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 York South-Weston.
Candidates
Liberals: Laura Albanese*
Progressive Conservatives: Andrew French
NDP: Paul Ferreira
Green: Jessica Higgins
Geography
History
The 2011 and 2007 general elections and the 2006 byelection have all featured the NDP’s Paul Ferreira going against the Liberals’ Laura Albanese. All three have been decided by fewer than 1,000 votes, with Ferreira winning the byelection and Albanese winning the two subsequent general elections.
There is a marked split in voting at the CPR/CNR rail line that travels diagonally along York South West, with those east supporting the Liberals, and those west supporting the NDP.
By the numbers
In the 2011 Census, 19.6% listed Black as their ethnicity, the highest in the province.
Riding in a tweet
The NDP hopes the fourth Ferreira-Albanese matchup in York South-West goes to them in this Liberal/NDP tossup riding.
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