Ontario electoral district | |||
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Trinity—Spadina in relation to the other Toronto ridings
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Liberal |
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District created | 1999 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 144,733 | ||
Electors (2011) | 96,793 | ||
Area (km²) | 18.55 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 7,802.3 | ||
Census divisions | Toronto | ||
Census subdivisions | Toronto |
Trinity—Spadina is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
The electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people of which 74,409 were eligible to vote.
Its Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elect is Han Dong of the Ontario Liberal Party, who unseated longtime MPP Rosario Marchese in the 2014 general election.
Major landmarks within the riding include the western portion of the University of Toronto, the CN Tower, Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), Air Canada Centre, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 299 Queen Street West, the Toronto Eaton Centre, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto City Hall, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park and Palmerston Boulevard.