Lawrence (electoral district)

Lawrence was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1987 provincial election from the parts of York South, Downsview, Wilson Heights and Armourdale and eliminated in 1996, when it was split between the ridings of York South—Weston and Eglinton—Lawrence.

Lawrence

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
District abolished	1996
First contested	1987
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Members of Provincial Parliament

Lawrence
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from parts of York South, Downsview, Wilson Heights and Armourdale ridings in 1987
34th	1987–1990		Joseph Cordiano	Liberal
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into York South—Weston and Eglinton—Lawrence ridings after 1996

Election results

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2][nb 1]	Vote %
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	15,480	52.9
	New Democrat	Evelyn Muriado	8,347	28.5
	Progressive Conservative	David Perry	5,417	18.5
		Total	29,244

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3][nb 2]	Vote %
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	11,880	44.9
	New Democrat	Shalom Schachter	10,174	38.5
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Galway	3,557	13.4
	Libertarian	Sandor Hegedus	429	1.6
	Green	Paul Rombough	414	1.6
		Total	26,454

1995 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	11,784	45.9
	Progressive Conservative	Emilia Valentini	7,955	31.0
	New Democrat	Donald Santeramo	5,000	19.5
	Natural Law	Roy Anderson	698	2.7
	Green	Eric Saumur	246	1.0
		Total	25,683

References

Notes

1. 110 out of 118 polls reporting.
2. 123 out of 134 polls reporting.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Joseph Cordiano's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Cordiano, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
2. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
3. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
4. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2012-09-04.