Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)

Lakeshore
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1963
District abolished 1987
First contested 1963
Last contested 1987
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Lakeshore was a provincial electoral district that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was roughly located in southern Etobicoke It existed from 1963 to 1987 when it was abolished into Etobicoke—Lakeshore.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Lakeshore
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from York West and York—Humber ridings in 1963
27th  1963–1967     Alan Eagleson Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971     Patrick Lawlor New Democratic
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985     Al Kolyn Progressive Conservative
33rd  1985–1987     Ruth Grier New Democratic
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke—Lakeshore riding in 1987

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Alan Eagleson 8,595 43.3
    Liberal David Sandford 5,888 29.6
    New Democrat Murray Cotterill 5,025 25.3
Communist Jirr David 364 1.8
Total 19,872
Ontario general election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    New Democrat Pat Lawlor 9,135 46.7
    Conservative Alan Eagleson 7,026 35.9
    Liberal James Cottrell 3,411 17.4
Total 19,572
Ontario general election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    New Democrat Pat Lawlor 10,764 42.0
    Conservative Morley Kells 10,196 39.8
    Liberal Dave Sandford 4,689 18.3
Total 25,649
Ontario general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    New Democrat Pat Lawlor 15,265 51.2
    Liberal John McPhee 7,069 23.7
    Conservative Helen Wursta 6,683 22.4
Communist Neil McLellan 628 2.1
    Independent Fred Haight 186 0.6
Total 29,831
Ontario general election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    New Democrat Pat Lawlor 13,345 52.2
    Progressive Conservative Al Kolyn 6,683 26.1
    Liberal Carl Weinsheimer 4,815 18.8
Communist Gordon Flowers 740 2.9
Total 25,583
Ontario general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Al Kolyn 10,400 40.4
    New Democrat Don Sullivan 9,077 35.2
    Liberal Bill Whelton 5,642 21.9
Communist Nan McDonald 654 2.5
Total 25,773
Ontario general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    New Democrat Ruth Grier 11,404 39.9
    Liberal Frank Sgarlata 9,344 32.7
    Conservative Al Kolyn 7,811 27.4
Total 28,559

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
      • For Alan Eagleson's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Alan Eagleson, MPP rl=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1104". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012.
      • For Pat Lawlor's Legislative Assembly information see "Patrick Daniel Lawlor, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
      • For Al Kolyn's Legislative Assembly information see "Albert Kolyn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
      • For Ruth Grier's Legislative Assembly information see "Ruth Anna Grier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
    2. ↑ 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.
    3. ↑ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but...". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
    4. ↑ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 12.
    5. ↑ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
    6. ↑ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
    7. ↑ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
    8. ↑ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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