On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Etobicoke North.
Candidates
Liberals: Shafiq Qaadri
Progressive Conservatives: Tony Milone
NDP: Nigel Barriffe
Green: Kenny Robertson
Geography
History
Liberal Shafiq Qaadri was elected for a third term in 2011, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Karim Singh by more than 6,000 votes. His 24.2 per cent margin of victory was his smallest yet. However, the northern Etobicoke area has supported candidates from all parties in the past, including PC MPP John Hastings from 1995 to 2003 and NDP EPP Ed Philip from 1975 to 1995.
By the numbers
The most linguistically diverse of Etobicoke’s ridings, only 41.5 per cent listed English as their mother tongue in the 2011 census. The median age of 35.6 is the eighth youngest in southern Ontario, and the average household size of 3.2 is 10th largest.
Riding in a tweet
Shafiq Qaadri has won by such large margins in this riding that its unlikely the Liberals will lost the seat.
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