Durham West (provincial electoral district)
Durham West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It contained the towns of Pickering and Ajax.
Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1999 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1995 |
The riding first existed from 1867 until 1926, when it was distributed into the Durham riding. When Durham was split back into Durham East and Durham West, as well as Durham North in 1975, the riding existed until 1999 when it was redistributed into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Durham West | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
1st | 1867–1871 | John McLeod | Liberal | |
2nd | 1871–1871 | Edward Blake | ||
1871–1874 | John McLeod | |||
3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
4th | 1879–1883 | James McLaughlin | ||
5th | 1883–1886 | |||
6th | 1886–1890 | |||
7th | 1890–1894 | William Lockhart | ||
8th | 1894–1898 | William Reid | Conservative | |
9th | 1898–1902 | |||
10th | 1902–1904 | William Rickard | Liberal | |
11th | 1905–1908 | John Devitt | Conservative | |
12th | 1908–1911 | |||
13th | 1911–1914 | |||
14th | 1914–1919 | |||
15th | 1919–1923 | William Bragg | Liberal | |
16th | 1923–1926 | |||
Riding dissolved, 1926-1975 | ||||
30th | 1975–1977 | Charles Godfrey | New Democratic | |
31st | 1977–1981 | George Ashe | Progressive Conservative | |
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
34th | 1987–1990 | Norah Stoner | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | Jim Wiseman | New Democratic | |
36th | 1995–1999 | Janet Ecker | Progressive Conservative | |
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
Merged into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax before the 1999 election |
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John McLeod's Legislative Assembly information see "John McLeod, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edward Blake's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Blake, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Wellington McLaughlin's Legislative Assembly information see "James Wellington McLaughlin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Thomas Lockhart's Legislative Assembly information see "William Thomas Lockhart, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Henry Reid's Legislative Assembly information see "William Henry Reid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Rickard's Legislative Assembly information see "William Rickard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Henry Devitt's Legislative Assembly information see "John Henry Devitt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William John Bragg's Legislative Assembly information see "William John Bragg, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Morris Godfrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Morris Godfrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Ashe's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ashe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Norah Stoner's Legislative Assembly information see "Norah Stoner, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Jim Wiseman's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Wiseman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Janet Ecker's Legislative Assembly information see "Janet Ecker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
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