Humber (provincial electoral district)

Humber was a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1955 provincial election from parts of the York West and York South ridings. It was eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Humber was located in the municipalities of York, Toronto, and Etobicoke.

York—Humber (1955–1963)
Humber (1963–1987)
Etobicoke—Humber (1987–1999)
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1955
District abolished1996
First contested1955
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

The riding went through two name changes and several boundary changes during its lifetime. From 1955 to 1963 it was known as York—Humber and existed mostly on the east side of the Humber River. From 1963 to 1987 it was known as Humber, and in 1987 it was changed to Etobicoke-Humber. From 1963 onwards it was mostly on the west side of the river.

Members of Provincial Parliament
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from York West and York South ridings in 1955
York—Humber
25th  1955–1959     Bev Lewis Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963
Humber
27th  1963–1967     Bev Lewis Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971     George Ben Liberal
29th  1971–1975     Nick Leluk Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977 John MacBeth
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985 Morley Kells
33rd  1985–1987     Jim Henderson Liberal
Etobicoke—Humber
34th  1987–1990     Jim Henderson Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Doug Ford Sr. Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore ridings after 1996

Election results

York—Humber
1955 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative W. Beverley Lewis 11,814 44.3
    Liberal Peter Slaght 7,684 28.8
    CCF F. Stroud 6,284 23.5
    Labour-Progressive Art Jenkyn 913 3.4
Total 26,695
1959 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative W. Beverley Lewis 11,785 44.0
    Liberal John Van Esterik 8,518 31.8
    CCF Alex Maxwell 6,499 24.2
Total 26,802

Humber
1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Bev Lewis 10,119 45.7
    Liberal Dante DeMonte 6,877 31.0
    New Democrat John Whitehouse 5,164 23.3
Total 22,160
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Liberal George Ben 8,036 34.5
    New Democrat K. Cummings 7,888 33.9
    Progressive Conservative Bev Lewis 7,369 31.6
Total 23,293
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Nick Leluk 11,699 42.5
    New Democrat K. Cummings 8,206 29.8
    Liberal George Ben 7,637 27.7
Total 27,542
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative John MacBeth 17,576 44.4
    Liberal Alex Marchetti 14,408 36.4
    New Democrat Bob Curran 7,639 19.3
Total 39,623
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative John MacBeth 19,457 50.1
    Liberal John M. Dods 10,651 27.4
    New Democrat Bob Curran 7,828 20.1
LibertarianSheldon M. Gold5161.3
CommunistKris Hansen3971.0
Total 38,849
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[9] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Morley Kells 21,115 60.5
    Liberal Jim Mills 10,177 29.1
    New Democrat Jacquie Chic 3,634 10.4
Total 34,926
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[10] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 18,044 45.9
    Progressive Conservative Morley Kells 16,141 41.0
    New Democrat Peter Sutherland 5,148 13.1
Total 39,333

Etobicoke—Humber
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[11] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 21,527 60.8
    Progressive Conservative Avie Flaherty 8,125 22.9
    New Democrat Peter Sutherland 4,563 12.9
Family CoalitionGeorge Hartwell1,2093.4
Total 35,424
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[12] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 13,965 38.7
    New Democrat Russ Springate 10,361 28.7
    Progressive Conservative Aileen Anderson 9,487 26.3
Family CoalitionTony Dodds1,3243.7
GreenDavid Moore6051.7
LibertarianAlan D'Orsay3881.1
Total 36,130
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[13] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Doug Ford 18,128 51.3
    Liberal Jim Henderson 13,634 38.6
    New Democrat Osman Ali 3,100 8.8
    Independent Omar Mohamed 257 0.7
    Natural Law Lawrence Staranchuk 196 0.6
    Independent Mohamoud Sheik-nor 51 0.1
Total 35,366

References

Notes

    Citations
    1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
      • For William Lewis' Legislative Assembly information see "William Beverley Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For George Ben's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ben, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Nick Leluk's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicholas Georges Leluk, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For John MacBeth's Legislative Assembly information see "John Palmer MacBeth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Morley Kells's Legislative Assembly information see "Morley Kells, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Jim Henderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Henderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Doug Ford's Legislative Assembly information see "Douglas B. Ford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
    2. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
    3. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
    4. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
    5. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
    6. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
    7. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
    8. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
    9. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    10. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    11. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
    12. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
    13. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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