# Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)

Don Valley East is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, Oriole and Willowdale.
When the riding was created, it included all of North York within the following line: A hydroelectric transmission corridor located south of McNicoll Avenue to Highway 404 to Finch Avenue to the Don River East Branch to Highway 401 to Leslie Street to the CN Railway to Don Mills Road to the CP Railway to the Don River East Branch to the border of East York around Sunrise Avenue.
In 2007, the boundaries were altered slightly. In the northwest, the boundary was changed from the Don River to Leslie Street, and in the south they changed from the North York/East York border to Sunrise Avenue.
This riding underwent significant changes during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost almost half of its territory to Don Valley North and gained a significant portion of Don Valley West.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Don Valley East :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Don Mills, York Mills, Oriole and Willowdale |||||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | David Caplan | Liberal |
| 38th | 2003–2007 | David Caplan | Liberal |
| 39th | 2007–2011 | David Caplan | Liberal |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | Michael Coteau | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Michael Coteau | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2021 | Michael Coteau | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2021–2022 | Vacant |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | Adil Shamji | Liberal |
| 44th | 2025–present | Adil Shamji | Liberal |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||

## Election results

vte2025 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Adil Shamji | 15,465 | 56.65 | +12.79 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Roger Gingerich | 8,784 | 32.17 | –0.02 |
| | New Democratic | Frank Chu | 2,094 | 7.67 | –7.84 |
| | Green | Joshua Miersch | 778 | 2.85 | –1.21 |
| | Moderate | Krasimir Penkov | 180 | 0.66 | +0.36 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 27,301 | 99.05 | –0.08 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 263 | 0.95 | +0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,564 | 40.25 | –2.12 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 68,479 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +6.41 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Adil Shamji | 12,313 | 43.86 | +7.93 | $62,597 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Sam Moini | 9,038 | 32.19 | −0.90 | $68,119 |
| | New Democratic | Mara-Elena Nagy | 4,355 | 15.51 | −11.93 | $62,411 |
| | Green | Rizwan Khan | 1,139 | 4.06 | +1.52 | $2,544 |
| | New Blue | Denyse Twagiramariya | 323 | 1.15 | | $0 |
| | Ontario Party | Donald Mcmullen | 295 | 1.05 | | $0 |
| | Independent | Stella Kargiannakis | 192 | 0.68 | | $0 |
| | Consensus Ontario | Dimitre Popov | 180 | 0.64 | | $2,049 |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 156 | 0.56 | +0.19 | $0 |
| | Moderate | Svetlozar Aleksiev | 85 | 0.30 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 28,076 | 99.13 | +0.05 | $93,577 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 247 | 0.87 | −0.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,323 | 42.37 | −12.85 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 66,416 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +4.41 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. |||||||
vte2018 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Michael Coteau | 13,012 | 35.93 | −22.80 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denzil Minnan-Wong | 11,984 | 33.09 | +8.75 |
| | New Democratic | Khalid Ahmed | 9,937 | 27.44 | +15.48 |
| | Green | Mark Wong | 917 | 2.53 | −0.83 |
| | Libertarian | Justin Robinson | 236 | 0.65 | – |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 131 | 0.36 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,217 | 99.08 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 337 | 0.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,554 | 55.22 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 66,192 |
| | Liberal notional hold | Liberal notional hold | Swing | Swing | −15.78 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 18,508 | 58.73 |
| Progressive Conservative | 7,670 | 24.34 |
| New Democratic | 3,768 | 11.96 |
| Green | 1,060 | 3.36 |
| Others | 507 | 1.61 |
2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Michael Coteau | 19,248 | 55.71 | +4.64 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Angela Kennedy | 9,257 | 26.79 | -0.40 |
| | New Democratic | Akil Sadikali | 4,500 | 13.03 | -5.57 |
| | Green | Christopher McLeod | 1,256 | 3.64 | +1.44 |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 287 | 0.83 | +0.48 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,548 | 98.81 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 415 | 1.19 | +0.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,963 | 47.85 | +1.77 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 73,070 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.52 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Michael Coteau | 16,350 | 51.08 | -4.55 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Michael Lende | 8,705 | 27.19 | +2.08 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Hilliard | 5,953 | 18.60 | +7.97 |
| | Green | Aren Bedrosyan | 702 | 2.19 | -4.28 |
| | Family Coalition | Ryan Kidd | 187 | 0.58 | +0.02 |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 113 | 0.35 | +0.07 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,010 | 99.46 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 175 | 0.54 | -0.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,185 | 46.08 | -5.22 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 69,851 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -3.32 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | David Caplan | 19,667 | 55.63 | -0.52 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Angela Kennedy | 8,878 | 25.11 | -6.82 |
| | New Democratic | Mary Trapani Hynes | 3,759 | 10.63 | +2.39 |
| | Green | Trifon Haitas | 2,287 | 6.47 | |
| | Independent | Stella Kargiannakis | 467 | 1.32 | |
| | Family Coalition | Ryan Kidd | 198 | 0.56 | |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 99 | 0.28 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,355 | 98.95 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 374 | 1.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,729 | 51.30 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 69,646 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +3.15 |
2003 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 17,951 | 56.14 |
| Progressive Conservative | 10,209 | 31.93 |
| New Democratic | 2,634 | 8.24 |
| Others | 1,179 | 3.69 |
2003 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | David Caplan | 21,327 | 56.80 | +6.30 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul Sutherland | 12,027 | 32.03 | -11.16 |
| | New Democratic | Murphy Browne | 3,058 | 8.14 | +3.76 |
| | Green | Dan Craig | 558 | 1.49 | +1.28 |
| | Family Coalition | Ryan Kidd | 460 | 1.23 | +0.86 |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 119 | 0.32 | +0.19 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,549 | 99.19 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 306 | 0.81 | -0.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,855 | 55.32 | -6.25 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 68,429 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +8.73 |
1999 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | David Caplan | 20,993 | 50.50 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Johnson | 17,955 | 43.19 |
| | New Democratic | Janaki Bala-Krishnan | 1,822 | 4.38 |
| | Independent | Raffi Assadourian | 329 | 0.79 |
| | Family Coalition | Ryan Kidd | 153 | 0.37 |
| | Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 91 | 0.22 |
| | Green | Jeff Pancer | 85 | 0.20 |
| | Independent | Fernand Deschamps | 65 | 0.16 |
| | Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 53 | 0.13 |
| | Natural Law | Shail Lall | 28 | 0.07 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,574 | 98.74 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 532 | 1.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,106 | 61.57 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 68,391 |

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum :
| Side | Votes | % |
| First Past the Post | 20,758 | 61.01 |
| Mixed member proportional | 13,265 | 38.99 |
| Total valid votes | 34,023 | 95.23 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,706 | 4.77 |
| Turnout | 35,729 | 51.30 |
| Eligible voters | 69,646 |