Byelection day, and as usual the old premises at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School welcomed Moore Park voters from the neighborhood’s nine electoral subdivisions Monday morning for the exercise of parliamentary democracy. The original OLPH school dates from the 20s but even the “new” section built in 1963 is getting on. The school is nestled in a leafy corner of Garfield Ave. just where it meets Mount Pleasant Rd. It is in the newer wing that residents young and old truck to the auditorium to show their ID. The old complaint is still heard, both among Liberals and Conservatives, that each would easily win Toronto-Centre if it weren’t for the other parts of the sprawling downtown constituency. What they mean is that there is limited NDP support in the area. One brave family on Moore Ave. had their Linda McQuaig sign out on the lawn. It is always an interesting practice when all the results have been posted online to see how subdivisions voted. It takes a few days for that to happen. It will frequently show that Moore Park has once again voted rather differently from those south of the CP main line, much less south of Bloor Street. That is why the next general election, slated for 2015, is so interesting. It will almost surely see the creation of a new riding, University-Rosedale, which will include Moore Park and Rosedale plus areas off to the southwest. OLPH school on Garfield Ave. welcomes electors
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Byelection day, and as usual the old premises at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School welcomed Moore Park voters from the neighborhood’s nine electoral subdivisions Monday morning for the exercise of parliamentary democracy. The original OLPH school dates from the 20s but even the “new” section built in 1963 is getting on. The school is nestled in a leafy corner of Garfield Ave. just where it meets Mount Pleasant Rd. It is in the newer wing that residents young and old truck to the auditorium to show their ID. The old complaint is still heard, both among Liberals and Conservatives, that each would easily win Toronto-Centre if it weren’t for the other parts of the sprawling downtown constituency. What they mean is that there is limited NDP support in the area. One brave family on Moore Ave. had their Linda McQuaig sign out on the lawn. It is always an interesting practice when all the results have been posted online to see how subdivisions voted. It takes a few days for that to happen. It will frequently show that Moore Park has once again voted rather differently from those south of the CP main line, much less south of Bloor Street. That is why the next general election, slated for 2015, is so interesting. It will almost surely see the creation of a new riding, University-Rosedale, which will include Moore Park and Rosedale plus areas off to the southwest. 