Canada and to interfere with somebody's right to vote.
In October 2012, however, Don Valley East was dropped from the legal case after it was found that Leeanne Bielli, the voter who brought the challenge forward, did not live in the riding. Bielli therefore became ineligible to challenge the result. Joe Daniel remained the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East until the 2015 federal election.
Boundaries.
As of changes made in 2003, the riding boundaries consisted of:
This riding underwent significant changes during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost almost half of its territory to Don Valley North and gained a significant portion of Don Valley West.
Demographics.
"According to the 2021 Canadian census"
Languages: 44.0% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 3.5% Arabic, 3.1% Mandarin, 2.7% Urdu, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% Cantonese, 2.1% Greek, 2.0% Dari, 2.0% Gujarati, 1.6% Persian, 1.3% Romanian, 1.2% Tamil, 1.2% Bengali, 1.1% Hindi, 1.0% Korean
Religions: 47.9% Christian (19.9% Catholic, 7.7% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Anglican, 2.0% United Church, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.1% Pentecostal, 13.6% Other), 22.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 22.1% None
Median income: $36,400 (2020)
Average income: $50,680 (2020)
2003 boundaries.
! colspan="9"|2011 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|2008 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|2006 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|2004 Canadian federal election
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
1996 boundaries.
! colspan="9"|2000 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
! colspan="9"|1997 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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1987 boundaries.
! colspan="9"|1993 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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! colspan="9"|1988 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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1976 boundaries.
! colspan="9"|1984 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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! colspan="9"|1980 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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! colspan="9"|1979 Canadian federal election: Don Valley East
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References.
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