Armourdale (electoral district)

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Armourdale
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished1985
First contested 1963
Last contested 1987
Demographics
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto

Armourdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 1963 provincial election until it was eliminated in 1987, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills. Armourdale was created from part of the former riding of York Centre. It was in the former borough of North York and occupied an area to the west of Yonge Street and east of Bathurst Street.

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Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Philip Givens who was a former mayor of Toronto. He ran in 1975 against Mel Lastman who went on to become mayor of North York and Toronto.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Armourdale
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created from York Centre in 1963
27th  1963–1967   Gordon Carton Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977   Phil Givens Liberal
31st  1977–1981   Bruce McCaffrey Progressive Conservative
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills ridings after 1987

Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [2] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeGordon Carton10,24550.1
  LiberalAllan Hollingworth6,03729.5
  New DemocratVince Kelly4,17120.4
Total20,453
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [3] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeGordon Carton10,70644.3
  LiberalDonald Brill6,86428.4
  New DemocratHarold Koehler6,60327.3
Total24,173
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [4] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeGordon Carton16,16650.0
  LiberalDonald Copley8,62926.7
  New DemocratHarold Koehler7,55423.4
Total32,349
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  LiberalPhil Givens14,73943.9
   Progressive Conservative Mel Lastman 12,10035.9
  New DemocratM. Mocciola6,25518.6
  IndependentDavid Liddiard5831.7
Total33,677
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] [nb 1] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeBruce McCaffrey13,37143.2
  LiberalDes Newman10,83735.0
  New DemocratMarlene Koehler6,26420.2
Libertarian Bruce Evoy2650.9
  IndependentDavid L. Wragett2500.8
Total30,987
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [7] [nb 2] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeBruce McCaffrey15,40054.5
  LiberalTim Rutledge8,76731.0
  New DemocratBob Hebdon4,08514.5
Total28,252
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [8] Vote %
  Progressive ConservativeBruce McCaffrey13,38541.1
  Liberal Gino Matrundola 13,22940.6
  New DemocratBob Hebdon5,49216.9
Libertarian Simon Srdarev4461.4
Total32,552

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Notes

  1. 218 out of 220 polls reporting.
  2. 225 out of 226 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
    • For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
    • For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  2. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
  3. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
  4. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
  5. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  6. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  7. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  8. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.