High Park—Swansea
# High Park—Swansea

High Park—Swansea was a provincial riding (electoral district) in the west-end of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1999.

It was created during the 1975 riding redistribution, taking much of its territory from the defunct High Park riding. It was abolished in 1999, and redistributed into the current-day Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings, that followed the same boundaries as the federal ones.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

High Park—Swansea :

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Created in 1975 from parts of High Park riding |||||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Ed Ziemba | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Ed Ziemba | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Yuri Shymko | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Yuri Shymko | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | David Fleet | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Elaine Ziemba | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Derwyn Shea | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings after 1996 |||||

## Electoral results

### 1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 10,215 | 40.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 8,442 | 33.0 |
| Liberal | Ed Negridge | 6,440 | 25.2 |
| Communist | Steve Amsel | 234 | 0.9 |
| Independent | Ann Noble | 217 | 0.8 |
| | Total | 25,548 | |

1977 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 10,408 | 40.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Boytchuk | 9,620 | 37.7 |
| Liberal | Ted Ives | 4,980 | 19.5 |
| Libertarian | Robert McKay | 360 | 1.4 |
| Communist | Christian Negre | 178 | 0.7 |
| | Total | 25,546 | |

1981 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 10,917 | 47.3 |
| New Democratic | Ed Ziemba | 8,169 | 35.4 |
| Liberal | Peter Simonels | 3,442 | 14.9 |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 538 | 2.3 |
| | Total | 23,066 | |

1985 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 9,995 | 38.2 |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 9,594 | 36.7 |
| Liberal | John Rudnicki | 5,681 | 21.7 |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 411 | 1.6 |
| Independent | Robert Szajkowski | 246 | 0.9 |
| Green | Andrew Scorer | 222 | 0.8 |
| | Total | 26,149 | |

### 1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Liberal | David Fleet | 9,740 | 35.5 |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 8,927 | 32.5 |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 8,095 | 29.5 |
| Libertarian | Bob Cumming | 666 | 2.4 |
| | Total | 27,428 | |

1990 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 11,092 | 43.8 |
| Liberal | David Fleet | 8,314 | 32.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Polakowsky | 4,784 | 18.9 |
| Family Coalition | Tingle Coburn | 429 | 1.7 |
| Libertarian | Michael Beech | 359 | 1.4 |
| Green | Bill Seney | 332 | 1.3 |
| | Total | 25,310 | |

1995 Ontario general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Progressive Conservative | Derwyn Shea | 10,559 | 38.8 |
| New Democratic | Elaine Ziemba | 8,899 | 32.7 |
| Liberal | Ted Lojko | 7,121 | 26.1 |
| Green | David G. Burman | 368 | 1.4 |
| Natural Law | Greg W. Roberts | 286 | 1.0 |
| | Total | 27,233 | |
