Beaches—East York (federal electoral district)

"Beaches—Woodbine" redirects here; not to be confused with Woodbine (electoral district).

For the provincial electoral district, see Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Beaches—Woodbine (provincial electoral district).

Beaches—East York

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Vacant
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	109,359
Electors (2019)	80,981
Area (km²)	16.64
Pop. density (per km²)	6,572.1
Census division	Toronto
Census subdivision	Toronto (part)

Beaches—East York (formerly Beaches—Woodbine) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. This riding is situated east of Toronto's downtown.

According to the 2016 census, Beaches—East York has a population of 109,468 and is not known for its ethnic diversity compared to other ridings in Toronto. Consequently, it is 63.9% white, and has the highest percentage of people of English (24.2%), Canadian (19.7%), and Scottish (18.9%) ethnic origins of all ridings in the City of Toronto.

Three-term Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith has represented Beaches—East York from 2015 until his resignation from parliament in July 2026. In the 2025 Canadian federal election, Erskine-Smith secured the largest margin of victory (25,974 votes) and the all-time largest share of the vote (67.75%) in Beaches—East York.

This riding has been historically represented by the political centre to left, with Maria Minna (Liberal) being its longest representative to date, holding the office for six terms. This riding has been represented by the Liberals and NDP for decades with majority of the races taking place between the two parties. The Conservatives placed second for the first time in the 2025 election.

Geography

Beaches—East York is bordered by Coxwell Avenue to the west, the Don River and Sunrise Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Avenue to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of the Beaches, Upper Beaches, East Danforth, O'Connor–Parkview, and part of Old East York.

History

The federal riding of Beaches—Woodbine was created before the 1988 federal election from Beaches and York East ridings. Before the 1997 federal election, it adopted its current name.

The original boundary of the riding of Beaches-Woodbine began where the southern extension of Leslie Street intersects with Lake Ontario, proceeds north along Leslie Street, then east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, and north along Coxwell Avenue until it turns into Coxwell Blvd. at O'Connor Drive.

It continues a short distance along this street where the boundary extends until it meets Taylor-Massey Creek. It follows the creek west (downstream) until it meets the Don River East Branch. The boundary follows the river northeast (upstream) until it meets the point where a westerly extension of Sunrise Avenue intersects with the river course.

The boundary continues east along Sunrise Avenue until it meets Victoria Park Avenue. The boundary turns south and follows the street south until it ends at Lake Ontario. The boundary follows the lake coast back west until it meets the beginning point.

In 2003, the western boundary was altered so that the portion west of Coxwell Avenue was transferred to the neighbouring riding of Toronto-Danforth. This riding was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Since its creation as Beaches-Woodbine in 1988, Beaches—East York has been contested between Liberal and New Democratic candidates, with both parties nearly doubling Conservative vote totals.

Pre-2011

Hon. Maria Minna represented Beaches-East York for a record 18 straight years, as a member of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's and Prime Minister Paul Martin’s governments, and as a member of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition under Liberal Leaders Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff.

2011

In the 2011 election the riding was won by New Democratic Party candidate Matthew Kellway, beating out Liberal incumbent Maria Minna by nearly 11%.

2015

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith defeated Matthew Kellway in the 2015 election by 10,345 votes. 2015 was Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s first federal election.

2019

The incumbent MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith was re-elected with 32,168 votes. Mae J Nam was acclaimed as the NDP candidate on May 28, 2019 and was the runner-up, receiving 12,196 votes.

Summary

Beaches—East York has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Beaches—Woodbine Riding created from Beaches and York East
34th	1988–1993		Neil Young	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Maria Minna	Liberal
Beaches—East York
36th	1997–2000		Maria Minna	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Matthew Kellway	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–2026

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 67.9% English, 2.8% Bengali, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.8% French, 1.7% Greek, 1.6% Spanish, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.2% Urdu, 1.0% Italian

Religions: 43.3% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 4.1% Anglican, 2.7% United Church, 11.2% Other), 9.1% Muslim, 2.8% Hindu, 1.7% Jewish, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% None

Median income: $44,000 (2020)

Average income: $69,500 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Beaches—East York (2011−2021)

Racial group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
White	67,300	62.03%	69,965	64.52%	70,455	66.45%
South Asian	12,290	11.33%	11,820	10.9%	11,015	10.39%
Black	8,260	7.61%	7,130	6.58%	5,805	5.47%
Chinese	5,635	5.19%	6,155	5.68%	6,060	5.72%
Filipino	3,565	3.29%	3,455	3.19%	3,435	3.24%
Latin American	2,225	2.05%	1,490	1.37%	1,310	1.24%
Indigenous	1,980	1.82%	2,055	1.9%	1,990	1.88%
West Asian	1,260	1.16%	985	0.91%	935	0.88%
Arab	720	0.66%	680	0.63%	510	0.48%
Southeast Asian	715	0.66%	765	0.71%	1,125	1.06%
Korean	705	0.65%	725	0.67%	405	0.38%
Japanese	635	0.59%	740	0.68%	565	0.53%
Other	920	0.85%	925	0.85%	920	0.87%
Multiple races	2,280	2.1%	1,545	1.42%	1,495	1.41%
Total responses	108,500	99.21%	108,435	99.06%	106,030	99.02%
Total population	109,359	100%	109,468	100%	107,084	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results

