nfitz
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Ward 27 combines a small number of residents north of Bloor with a large number of residents south of Bloor.
No it doesn't. Look at the election results at http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toro...DFs/2014 Election/2014-Councillor.pdf#page=29
You can tell which subdivisions are north of Bloor by looking at the map at http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toro.../ward maps/2014 Ward Maps/2014_polling_27.pdf
The subdivisions north of Bloor are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, and 61. (part of 11, containing Rosedale High School is south of Bloor, but north of Rosedale Valley; and a bit of 16 is south of Bloor (SW corner of Avenue Road and Bloor, but is primarily offices and University buildings).
If you use the number of people who voted as a proxy for population, then 9,389 are north of Bloor and 16,361 are south of Bloor. So 36.5% are north of Bloor and 63.5% are south of Bloor. I wouldn't call 63.5% versus 36.5% large versus small. (another 5,745 voted in the advance poll).
Why does it matter? The results aren't that different north or south. Wong-Tam won 57% of the vote north of Bloor. If you look at individual divisions, Wong-Tam won each and everyone of them.The two geographic areas are radically different communities of interest, to use the phrase on the City's ward redistribution website.
The division she did worse was Division 87 (Seaton House - a homeless shelter on George Street). However she still more than doubled her nearest opponent.
How can that be, when the elected councillor won EVERY polling division in the Ward, and had over 57% of the vote north of Bloor Street? Who then is their elected representative?... the present ward boundaries do ensure that anyone north of Bloor will not be represented by their elected representative.
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