York East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada at different times. It was located in the

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History

The first federal riding of York East was created by the

British North America Act of 1867 The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (french: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 186 ...

. Called the East Riding of York, it consisted of the Townships of

Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...

, the Village of Yorkville and the portion of the Township of York lying east of

Yonge Street Yonge Street (; pronounced "young") is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Once the southernmost leg of provincial H ...

. In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of

East York East York is a former administrative district and municipality within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1967 to 1998, it was officially the Borough of East York, a semi-autonomous borough within the upper-tier municipality of Metropolitan Toron ...

, Scarborough and Markham, and the villages of Yorkville and Markham. The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between

Toronto North Toronto North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Toronto Centre, West To ...

York Centre York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a m ...

and

York South York South was an electoral district (or "riding") in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979. The riding is notable for the 1942 federal by-election in which newly elected Conservative leader Ar ...

ridings. In 1914, the East Riding of York was recreated out of York Centre and York South ridings, and was defined as consisting of the township of Scarboro, and the eastern portion of the city of Toronto south of Danforth Avenue and east of Pape Avenue. The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Toronto—Scarborough and York South ridings. In 1933, the riding of York East was created from parts of

York North York North was a federal riding in Ontario, Canada, that was in the House of Commons of Canada from Confederation in 1867 until 2004. The federal riding was eliminated in 2003 when it was redistributed between two new ridings of Newmarket—A ...

and York South ridings, and was defined as consisting of the part of the county of York lying south of the township of Whitchurch, east of Yonge Street, and north of the city of Toronto, and including the village of Stouffville. In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of York lying south of the township of Markham, east of Yonge Street and north of the city of Toronto. In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the township of

and the part of North York township bounded south of Lawrence Avenue and east of the town of Leaside and Leslie Street. In 1966 and 1976, it was redefined with reference to various streets and rivers in

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. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine, Broadview—Greenwood,

Don Valley West Don Valley West (french: Don Valley-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539. 13.6% of the population is Muslim, the ...

and

Don Valley East Don Valley East (french: Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, ...

ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

Members of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

Election results

East Riding of York, 1867–1904

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1867 Canadian federal election The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and was the first election for the new country of Canada. It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick ...

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Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

, James Metcalfe , align="right", 1,174 , style="width: 185px", Unknown , T. A. Milne , align="right", 937 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1872 Canadian federal election The 1872 Canadian federal election was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party remained in power, d ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, James Metcalfe , align="right", acc. {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1874 Canadian federal election The 1874 Canadian federal election was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 3rd Parliament of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald, who had recently been forced out of office as prime minister, and his Con ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, James Metcalfe , align="right", acc. {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1878 Canadian federal election The 1878 Canadian federal election was held on September 17, 1878 to elect members of the House of Commons of the 4th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the end of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal government after only one term in ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

, Alfred Boultbee , align="right", 1,526 , style="width: 185px",

, James Metcalfe , align="right", 1,460 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1882 Canadian federal election The 1882 Canadian federal election was held on June 20, 1882, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 5th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, de ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Alexander Mackenzie , align="right", 1,857 , style="width: 185px",

, Alfred Boultbee , align="right", 1,749 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1887 Canadian federal election The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Alexander Mackenzie , align="right", 2,552 , style="width: 185px",

, Alfred Boultbee , align="right", 2,391 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1891 Canadian federal election The 1891 Canadian federal election was held on March 5, 1891, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 7th Parliament of Canada. It was won by the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. The main issue of t ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Alexander Mackenzie , align="right", 3,003 , style="width: 185px", Independent Conservative ,

William Findlay Maclean William Findlay Maclean (August 10, 1854 – December 7, 1929) was a Canadian politician. Born in Ancaster, Wentworth County, Ontario, the son of John Maclean and Isabella Findlay, he was educated at the Hamilton Public School and the Univ ...

, align="right", 2,977 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", May 11, 1892 by-election on Mackenzie's death , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Independent Conservative ,

, align="right", acc. {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1896 Canadian federal election The 1896 Canadian federal election was held on June 23, 1896, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Charles Tupper, won a plurality of the popular ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Independent Conservative ,

, align="right", 3,907 , style="width: 185px",

, Henry R. Frankland , align="right", 3,904 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1900 Canadian federal election The 1900 Canadian federal election was held on November 7, 1900 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 9th Parliament of Canada. As a result of the election, the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, was re-ele ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Independent Conservative ,

, align="right", 4,131 , style="width: 185px",

, N.W. Rowell , align="right", 3,489

York East, 1917–1925

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Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

, Thomas Foster , align="right", 9,736 ,

Opposition Opposition may refer to: Arts and media * ''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars * The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band * '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Com ...

, style="width: 185px", Ross Collier Cockburn , align="right", 5,758 ,

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

, James Hamilton Ballantyne , align="right", 3,338 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1921 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Joseph Henry Harris , align="right", 10,978 , style="width: 185px",

, Austin Gregory Ross , align="right", 4,440 , style="width: 185px",

, Harry Kirwin , align="right", 3,074

York East, 1935–1988

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Robert Henry McGregor Robert Henry McGregor, (March 1, 1886 – October 25, 1965) was a long-time Canadian parliamentarian. MacGregor was a contractor and horticulturalist by profession. He grew up in the Todmorden area of suburban Toronto, and was once an Ele ...

