York Mills (electoral district)

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York 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 1995
Demographics
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto

York Mills was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election from the northern part of York East and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Don Valley West.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Created from York East riding in 1963
27th 1963–1967   Dalton Bales Progressive Conservative
30th 1967–1971
29th 1971–1975
30th 1975–1977   Bette Stephenson Progressive Conservative
31st 1977–1981
32nd 1981–1985
33rd 1985–1987
34th 1987–1990   Brad Nixon Liberal
35th 1990–1995   David Turnbull Progressive Conservative
36th 1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Don Valley West riding after 1999

Election results

1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [2] Vote %
  ConservativeDalton Bales16,42357.5
  LiberalJames Ditson Service7,98928.0
  New DemocratDouglas Peterson4,16614.6
Total28,578
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [3] Vote %
  ConservativeDalton Bales22,32849.6
  Liberal Barnett Danson 16,35236.3
  New DemocratAudrie Tucker6,32714.1
Total45,007
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [4] [nb 1] Vote %
  ConservativeDalton Bales40,03758.7
  LiberalDon Brill18,14826.6
  New DemocratMike Morrone10,04714.7
Total68,232
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  ConservativeBette Stephenson17,92145.7
  LiberalBruce Bone14,07735.9
  New DemocratAllan Millard7,25218.5
Total39,250
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  ConservativeBette Stephenson21,65658.3
  LiberalWilfred Caplan9,61425.9
  New DemocratAllan Millard5,07113.7
  IndependentDonald Gordon4621.2
Libertarian Scott Bell3320.9
Total37,135
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [7] Vote %
  ConservativeBette Stephenson20,85865.8
  LiberalIsadore Weinberg5,63017.8
  New DemocratDavid Crisp3,93612.4
Libertarian Scott Bell1,2764.0
Total31,700
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [8] Vote %
  ConservativeBette Stephenson18,01047.9
  LiberalGunner Tannis10,11026.9
  New DemocratGord Doctorow6,92518.4
Libertarian Scott Bell2,5176.7
Total37,562
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [9] Vote %
  LiberalBrad Nixon14,22847.3
  Conservative Gordon Chong 11,97939.9
  New DemocratSteve Shorter3,26710.9
Libertarian Joe Kyriakakis5851.9
Total25,954
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [10] Vote %
  ConservativeDavid Turnbull13,03744.6
  LiberalBrad Nixon10,38235.5
  New DemocratMarcia McVea4,88916.7
Green Janet Creory5772.0
Libertarian Mary-Anne Sikamea3541.2
Total29,239
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [11] Vote %
  ConservativeDavid Turnbull18,85263.6
  LiberalDavid MacNaughton7,31824.7
  New DemocratLesley Durham2,9309.9
Libertarian Mark Meschino2230.8
   Natural Law Debbie Weberg1730.6
Green Marion Wyse1570.5
Total29,653

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Notes

  1. 346 out of 356 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Dalton Bales' Legislative Assembly information see "Dalton Arthur Bales, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
    • For Bette Stephenson's Legislative Assembly information see "Bette M. Stephenson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
    • For John Nixon's Legislative Assembly information see "John Bradford Nixon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
    • For David Turnbull's Legislative Assembly information see "David Turnbull, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  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 2012-09-04.
  8. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  9. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
  10. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  11. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.