Graph of general election results in Beaches—Woodbine, Beaches—East York (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Beaches—East York

Graph of general election results in Beaches—East York (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Canadian federal by-election, August 31, 2026 Resignation of Nate Erskine-Smith
The by-election will be held on August 31, 2026.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tanveer Shahnawaz
	Conservative	Jim Syrbos
	New Democratic	Shannon Devine
	Green	Bruce Livesey
	People's	Michel Lachance
	Canadian Future	Cameron Thomas
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters			81,460
Source: Elections Canada

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nate Erskine-Smith	39,804	67.75	+11.17	$119,113.28
	Conservative	Jocelyne Poirier	13,830	23.54	+9.19	$47,999.71
	New Democratic	Shannon Devine	4,027	6.85	−15.67	$56,544.86
	Green	Jack Pennings	748	1.27	−1.44	$0.00
	Independent	Diane Joseph	161	0.27	N/A	$0.00
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	146	0.25	−0.01	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	39	0.07	−0.03	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,755	99.47	+0.13	$128,551.93
Total rejected ballots			311	0.53	–0.13
Turnout			59,066	71.94	+7.03
Eligible voters			82,102
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.99
Source: Elections Canada

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	28,919	56.58	-0.62	$84,476.95
	New Democratic	Alejandra Ruiz Vargas	11,513	22.52	+1.16	$34,400.36
	Conservative	Lisa Robinson*	7,336	14.35	+0.29	$20,930.77
	People's	Radu Rautescu	1,613	3.16	+1.70	$0.00
	Green	Reuben Anthony DeBoer	1,388	2.72	-3.20	$1,906.03
	Independent	Karen Lee Wilde	166	0.32		$0.00
	Communist	Jennifer Moxon	131	0.26		$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	50	0.10		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,116	99.34	–	$110,305.28
Total rejected ballots			340	0.66	+0.07
Turnout			51,456	64.91	-5.25
Eligible voters			79,273
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.89
Source: Elections Canada *After the ballots had been printed, but before the election day itself, Robinson was dropped by the party as the CPC candidate. She would not have been admitted to the Conservative caucus had she won.

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	32,647	57.20	+7.75	$74,562.95
	New Democratic	Mae J. Nam	12,196	21.37	-9.45	$91,821.20
	Conservative	Nadirah Nazeer	8,026	14.06	-2.37	$ 73,545.89
	Green	Sean Manners	3,378	5.92	+3.34	none listed
	People's	Deborah McKenzie	831	1.46	-	$1,821.54
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,078	99.41
Total rejected ballots			340	0.59	+0.20
Turnout			57,418	70.16	-1.83
Eligible voters			81,842
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.60
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	27,458	49.45	+18.69	$104,089.50
	New Democratic	Matthew Kellway	17,113	30.82	-10.82	$129,211.99
	Conservative	Bill Burrows	9,124	16.43	-6.31	$35,453.04
	Green	Randall Sach	1,433	2.58	-2.02	$3,691.94
	Independent	James Sears	254	0.46	–	$35,400.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	105	0.19	-0.08	–
	Independent	Peter Surjanac	43	0.08	–	$449.62
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,530	99.61		$208,561.84
Total rejected ballots			216	0.39	-0.01
Turnout			55,746	71.99	+5.33
Eligible voters			77,440
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.76
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Kellway	20,265	41.64	+9.51	$ 68,735.05
	Liberal	Maria Minna	14,967	30.75	-10.22	$ 83,269.97
	Conservative	Bill Burrows	11,067	22.74	+5.66	$ 32,786.98
	Green	Aaron Cameron	2,240	4.60	-4.88	$ 12,901.50
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	130	0.27	-0.07
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,669	99.61	–
Total rejected ballots			193	0.39	+0.02
Turnout			48,862	66.66	+3.73
Eligible voters			73,302	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.86

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maria Minna	18,967	40.97	+0.58	$76,404
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	14,875	32.13	-2.83	$75,350
	Conservative	Caroline Alleslev	7,907	17.08	-0.96	$21,853
	Green	Zoran Markovski	4,389	9.48	+3.41	$22,434
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	155	0.33	+0.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,293	99.63		$82,179
Total rejected ballots			172	0.37	+0.04
Turnout			46,465	62.93	-7.58
Eligible voters			73,832
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.71

