Willowdale (electoral District)

Willowdale (electoral District)

Willowdale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

The riding was created in 1976 from part of Eglinton.

Conservative Party of Canada candidate Chungsen Leung became the elected MP for Willowdale following the May 2011 Federal Election.

Previously, this riding was considered a Liberal stronghold, having been won by the Liberal Party of Canada in all but one election since 1980. Longtime Liberal MP Jim Peterson was the riding's MP from 1980 to 1984 and from 1988 to 2007, and Martha Hall Findlay was the riding MP from 2008 to 2011. Long considered a safe Liberal seat, the Conservative candidate won by 761 votes on May 2, 2011.

This district is home to some landmarks like Mel Lastman Square, the Toronto Centre for the Arts and the Claude Watson School for the Arts.