Don Mills (electoral district)

Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolishment, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park and the southern part of Don Mills in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue). It was abolished into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York.

Don Mills
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished1996
First contested1963
Last contested1999
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers Dennis Timbrell and David Johnson at different times. The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963, one of several new ridings in Metro. The initial boundaries were the North York city limits on the south and east and west and Lawrence Avenue East formed the northern boundary.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament
Don Mills
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from part of York East riding in 1963
27th  1963–1967     Stanley Randall Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975 Dennis Timbrell
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Murad Velshi Liberal
35th  1990–1993     Margery Ward[nb 1] New Democratic
 1993–1995     David Johnson Progressive Conservative
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York after 1999

Electoral results
1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Stanley Randall 9,711 51.7
    New Democrat James Renwick 5,252 28.0
    Liberal David Stewart 3,825 20.4
Total 18,788
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
Progressive ConservativeStanley Randall9,64541.5
New DemocraticChris Smith8,73937.6
LiberalGordon Ryan4,66020.0
Social CreditRae Becaock2221.0
Total 23,266
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 15,182 49.3
    New Democrat Jim Norton 10,123 32.9
    Liberal Michael Kuster 5,481 17.8
Total 30,786
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 13,873 46.3
    New Democrat Bob Sherwood 8,216 27.4
    Liberal Donald Wright 7,845 26.2
Total 29,934
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7][nb 2] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 16,872 55.1
    New Democrat Steve Thomas 8,014 26.2
    Liberal Andrew Meles 4,919 16.1
LibertarianMichael Martin7972.6
Total 30,602
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 17,661 63.8
    Liberal Murad Velshi 5,491 19.8
    New Democrat Michael Lee 4,547 16.4
Total 27,699
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[9] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 15,535 50.7
    Liberal John Atkin 7,557 24.6
    New Democrat Michael Wyatt 6,222 20.3
    Independent Gary Watson 1,344 4.4
Total 30,658
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMurad Velshi10,57339.9
ConservativeDavid Lindsay8,66632.7
New DemocraticMargery Ward6,36824.0
IndependentDavid Smith5882.2
FreedomDavid Pengally3301.2
Total 26,525
Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticMargery Ward9,74034.2
LiberalMurad Velshi8,99431.6
ConservativeNola Crewe7,38525.9
LibertarianDavid Miller7442.6
GreenKatherine Mathewson6242.2
IndependentColin McKay5622.0
FreedomDavid Pengally4131.5
Source: "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
By-election, April 1, 1993
Party Candidate Votes[10][nb 3] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Dave Johnson 9,008 56.3
    Liberal Murad Velshi 5,524 34.5
    New Democrat Chandran Myvaganam 1,479 9.2
Total
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeDave Johnson14,89753.4
LiberalRichard Gosling7,60727.2
New DemocraticJanaki Bala-Krishnan4,56916.4
FreedomDavid Pengelly2530.9
IndependentMario M. Ribiero2430.9
Natural LawLawrence Corp2310.8
IndependentLee Wildgen1190.4
27,919
Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

References

Notes
  1. Ward died in office (cancer), January 22, 1993.
  2. 217 out of 218 polls reporting.
  3. Results labels as 'unofficial'.

Citations
  1. "Metro Voters Hold the Balance: Don Mills". The Globe and Mail. 1963-09-23. p. 7.
  2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Stanley Randall's Legislative Assembly information see "Stanley John Randall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Dennis Timbrell's Legislative Assembly information see "Dennis Roy Timbrell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Murad Velshi's Legislative Assembly information see "Murad Velshi, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Margery Ward's Legislative Assembly information see "Margery Ward, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For David Johnson's Legislative Assembly information see "David John Johnson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
  4. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
  5. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
  6. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  7. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  8. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  9. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  10. "Ontario voters 'fed up' with NDP, Tory Johnson says". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1993-04-02. p. A13.
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