Wilson Heights was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1999, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of York Centre, Willowdale, and Eglinton—Lawrence. Wilson Heights was located in the neighbourhood of Wilson Heights in the former municipality of North York, which is now part of Toronto.
Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Liberal Vern Singer, was a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the York Centre and Downsview ridings. He retired in 1977 and was replaced by Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg, who briefly served as a minister without portfolio in Frank Miller's government. Its longest-serving representative was Monte Kwinter, who defeated Rotenberg in the 1985 provincial election and held the riding for fourteen years until its dissolution. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson, and now represents York Centre.
The Wilson Heights division had a significant Jewish population, at almost 40% of the total population.
Members of Provincial Parliament Parliament Years Member Party See Downsview riding prior to 1975 30th 1975–1977 Vern Singer Liberal 31st 1977–1981 David Rotenberg Progressive Conservative 32nd 1981–1985 33rd 1985–1987 Monte Kwinter Liberal 34th 1987–1990 35th 1990–1995 36th 1995–1999Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below: For Vern Singer's Legislative Assembly information see For David Rotenberg's Legislative Assembly information see For Monte Kwinter's Legislative Assembly information see Merged into York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence (1999)
Election results + 1975 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal Vern Singer 11,480 40.2 Conservative David Rotenberg 9,262 32.4 New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,476 26.1 Independent George Dance 372 1.3Total 28,590
+ 1977 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Conservative David Rotenberg 13,792 49.1 Liberal Murray Markin 7,057 25.1 New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,055 25.1Total 28,084
+ 1981 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Conservative David Rotenberg 11,579 48.4 Liberal Elinor Caplan 8,760 36.6 New Democrat Greg Iaonnou 3,580 15.0Total 23,919
+ 1985 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,425 40.9 Conservative David Rotenberg 10,068 33.2 New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,858 25.9Total 30,351
+ 1987 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal Monte Kwinter 17,018 57.4 New Democrat Jennifer Paton 6,752 22.8 Conservative David Farb 5,885 19.8Total 29,655
+ 1990 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,204 44.8 New Democrat John Fagan 9,540 35.0 Conservative Steven Kerzner 4,361 16.0Total 27,243
+ 1995 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,468 44.6 Conservative Sam Pasternack 9,772 35.0 New Democrat Claudia White 4,612 16.5 Natural Law Mike Dubinsky 438 1.6 Independent David Yates 109 0.4Total27,933
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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