York Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953.
York Centre contains two municipal wards of the city of Toronto. It had a population in 2001 of 113,420 people. It was previously one of the safest Liberal Party seats in Canada; however, this is rapidly changing as the Conservative Party has been gaining ground the last few elections and the gap has narrowed.
Read more about York Centre: Geography, History, Members of Parliament, City Councillors, Former Boundaries
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