, align="right", 11,634 ,

, Goldie Fleming , align="right", 8,922 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth ,

Arthur Henry Williams Arthur Henry Williams (December 4, 1894 – October 4, 1968) was a Canadian trade union organizer and politician who served in both the Ontario legislature and the House of Commons of Canada on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. ...

, align="right", 7,864 , style="width: 185px", Independent Liberal , Denis McCarthy , align="right", 975 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1940 Canadian federal election The 1940 Canadian federal election was held March 26, 1940, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 19th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was re-elected to their second consecuti ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", National Government ,

, align="right", 16,741 ,

, Robert Allan Irwin , align="right", 12,429 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth , Edward Bigelow (Ted) Jolliffe , align="right", 4,931 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1945 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 19,908 , style="width: 185px",

, Donald Robert Morrison , align="right", 14,036 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth , Frederick C. Madill , align="right", 8,654 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1949 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 22,364 , style="width: 185px",

, Walter Melville Martin , align="right", 21,398 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth , Frederick C. Madill , align="right", 13,448 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1953 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 11,062 , style="width: 185px",

, Joseph Douglas Thomas , align="right", 8,701 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth ,

True Davidson Jean Gertrude "True" Davidson, CM (19 April 1901 – 18 September 1978), was a Canadian politician, teacher, and writer. She was the first mayor of the Borough of East York, Ontario, and she was one of Metropolitan Toronto's most colourful polit ...

, align="right", 5,815 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1957 Canadian federal election The 1957 Canadian federal election was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 23rd Parliament of Canada. In one of the greatest upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 17,236 , style="width: 185px",

, Ray S. Tower , align="right", 9,078 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth , Sid Dunkley , align="right", 6,725 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1958 Canadian federal election The 1958 Canadian federal election was held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election. It transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's min ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 22,900 , style="width: 185px",

, Ray. S. Tower , align="right", 8,317 , style="width: 185px", Co-operative Commonwealth , Sid Dunkley , align="right", 6,033 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1962 Canadian federal election The 1962 Canadian federal election was held on June 18, 1962, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 25th Parliament of Canada. The governing Progressive Conservative (PC) Party won a plurality of seats in this election, and ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Steve Otto , align="right", 16,963 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 16,827 , New Democratic Party , Sid Dunkley , align="right", 10,940 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1963 Canadian federal election The 1963 Canadian federal election was held on April 8, 1963 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 26th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative (Tory) government of Prime Min ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Steve Otto , align="right", 21,038 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Willis Blair , align="right", 14,777 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , Sid Dunkley , align="right", 11,234 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1965 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Steve Otto , align="right", 18,840 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , William Whipper Watson , align="right", 15,312 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , William Smith , align="right", 13,045 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1968 Canadian federal election The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada. In April 1968, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, Steve Otto , align="right", 19,320 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Kechin Wang , align="right", 12,155 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , Eamon Park , align="right", 11,921 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1972 Canadian federal election The 1972 Canadian federal election was held on October 30, 1972, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Ian Arrol , align="right", 18,729 , style="width: 185px",

, Steve Otto , align="right", 18,039 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , W. Thomas Beckett , align="right", 10,876 , style="width: 185px", No affiliation , Janina Klee , align="right", 113 , style="width: 185px", No affiliation , Harold Rowbottom , align="right", 104 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6", 1974 Canadian federal election , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

David Collenette David Michael Collenette, PC (born June 24, 1946) is a former Canadian politician. From 1974, until his retirement from politics in 2004, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. A graduate from York University's Glendon College Glen ...

, align="right", 20,682 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Ian Arrol , align="right", 17,593 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , Kay MacPherson , align="right", 9,818 , style="width: 185px", Independent , Paul M. Miniato , align="right", 121 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1979 Canadian federal election The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Mini ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Ron Ritchie , align="right", 20,372 , style="width: 185px",

, align="right", 19,091 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , Kay MacPherson , align="right", 8,651 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1980 Canadian federal election The 1980 Canadian federal election was held on February 18, 1980, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 32nd Parliament of Canada. It was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Prime Minister Joe ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px",

, align="right", 20,580 , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative , Ron Ritchie , align="right", 16,672 , style="width: 185px", New Democratic Party , Kay MacPherson , align="right", 7,997 {, class="wikitable" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="6",

1984 Canadian federal election The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada. In one of the largest landslide victories in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservati ...

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px", Party ! style="width: 170px", Candidate ! style="width: 40px", Votes , - , style="width: 185px", Progressive Conservative ,

Alan Redway Alan Redway, (born 11 March 1935) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. After a career in municipal politics culminating in the role of mayor of East York, a borough of Metropolitan Toronto, Redway entered federal politics. He was elect ...

, align="right", 21,978 , style="width: 185px",

, align="right", 16,519 , New Democratic Party , Bill Gorelle , align="right", 7,581

References

Election results from Parliament of Canada website
{{Ridings in Ontario Former federal electoral districts of Ontario Federal electoral districts of Toronto

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

East Riding of York, 1867–1904

York East, 1917–1925

York East, 1935–1988

See also

References