York South (Ontario provincial electoral district)

York South was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1999.

History The provincial riding of York South first came into existence for the 1926 Ontario election. It was slightly smaller than the federal riding but covered much of the same area. For most of the period after World War II, it was a bastion of the Ontario CCF and its successor, the NDP, being the riding of three CCF/NDP leaders in the Ontario legislature, Ted Jolliffe, Donald C. MacDonald and Bob Rae.

When the government of Mike Harris changed Ontario's electoral law so that federal and provincial ridings matched, most of York South was merged into York South—Weston. Smaller portions of the old riding became parts of Parkdale—High Park and Davenport.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results + 1926 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Leopold Macaulay 10,242 66.5     Progressive DillonFirst name not given in reference. 5,162 33.5 Total 15,404

+ 1929 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Leopold Macaulay 7,280 71.4     Liberal G.W.P. Hood 2,912 28.6Total 10,192

+ 1934 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Leopold Macaulay 10,162 39.8     Liberal D.W. Lang 9,142 35.8     Co-operative Commonwealth Luke Teskey 5,546 21.7Total 25,556

+ 1937 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes168 out of 187 polls reporting. Vote %     Conservative Leopold Macaulay 10,063 38.5     Liberal D.W. Lang 9,000 34.4     Co-operative Commonwealth Luke Teskey 6,793 26.0     Independent Hughes 237 0.9     Independent Debragh 36 0.1Total 26,129

+ 1943 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Co-operative Commonwealth E.B. Jolliffe 10,477 48.9     Progressive Conservative G.M. Dix 8,260 38.6     Liberal Edward Evans 2,680 12.5Total 21,417

+ 1945 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %Total 33,913

+ 1948 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Co-operative Commonwealth E.B. Jolliffe 19,237 49.6     Progressive Conservative W.S. Gibson 14,728 37.9     Liberal Ragnar Johnson 4,848 12.5Total 38,813

+ 1951 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Progressive Conservative William Beech 13,756 39.7     Co-operative Commonwealth E.B. Jolliffe 13,140 37.9     Liberal Robert Colucci 6,855 19.8Total 34,628

+ 1955 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 14,156 44.4     Progressive Conservative William Beech 12,505 39.2     Liberal Bert Robinson 4,172 13.1Total 31,861

+ 1959 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 14,446 46.9     Progressive Conservative Alice Bickerton 9,133 29.7     Liberal Fred McDermott 5,508 17.9     Independent-Conservative C.J. Garfunkel 1,228 4.0Total 30,769

+ 1963 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 10,529 48.0     Progressive Conservative William Thomson 6,792 30.9     Liberal Albert Robinson 4,633 21.1Total 21,954

+ 1967 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 13,069 64.9     Progressive Conservative John Holley 6,792 33.7     Liberal Albert Robinson 273 1.4Total 19,836

+ 1971 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 12,311 48.1     Progressive Conservative Douglas Saunders 9,524 37.2     Liberal Ed Direnfield 3,786 14.8Total 25,621

+ 1975 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 13,365 48.4     Progressive Conservative James Trimbee 7,083 25.7     Liberal Alan Tonks 6,494 23.6Total 27,554

+ 1977 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 14,136 50.5     Progressive Conservative Austin Clarke 7,658 27.4     Liberal Michael E. Kolle 5,306 19.Total 27,965

+ 1981 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Donald MacDonald 9,725 37.3     Liberal Les Green 8,113 31.1     Progressive Conservative Barbara Jafelice 7,728 29.7Total 26,053

+ By-election November 4, 1982PartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Bob Rae 11,286 45.6     Liberal John Nunziata 8,732 35.3     Progressive Conservative Barbara Jafelice 4,410 17.8     Christian Credit Party John Turmel 67 0.3Total 24,470

+ 1985 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Bob Rae 16,465 54.3     Liberal Horace Hale 6,687 22.0     Progressive Conservative Toomas Ounapua 5,376 17.7     Independent Paul Schultze 1,071 3.5     Independent Lucile Beikott 410 1.4Total 30,350

+ 1987 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Bob Rae 13,147 44.1     Liberal Alan Tonks 12,907 43.3     Progressive Conservative Fred De Francesco 3,300 11.3Total 29,779

+ 1990 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Bob Rae 15,802 65.6     Liberal Ozzie Grant 4,534 18.8     Progressive Conservative Andrew Feldstein 2,541 10.5Total 22,677

+ 1995 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     New Democrat Bob Rae 10,442 41.3     Progressive Conservative Larry Edwards 7,726 30.6     Liberal Hagood Hardy 6,025 23.8     Independent Kevin Clarke 170 0.7     Natural Law Bob Hyman 124 0.5Total 25,269

+ By-election May 23, 1996PartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Liberal Gerrard Kennedy 7,774 39.8     New Democrat David Miller 6,656 34.1     Progressive Conservative Rob Davis 5,095 26.1Total 19,525

See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

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