York South was a provincial
riding in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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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
World War II
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, it was a bastion of the
Ontario CCF
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) – The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario, or more commonly known as the Ontario CCF, was a democratic socialist provincial political party in Ontario that existed from 1932 to 1961. It was the ...
and its successor, the
NDP
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, being the riding of three CCF/NDP leaders in the Ontario legislature,
Ted Jolliffe
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,
Donald C. MacDonald and
Bob Rae.
When the government of
Mike Harris
Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time ...
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
Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, Hig ...
and
Davenport.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
References
Notes
Citations
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Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario
Provincial electoral districts of Toronto