York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see York—Scarborough.
York—Scarborough
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1955
District abolished 1963
First contested 1955
Last contested 1959

York—Scarborough[nb 1] was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1955 to 1963. It occupied the entire area of the former borough of Scarborough. In 1963 it was split between four new ridings: Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
prior to 1955 part of the York East riding
25th 1955–1959     Richard Sutton Conservative
26th 1959–1963
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
split between the ridings of
Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarbough Centre and Scarborough West in 1963

Election results

Ontario general election, 1955
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative Richard Sutton 13,775 42.2
    Liberal Oliver Crockford 12,258 37.5
    CCF A.L. Wagner 6,248 19.1
    Labor Progressive F. Theodore 373 1.1
Total 32,654
Ontario general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Conservative Richard Sutton 18,422 37.3
    Liberal Oliver Crockford 16,807 34.0
    Co-operative Commonwealth Andrew Bodrug 14,198 28.7
Total 49,427

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Sometimes referred to 'York—Scarboro' in the local media.

Citations

  1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Richard Sutton's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Edward Sutton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  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.