Don Mills (electoral district)

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Don Mills
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished1996
First contested 1963
Last contested 1999
Demographics
Census division Metro Toronto
Census subdivision(s) East York, North York
Toronto (1998–1999)

Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolition, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park and the southern part of Don Mills in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue). It was abolished into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York.

Contents

The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers Dennis Timbrell and David Johnson at different times. The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963, one of several new ridings in Metro. The initial boundaries were the North York city limits on the south and east and west and Lawrence Avenue East formed the northern boundary. [1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Don Mills
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created from part of York East riding in 1963
27th  1963–1967   Stanley Randall Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975 Dennis Timbrell
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990   Murad Velshi Liberal
35th  1990–1993   Margery Ward [nb 1] New Democratic
 1993–1995   David Johnson Progressive Conservative
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [2]
Merged into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York after 1999

Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Randall 9,70851.64
New Democratic James Renwick 5,25227.93
Liberal David Stewart3,84120.43
Total valid votes18,801
Source: [3]
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Randall 9,64641.45-10.18
New Democratic Chris Smith8,74737.59+9.65
Liberal Gordon Ryan4,65620.01-0.42
Social Credit Alton Beacock2220.95
Total valid votes23,271
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.92
Source: [4]
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 16,10250.80+9.35
New Democratic James Norton10,11631.91-5.67
Liberal Michael Kusner5,48117.29-2.72
Total valid votes31,69999.68
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1030.32
Turnout31,80274.18
Eligible voters42,873
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.51
Source: [5] [6]
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 14,00746.59-4.20
New Democratic Robert Sherwood8,07426.86-5.05
Liberal Donalda Wright7,98126.55+9.26
Total valid votes30,06299.32
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2070.68+0.36
Turnout30,26960.68-13.50
Eligible voters49,885
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.43
Source: [7] [8]
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 17,00555.20+8.60
New Democratic Stephen Thomas8,12526.37-0.48
Liberal Andrew Meles4,90615.92-10.62
Libertarian Michael Martin7722.51
Total valid votes30,80899.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2010.65-0.04
Turnout31,00961.14+0.46
Eligible voters52,525
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.54
Source: [9] [10]
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 17,51663.99+8.80
Liberal Murad Velshi 5,36819.61+3.69
New Democratic Michael Wyatt4,48716.39-9.98
Total valid votes27,37199.17
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2290.83+0.18
Turnout27,60052.55-8.59
Eligible voters52,525
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.56
Source: [11] [12]
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 15,48150.72-13.27
Liberal John Atkin7,50424.59+4.98
New Democratic Michael Wyatt6,15320.16+3.77
Independent Gary Watson1,3824.53
Total valid votes30,52099.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2590.84+0.01
Turnout30,77957.52+4.98
Eligible voters53,506
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.12
Source: [13] [14]
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Murad Velshi 11,08340.70+16.11
Progressive Conservative David Lindsay8,66631.82-18.90
New Democratic Margery Ward 6,42423.59+3.43
Independent David Smith5862.15
Freedom David Pengally4751.74
Total valid votes27,23498.96
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots2851.04+0.19
Turnout27,51959.14+1.61
Eligible voters46,534
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +17.51
Source: [15] [16]
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Margery Ward 9,74034.20+10.61
Liberal Murad Velshi 8,78630.85-9.85
Progressive Conservative Nola Crewe7,63126.79-5.03
Libertarian David Miller7422.61
Green Katherine Mathewson6082.13
Independent Colin McKay5621.97
Freedom David Pengally4141.45-0.29
Total valid votes28,48398.54
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots4211.46+0.42
Turnout28,90464.23+5.10
Eligible voters44,998
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +10.23
Source: [17]
Ontario provincial by-election, April 1, 1993
Death of Margery Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Johnson 9,14351.87+25.07
Liberal Murad Velshi 5,58331.67+0.82
New Democratic Chandran Mylvaganam1,5138.58-25.61
Independent Diane Johnston4982.83
Family Coalition Denise Mountenay3832.17
Independent Bernadette Michael2061.17
Freedom David Pengelly1610.91-0.54
Green Sat Khalsa1410.80-1.33
Total valid votes17,62898.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2501.40-0.06
Turnout17,87842.88-21.36
Eligible voters41,695
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +25.34
Source(s)
[18] [19]
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Johnson 14,89753.36+1.49
Liberal Richard Gosling7,60727.25-4.42
New Democratic Janaki Bala-Krishnan4,56916.37+7.78
Freedom David Pengelly2530.91-1.27
Independent Mario M. Ribiero2430.87
Natural Law Lawrence Corp2310.83
Independent Lee Wildgen1190.43
Total valid votes27,91998.80
Total rejected ballots3391.20-0.20
Turnout28,25866.09+23.21
Eligible voters42,758
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.96
Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04. [20]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ward died in office (cancer), January 22, 1993.

Citations

  1. ↑ "Metro Voters Hold the Balance: Don Mills". The Globe and Mail. 1963-09-23. p. 7.
  2. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Stanley Randall's Legislative Assembly information see "Stanley John Randall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Dennis Timbrell's Legislative Assembly information see "Dennis Roy Timbrell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Murad Velshi's Legislative Assembly information see "Murad Velshi, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Margery Ward's Legislative Assembly information see "Margery Ward, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For David Johnson's Legislative Assembly information see "David John Johnson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ "EFRS".
  4. ↑ "EFRS".
  5. ↑ "EFRS".
  6. ↑ "EFRS".
  7. ↑ "EFRS".
  8. ↑ "EFRS".
  9. ↑ "EFRS".
  10. ↑ "EFRS".
  11. ↑ "EFRS".
  12. ↑ "EFRS".
  13. ↑ "EFRS".
  14. ↑ "EFRS".
  15. ↑ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&edIds=-19_17&electionType=GE&electionId=293&levelOfDetail=district
  16. ↑ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&edIds=-19_17&electionType=GE&electionId=293&levelOfDetail=candidate
  17. ↑ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/publications
  18. ↑ "Ontario voters 'fed up' with NDP, Tory Johnson says". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1993-04-02. p. A13.
  19. ↑ "EFRS".
  20. ↑ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/publications
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