Rae after the federal by-elections of March 17, 2008. Rae resigned from Parliament on July 31, 2013. Liberal Chrystia Freeland picked up the riding in the subsequent by-election, and held it until the 2015 Canadian federal election, when she chose to run for re-election in the new riding of University—Rosedale. From 2015 to 2020, the riding was represented by Bill Morneau. On August 17, 2020, Morneau resigned as MP. Following a by-election on October 26, 2020, the riding has been represented by Marci Ien. Former boundaries Demographics According to the Canada 2016 Census Ethnic groups: 48.8% White, 11.8% South Asian, 11.1% Chinese, 9.1% Black, 5.0% Filipino, 2.5% Latin American, 1.8% Arab, 1.8% Korean, 1.6% Southeast Asian, 1.5% West Asian, 1.5% Indigenous Languages: 58.4% English, 4.9% Mandarin, 3.4% French, 2.9% Cantonese, 2.7% Tagalog, 2.6% Spanish, 1.9% Bengali, 1.6% Arabic, 1.6% Tamil, 1.5% Korean, 1.4% Russian, 1.3% Persian Religions (2011): 45.0% Christian (23.5% Catholic, 4.2% Anglican, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% United Church, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.1% Baptist, 9.3% Other), 9.0% Muslim, 4.9% Hindu, 2.7% Buddhist, 1.8% Jewish, 35.0% None. Median income: $30,987 (2015) Average income: $49,909 (2015) Members of Parliament These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results Toronto Centre, 2004–present ^ Change is from 2011 redistributed results. 2008 general election On September 21, 2008, Conservative candidate Chris Reid resigned because he said he couldn't commit to four years in government. However, blog entries were discovered that linked him to controversial musings on guns and the murder of Tim McLean aboard a Greyhound bus. Chris Reid was replaced by David Gentili as the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre. Expenditures listed for Gentili include expenditures reported by Reid. 2008 by-election A by-election, held on March 17, 2008, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Bill Graham was won by Liberal Bob Rae, a former Ontario NDP Premier. The nominated Conservative candidate in the by-election, Mark Warner, was dropped by the party's national council on October 31, 2007. Don Meredith was nominated as the Conservative candidate in December 2007. Activist El-Farouk Khaki ran for the NDP and Chris Tindal was the Green Party of Canada candidate. Liz White was the Animal Alliance Environmental Voters Party of Canada candidate, and Doug Plumb represented the Canadian Action Party. |- |align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| +8.5 |align="right"| |- |align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| -2.1 |align="right"| Toronto Centre—Rosedale, 1996–2003 Note: Canadian Alliance vote is