York South (provincial electoral district)

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

This article is about the Ontario provincial riding. For the federal riding, see York South. For the New Brunswick provincial riding, see York South (New Brunswick provincial electoral district).
York South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1926
District abolished1996
First contested1926
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

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
York South
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from York North
17th  1926–1929     Leopold Macaulay Conservative
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     Ted Jolliffe Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     Howard Julian Sale Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951     Ted Jolliffe Co-operative Commonwealth
24th  1951–1955     William George Beech Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959     Donald C. MacDonald[nb 1] Co-operative Commonwealth
26th  1959–1961
 1961–1963     New Democratic
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1982
 1982–1985 Bob Rae [nb 2]
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1996
 1996–1999     Gerard Kennedy Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Dissolved into York South—Weston, Parkdale—High Park and Davenport

Election results
1926 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative Leopold Macaulay 10,242 66.5
    Progressive Dillon[nb 3] 5,162 33.5
Total 15,404
1929 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative Leopold Macaulay 7,280 71.4
    Liberal G.W.P. Hood 2,912 28.6
Total 10,192
Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution
1934 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Conservative Leopold Macaulay 10,162 39.8
    Liberal D.W. Lang 9,142 35.8
    Co-operative Commonwealth Luke Teskey 5,546 21.7
CommunistE.G. Humphries7062.8
Total 25,556
1937 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[4][nb 4] 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[nb 3] 237 0.9
    Independent Debragh[nb 3] 36 0.1
Total 26,129
1943 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5] 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 12.5
Total 21,417
1945 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
Progressive ConservativeH.G. Sale14,00241.3
Co-operative CommonwealthE.B. Jolliffe12,76937.7
LiberalF.J. MacRae5,98217.6
Labor–ProgressiveOscar Brookes9492.8
Social CreditJohn D. Scott2110.6
Total 33,913
1948 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7] 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 12.5
Total 38,813
1951 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative William Beech 13,756 39.7
    Co-operative Commonwealth E.B. Jolliffe 13,140 37.9
    Liberal Robert Colucci 6,855 19.8
Labor–ProgressiveNorman Penner8772.5
Total 34,628
1955 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[9] Vote %
    Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 14,156 44.4
    Progressive Conservative William Beech 12,505 39.2
    Liberal Bert Robinson 4,172 13.1
Labor–ProgressiveDavid Kashton1,0283.2
Total 31,861
1959 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[10] 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 4.0
Labor–ProgressiveSam Walsh4541.5
Total 30,769
1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[11] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 10,529 48.0
    Progressive Conservative William Thomson 6,792 30.9
    Liberal Albert Robinson 4,633 21.1
Total 21,954
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[12] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 13,069 64.9
    Progressive Conservative John Holley 6,792 33.7
    Liberal Albert Robinson 273 1.4
Total 19,836
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[13] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 12,311 48.1
    Progressive Conservative Douglas Saunders 9,524 37.2
    Liberal Ed Direnfield 3,786 14.8
Total 25,621
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[14] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 13,365 48.4
    Progressive Conservative James Trimbee 7,083 25.7
    Liberal Alan Tonks 6,494 23.6
CommunistMike Phillips6122.2
Total 27,554
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[15] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 14,136 50.5
    Progressive Conservative Austin Clarke 7,658 27.4
    Liberal Michael E. Kolle 5,306 19.
CommunistMike Phillips5261.9
LibertarianKen Korentayer3391.2
Total 27,965
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[16] Vote %
    New Democrat Donald MacDonald 9,725 37.3
    Liberal Les Green 8,113 31.1
    Progressive Conservative Barbara Jafelice 7,728 29.7
CommunistMike Phillips4871.9
Total 26,053
By-election November 4, 1982
Party Candidate Votes[17] Vote %
    New Democrat Bob Rae 11,286 45.6
    Liberal John Nunziata 8,732 35.3
    Progressive Conservative Barbara Jafelice 4,410 17.8
LibertarianMyron Petriw2451.0
    Christian Credit Party John Turmel 67 0.3
Total 24,470
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[18] 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 1.4
LibertarianDusan Kubas3411.1
Total 30,350
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[19] Vote %
    New Democrat Bob Rae 13,147 44.1
    Liberal Alan Tonks 12,907 43.3
    Progressive Conservative Fred De Francesco 3,300 11.3
LibertarianDusan Kubas4251.4
Total 29,779
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[20] Vote %
    New Democrat Bob Rae 15,802 65.6
    Liberal Ozzie Grant 4,534 18.8
    Progressive Conservative Andrew Feldstein 2,541 10.5
LibertarianAlex MacDonald7593.2
GreenPhil Sarazen4521.9
Total 22,677
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[21] Vote %
    New Democrat Bob Rae 10,442 41.3
    Progressive Conservative Larry Edwards 7,726 30.6
    Liberal Hagood Hardy 6,025 23.8
Family CoalitionDon Pennell3051.2
GreenDavid James Cooper2190.9
    Independent Kevin Clarke 170 0.7
LibertarianRoma Kelembet1530.6
    Natural Law Bob Hyman 124 0.5
CommunistDarrell Rankin1050.4
Total 25,269
By-election May 23, 1996
Party Candidate Votes[22] Vote %
    Liberal Gerrard Kennedy 7,774 39.8
    New Democrat David Miller 6,656 34.1
    Progressive Conservative Rob Davis 5,095 26.1
Total 19,525

References

Notes
  1. Retired on July 31, 1982 to allow Bob Rae to run.
  2. Resigned February 29, 1996.
  3. First name not given in reference.
  4. 168 out of 187 polls reporting.

Citations
  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Leopold Macaulay's Legislative Assembly information see "Leopold Macaulay, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Ted Jolliffe's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Bigelow Jolliffe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For Howard Sale's Legislative Assembly information see "Howard Julian Sale, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For William Beech's Legislative Assembly information see "William George Beech, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For Donald C. MacDonald's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Cameron MacDonald, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Bob Rae's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob Keith Rae, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
    • For Gerard Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Gerard Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. Canadian Press (1929-10-31). "Provincial Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. p. 5.
  3. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
  4. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
  5. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
  6. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
  8. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  9. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  10. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  11. 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.
  12. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  13. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
  14. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  15. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  16. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  17. "Rae hold York South for NDP". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1982-11-05. p. A1,A23.
  18. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  19. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
  20. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  21. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  22. "Liberals win York South". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1999-05-24. p. A1,A34.
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