Live: Toronto-Danforth Candidates Debate 2019
Federal Candidates for the Toronto-Danforth riding are set to debate at Centennial College’s Story Arts Centre tonight.
Chris Tolley
Scott swept aside by Liberal tide
NDP incumbent Craig Scott has been defeated in Jack Layton’s old riding of Toronto-Danforth by Liberal Julie Dabrusin in an unexpected turn of events. In a close race for the East York riding, Dabrusin was able to edge out Scott by a margin of 1,797 votes – 22,297 votes for Dabrusin to 20,500 for Scott.
Toronto-Danforth candidates differ on alternative election formula
How Canadians actually choose their federal government got a full airing at Tuesday night’s all-candidates meeting in the Toronto-Danforth riding. Candidates contesting the riding offered their views about replacing the traditional “first-past-the-post” election with proportional representation. The latter would see percentage divisions in the electorate represented in the House of Commons.