Elinor Caplan is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario,Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997,and was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. A Liberal,she served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson and the federal government of Jean Chrétien.
Reverend Major James Craig Tolmie was a Canadian politician,presbyterian clergyman,military chaplain and soldier.
W. Donald Cousens was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994,and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. From 1994 to 2006,Cousens was the Mayor of Markham,Ontario.
James Ivan Pollock was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1990 who represented the riding of Hastings—Peterborough.
Hugh Alden Edighoffer was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1967 to 1990,and was Speaker of the legislature during the administration of David Peterson.
George Raymond McCague was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1990,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Bellwoods was a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1987,when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt,and Fort York districts.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Kenneth Ross Stevenson is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. He later served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stevenson was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
David Rotenberg was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
Wilson Heights was a provincial electoral district in Ontario,Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1999,when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of York Centre,Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence. Wilson Heights was located in the neighbourhood of Wilson Heights in the former municipality of North York,which is now part of Toronto.
Downsview was a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election,and was retained until redistribution in 1999. Downsview was located in North York,which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto. It was formed from part of the original riding of York Centre. In 1996 it was merged into a newly reconstituted riding of the same name.
Dovercourt was the name of a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada. It existed from the 1926 election to the 1999 election. When it was established,it bordered Brockton on to the west,York South to the north,and Bracondale on the east. Lake Ontario was its southern border for most of its existence. At its abolition in 1999,it consisted of that part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by the former city limits,on the east by Bathurst Street,on the south by Bloor Street and on the west by the CN Railway and St. Clair Avenue. It was redistributed into Davenport,St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings.
Eglinton was a provincial electoral district located in Toronto,Ontario. From 1926 until 1999 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. At its abolishment in 1999 it consisted of the neighbourhoods of Davisville and Lawrence Park in the north end of the old city of Toronto. It was abolished into Eglinton—Lawrence,Don Valley West and St. Paul's.
York Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario,Canada,that has been the name of ridings in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario three different times. It was created initially in 1955 from the southern part of York North. It was dissolved in 1963 when it was split into three ridings called Yorkview,Downsview and Armourdale. In 1967,it was reconstituted north of Steeles in the township of Markham. This lasted until 1999 when it was dissolved into Markham—Unionville. The name was given to a new riding formed in its original location south of Steeles. It remains as an existing riding today.
St. George was a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada,that returned Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen's Park. It was created in downtown Toronto in 1926 and was merged into the riding of St. George—St. David in 1987. The seat covered much of the city's central core,roughly similar to the current riding of Toronto Centre. At its dissolution it stretched from University Avenue to Parliament Street and from the waterfront north past St. Clair.
Scarborough Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario,Canada,that has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1963.
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.
Scarborough—Ellesmere was a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1996,when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Scarborough Centre. Scarborough—Ellesmere riding was created from parts of the former ridings of Scarborough North,Scarborough West and Scarborough Centre. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.
