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 Don Valley West (Ontario)

Today we're wrapping up our Don Valley adventure with Don Valley West!

Don Valley West has existed as a riding since 1979, created from the former Don Valley riding. The population was 102,508 in 2016. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of York Mills, Leaside, and Thorncliffe Park. The riding is one of the most Muslim in the country, with about 13.6% of the riding being Muslim.

Politically, you can guess the answer. However, this riding had a bit more of a Conservative history compared to the other Don Valley ridings. From 1972-1993, this riding was represented by Progressive Conservative MP's, including Speaker of the House John Bosley. The riding went Conservative in 2011 by just over 600 votes, but quickly flipped back to the Liberals in 2015. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Rob Oliphant.

Provincially, this riding is represented by Liberal MPP and former premier Kathleen Wynne. In her second election in the riding, she defeated Progressive Conservative leader and future mayor of Toronto, John Tory. Kathleen Wynne was the first female premier of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canada. She narrowly won the seat in 2018 by just 181 votes. In 2019, this seat was 96/121 in Ontario and 229/338 in Canada.

Rating:

Name: 8.9/10 - Harmless for the most part, it's a little too far west for me to be completely happy calling it Don Valley, but it's close enough.

Shape: 6.5/10 - It passes, but it just doesn't sit right with me, the river is very, well, riverous.

Individuality: 8.4/10 - I will say that it is interesting seeing how Conservative this riding was for two decades and how it turned around as soon as Chretien showed up.

Total: 23.8/30 (79.3%)

Tomorrow we're back in Montreal with Dorval—Lachine—Lasalle!