Carleton East

Carleton East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1999 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier.

Carleton East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1967
District abolished1999
First contested1967
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Carleton County (1967-1968)
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (1968-1999)
Census subdivision(s)Gloucester, Osgoode (1967-1975), Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park

From 1986 until its abolition in 1998, the riding included most of the (now former) City of Gloucester, except the area north of Leitrim Road between Limebank Road and Conroy Road and the area north of the Queensway and west of Blair Road. Carleton East also included the (now former) Village of Rockcliffe Park and the City of Ottawa north of Montreal Road and east of Rockcliffe Park.

Members of Provincial Parliament
Carleton East
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from Russell before the 1967 election
28th  1967–1971     Bert Lawrence Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1974
 1974–1975     Paul Frederick Taylor Liberal
30th  1975–1977     Evelyn Gigantes New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985     Bob MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative
33rd  1985–1987     Gilles Morin Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier before the 1999 election

Election results
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGilles Morin17,78048.19-5.68
Progressive ConservativeJeff Slater13,57136.79+22.32
New DemocraticFiona Faucher4,78312.96-15.24
Natural LawIan A. G. Campbell7582.05
Total valid votes 36,89299.19
Total rejected ballots 3020.81-0.23
Turnout 37,19460.34 -3.18
Eligible voters 61,643
Liberal hold Swing -14.00
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGilles Morin19,05953.88-10.21
New DemocraticJoan Gullen9,97628.20+9.30
Progressive ConservativeJudy Corbishley5,11714.46+0.31
Family CoalitionAndre Lafrance1,2243.46+0.59
Total valid votes 35,37698.96
Total rejected ballots 3711.04
Turnout 35,74763.52
Eligible voters 56,279
Liberal hold Swing -9.76
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGilles Morin20,70664.09+15.95
New DemocraticJoan Gullen6,10518.90+0.59
Progressive ConservativeRoland Saumure4,57214.15-19.41
Family CoalitionAndre Lafrance9262.87
Total valid votes 32,309
Liberal hold Swing +7.68
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGilles Morin23,22148.14+14.19
Progressive ConservativeBob MacQuarrie16,18833.56-4.47
New DemocraticJoan Gullen8,82918.30-9.72
Total valid votes 48,238
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +9.33
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBob MacQuarrie15,71438.03+5.12
LiberalBernard Grandmaitre14,02833.95+1.63
New DemocraticEvelyn Gigantes11,57928.02-6.75
Total valid votes 41,321
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +5.93
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticEvelyn Gigantes12,73334.77-1.25
Progressive ConservativeDarwin Kealey12,05232.91+4.11
LiberalEd Ryan11,83732.32-2.86
Total valid votes 36,622
New Democratic hold Swing -2.68
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticEvelyn Gigantes11,98236.02+0.31
LiberalPaul F. Taylor11,70135.18-1.41
Progressive ConservativeDarwin Kealey9,57928.20+1.10
Total valid votes 33,262
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +0.86
Ontario provincial by-election, November 7, 1974[4]
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul F. Taylor9,98936.59+4.58
New DemocraticEvelyn Gigantes9,74935.71+14.29
Progressive ConservativePierre Benoit7,56227.70-18.87
Total valid votes 27,300
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.72
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBert Lawrence13,19046.56-13.67
LiberalFred Barrett9,06732.01-0.65
New DemocraticJean Usher6,06921.43+14.32
Total valid votes 28,326
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.51
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeBert Lawrence9,11160.24
LiberalEugene Bellemare4,93932.65
New DemocraticElaine Lund1,0757.11
Total valid votes 15,125

References
  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Bert Lawrence's Legislative Assembly information see "Bert Lawrence, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Paul Frederick Taylor's Legislative Assembly information see "Paul Frederick Taylor, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Evelyn Gigantes's Legislative Assembly information see "Evelyn Gigantes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Bob McQuarrie's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob McQuarrie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Gilles Morin's Legislative Assembly information see "Gilles Morin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
  2. "Official Return from the Records". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. "Official Return from the Records". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. "Being No. 1 makes Pierre try harder". Ottawa Citizen. November 2, 1974.
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