York South was a provincial riding in

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, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1999.

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

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, it was a bastion of the

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and its successor, the NDP, being the riding of three CCF/NDP leaders in the Ontario legislature, Ted Jolliffe, Donald C. MacDonald and

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. When the government of

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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

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Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

References

Notes

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{{DEFAULTSORT:York South (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario Provincial electoral districts of Toronto