The Ontario government will adopt the newly-changed federal electoral map making it the election map of Ontario. Locally, this will mean that the Premier herself will find the boundary of her Don Valley West stronghold has moved west to Mt. Pleasant Rd. from Bayview Ave. All other local MPs will notice changes. Glen Murray, who is the MPP for Toronto Centre, will have to decide whether to run in the new riding of University Rosedale (which elected Chrystia Freeland federally) or in the truncated riding of Toronto Centre, which he holds at present.
TORONTO WARDS
The government says population changes in southern Ontario have prompted it to add 15 new ridings to that part of the province, bringing the total up to 122. Most of the new additions are in rapidly growing major centres like Toronto, Ottawa, York and Durham. The new ridings will be in place in time for the next provincial election, which is currently slated for some time in 2018. The government’s decision in this regard makes it very nearly certain that Toronto will also adopt the federal boundaries for its electoral wards.