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maria Minna	20,678	40.39	-7.54	$73,454.03
	New Democratic	Marilyn Churley	17,900	34.96	+2.67	$74,996.37
	Conservative	Peter Conroy	9,238	18.04	+3.98	$74,667.09
	Green	Jim Harris	3,106	6.07	+1.53	$9,644.25
	Progressive Canadian	Jim Love	183	0.36		$244.26
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	91	0.18	+0.08
Total valid votes			51,196	99.67
Total rejected ballots			168	0.33	-0.11
Turnout			51,364	70.51	+6.49
Eligible voters			72,844
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.10
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria Minna	22,494	47.93	−5.29
	New Democratic	Peter Tabuns	15,156	32.29	+11.77
	Conservative	Nick Nikopoulos	6,603	14.07	−8.53
	Green	Peter Davison	2,127	4.53
	Marijuana	Daniel Dufresne	365	0.78
	Independent	Edward Slota	80	0.17
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	62	0.13
	Marxist–Leninist	Roger Carter	46	0.10
Total valid votes			46,933	99.57
Total rejected ballots			204	0.43
Turnout			47,137	64.02
Eligible voters			73,623
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.53
Change is computed from the 2000 redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	21,905	53.22
	New Democratic	8,449	20.53
	Progressive Conservative	5,574	13.54
	Canadian Alliance	3,728	9.06
	Others	1,506	3.66

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maria Minna	22,515	52.74	+4.81	$61,974
	New Democratic	Mel Watkins	8,936	20.93	−2.61	$54,232
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Clutterbuck	5,766	13.51	+1.20	$13,989
	Alliance	Abu Alam	3,838	8.99	−5.35	$9,047
	Marijuana	Bruce Watson	682	1.60		none listed
	Green	James Mendel	599	1.40	+0.11	$102
	Canadian Action	Randall Whitcomb	128	0.30		none listed
	Natural Law	Donalda Fredeen	88	0.21	-0.37	none listed
	Communist	Ann Nicholson	82	0.19		$202
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	53	0.12		$8
Total valid votes			42,687	99.58
Total rejected ballots			179	0.42	-0.23
Turnout			42,866	56.94	-10.39
Electors on the lists			75,284
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.71
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria Minna	21,844	47.93	+5.79
	New Democratic	Mel Watkins	10,730	23.55	+7.34
	Reform	Gary Miller	6,534	14.34	-2.12
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Simpson	5,611	12.31	+0.13
	Green	John Scheer	589	1.20
	Natural Law	Donalda Fredeen	264	0.58
Total valid votes			45,572	99.35
Total rejected ballots			296	0.65
Turnout			45,868	67.33
Eligible voters			68,127
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-0.77

1993 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,096	42.14
	Reform	7,850	16.46
	New Democratic	7,728	16.21
	Progressive Conservative	5,811	12.19
	Others	6,199	13.00

Beaches—Woodbine

Graph of general election results in Beaches—Woodbine (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria Minna	17,639	40.73	+7.48
	New Democratic	Neil Young	8,037	18.56	-16.61
	Reform	Hugh Prendergast	6,844	15.80	+15.02
	Independent	Terry Kelly	4,549	10.50
	Progressive Conservative	Denise Cole	4,316	9.97	-19.28
	National	John-Frederick Cameron	1,139	2.63
	Green	Leane Haze	335	0.77	+0.07
	Natural Law	Donalda Fredeen	265	0.61
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	94	0.22
	Independent	Keith Meadowcroft	66	0.15
	Abolitionist	Zahid Tirmizi	22	0.05
Total valid votes			43,306	98.92
Total rejected ballots			474	1.08	+0.50
Turnout			43,780	66.07	-8.80
Eligible voters			66,267
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.05

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Neil Young	15,760	35.17	+0.3
	Liberal	Terry Kelly	14,900	33.25	+8.1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim O'Malley	13,107	29.25	-8.2
	Libertarian	Dennis Corrigan	351	0.78
	Green	Michael Tegtmeyer	317	0.71
	Independent	Ronald Clifford	259	0.58
	Independent	Wally Pearson	71	0.16
	Commonwealth of Canada	Charles Odell	48	0.11
Total valid votes			44,813	99.42
Total rejected ballots			262	0.58
Turnout			45,075	74.87
Eligible voters			60,205
	New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.2

1984 federal election redistributed results
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	37.4
	New Democratic	34.9
	Liberal	25.1
	Others	2.6

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Notes

• "Beaches—East York (federal electoral district) (Code 35005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
• Federal riding history for Beaches—Woodbine from the Library of Parliament
• Federal riding history for Beaches—East York from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures