York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1955 |
| District abolished | 1963 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1959 |
York—Scarborough[nb 1] was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1955 to 1963. It occupied the entire area of the former borough of Scarborough. In 1963 it was split between four new ridings: Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West.
Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]
| York—Scarborough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| prior to 1955 part of the York East riding | ||||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Dick Sutton | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Split between the ridings of Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarbough Centre and Scarborough West in 1963 |
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Election results[edit]
| 1955 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dick Sutton | 13,806 | 42.22 | |||||
| Liberal | Oliver E. Crockford | 12,281 | 37.55 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alois L. Wagner | 6,287 | 19.22 | |||||
| Labor–Progressive | Florence Theodore | 330 | 1.01 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,704 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967 | ||||||||
| 1959 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dick Sutton | 18,778 | 37.26 | |||||
| Liberal | Oliver E. Crockford | 17,242 | 34.21 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Andrew G. Bodrug | 14,380 | 28.53 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,400 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967 | ||||||||
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Sometimes referred to 'York—Scarboro' in the local media.
Citations[edit]
- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Richard Sutton's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Edward Sutton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014.