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Davenport (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Davenport is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.
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Demographics
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The Davenport electoral district has the highest percentage of ethnic Portuguese of all Canadian federal districts (27.4%),[3] and the highest percentage of European immigrants (28.5%, of whom 25.0% are from Southern Europe, and 19.2% from Southern European countries other than Italy), in all of Canada.[4][5] It also has the highest percentage of native speakers of Portuguese (20.7%) and of Romance languages other than the French language of Canada (32.0%, with many Italian and Spanish).[6] The same holds true for home language (Portuguese: 14.0%; non-French Romance languages: 21.2%, both Canadian riding records)[7]
- According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation[8]
Languages: 54.2% English, 14.3% Portuguese, 4.9% Spanish, 3.4% Italian, 2.3% Yue, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.5% French, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions: 48.2% Christian (35.6% Catholic, 1.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Anglican), 40.5% No religion, 3.4% Jewish, 3% Muslim, 2.3% Buddhist, 1.4% Hindu
Median income (2020): $40,400
Average income (2020): $55,550
2023 representation
According to the 2021 Canadian census[12]
Languages: 58.4% English, 15.1% Portuguese, 5.2% Spanish, 3.5% Italian, 2.3% French, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.1% Mandarin
Race: 63.7% White, 7.8% Black, 6.1% Latin American, 4.9% Chinese, 4.5% South Asian, 3.9% Filipino, 2.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Indigenous
Religions: 51.1% Christian (37.5% Catholic, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Anglican, 10.3% other), 3.1% Jewish, 3.0% Muslim, 2.1% Buddhist, 1.4% Hindu, 38.0% none
Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $54,100 (2020)
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Geography
The district includes parts of west-end Toronto, and includes the neighbourhoods of Fairbank, Oakwood-Vaughan, St. Clair Gardens, Corso Italia, Dovercourt Village, Bloordale Village, Bloorcourt Village, Brockton Village, the Junction Triangle and the western part of Rua Acores.
History
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The federal electoral district was created in 1933 from parts of Parkdale and Toronto Northwest ridings.
The federal riding of Davenport has been one of the most consistently Liberal ridings in Canada over the last century.
In 1958, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Douglas Morton was elected. Since then, Liberals Walter Gordon and Charles Caccia (who himself held the seat for nearly 40 years) won the seat by increasing margins, finally culminating in a 17,500-vote majority in 1993. Meanwhile, the opposition parties in the constituency were shifting, and the New Democratic Party candidate beat the Progressive Conservative or Conservative candidate in every election since 1979.
In late 2003, Charles Caccia lost the Liberal nomination for the seat to local city councillor Mario Silva, who then went on to win the election and serve as Davenport's Member of Parliament.
In 2011, Andrew Cash of the New Democratic Party won the seat, becoming the first non-Liberal in 49 years to represent the riding. In 2015, Cash was defeated by Liberal candidate Julie Dzerowicz, who became the first female Member of Parliament for Davenport. Dzerowicz ran for re-election in 2019 and won, again defeating Andrew Cash.
This riding lost a fraction of territory to Toronto—St. Paul's during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the electoral district gained the area south of Eglinton Avenue and east of the CPR from York South—Weston (Keelesdale-Eglinton West), the area south of Vaughan Road and west of Winona Drive from Toronto—St. Paul's (in Oakwood Village), and the area north of Queen Street and west of Ossington Avenue (in Beaconsfield Village) from Spadina—Fort York. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.[13]
Members of Parliament
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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
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Election results
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
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References
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