Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto. Its best-known MP was New Democratic Party (NDP) leader and Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton. Toronto—Danforth includes an array of ethnicities, including large Greek, Chinese, Muslim and South Asian communities. It has the highest percentage of ethnic Greeks among all Toronto ridings (7.3%). Historically, the riding has tilted to the left, particularly since the 1990s. Most election contests take place between the NDP and the Liberal Party. Even with the end of vote-splitting on the centre-right, the Conservatives are almost nonexistent in the riding; no Conservative candidate has crossed the 15 percent mark. The NDP held the riding for the first nine years of its existence before Liberal Dennis Mills won the seat in 1988 and held it during the long period of Liberal dominance of the federal scene. He was unseated in 2004 by Layton, who had previously run against Mills in 1997. Layton held the seat until his death on August 22, 2011. The seat was vacant until a by-election on March 29, 2012, which was won by NDP candidate and human rights lawyer Craig Scott. However, Scott was narrowly defeated by Liberal Julie Dabrusin in the 2015 election in a major upset. Demographics According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation Ethnic groups: 65.2% White, 12.3% Chinese, 5.0% Black, 2.3% Filipino, 2.0% Aboriginal, 1.4% Southeast Asian, 1.3% Latin American, 1.7% Multiple Languages: 67.7% English, 6.3% Cantonese, 4.5% Greek, 2.6% French, 2.3% Mandarin, 1.4% Spanish, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.1% Italian Religions (2011): 48.7% Christian (19.0% Catholic, 9.9% Christian Orthodox, 4.7% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.5% Pentecostal, 10.2% Other), 4.6% Buddhist, 4.4% Muslim, 1.9% Jewish, 1.0% Hindu, 38.4% No religion Median income (2015): $35,056 Average income (2015): $54,560 History The riding was created in 1976 as "Broadview—Greenwood" from parts of Broadview and York East and a small part of Greenwood. It consisted initially of the part of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Queen Street East, on the west by the Don River, and on the east and north by a line drawn north from Queen Street along Jones Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, west along O'Connor Drive, north along Don Mills Road to the Don