York North (Ontario provincial electoral district)

York North was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 2007. The provincial riding was known as York—Mackenzie from 1995 to 1999.

York North
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished2007
First contested1867
Last contested2003
Demographics
Census division(s)York Region
Census subdivision(s)Aurora (until 1999), Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, Vaughan (until 1987), Whitchurch-Stouffville (until 1987)

In 2007, the Ontario provincial electoral district was eliminated when it was matched to the redistributed ridings of the federal districts. Julia Munro, who held the York North seat, was re-elected in the new riding of York—Simcoe.

Members of Provincial Parliament edit

York North
Assembly Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     John McMurrich Liberal
2nd  1871–1875     Alfred Boultbee Conservative
3rd  1875–1879     Joseph Henry Widdifield[nb 1] Liberal
4th  1879–1883
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1888
 1888–1890 Elihu James Davis
7th  1890–1894
8th  1894–1898
9th  1898–1899
10th  1899–1905
11th  1905–1908     Thomas Herbert Lennox Conservative
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914
14th  1914–1919
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1926 William Keith
17th  1926–1929     Peter William Pearson Liberal
18th  1929–1934     Clifford Case Conservative
19th  1934–1937     Morgan Baker Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     George Herbert Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     A. A. MacKenzie Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971 William Hodgson
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987     Greg Sorbara Liberal
34th  1987–1990 Charles Beer
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Frank Klees Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003 Julia Munro
38th  2003–2007
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into York—Simcoe after 2007

Election results edit

1867 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John McMurrich 1,369 54.20
Conservative Alfred Boultbee 1,157 45.80
Total valid votes 2,526 73.90
Eligible voters 3,418
Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
1871 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Boultbee 1,306 50.10 +4.29
Liberal John McMurrich 1,301 49.90 −4.29
Turnout 2,607 66.64 −7.26
Eligible voters 3,912
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.29
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
1875 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Henry Widdifield 1,835 57.69 +7.78
Independent E. Jackson 1,346 42.31  
Total valid votes 3,181 65.36 −1.28
Eligible voters 4,867
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.78
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Julia Munro 29613 61.81
Liberal John Volpe 15755 32.89
New Democratic Steve Saysell 2236 4.67
Natural Law Kwok-Lin Mary Wan 305 0.64
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Julia Munro 24517 47.19 -14.62
Liberal John Taylor 21054 40.53 7.64
New Democratic Sylvia Gerl 4029 7.76 3.09
Green Bob Burrows 1854 3.57
Family Coalition Simone Williams 497 0.96

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Widdifield resigned in 1888 to take a position of county sheriff.

Citations edit

  1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John McMurrich's Legislative Assembly information see "John McMurrich, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Alfred Boultbee's Legislative Assembly information see "Alfred Boultbee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Joseph Widdifield's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Henry Widdifield, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Elihu Davis's Legislative Assembly information see "Elihu James Davis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Thomas Lennox's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Herbert Lennox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For William Keith's Legislative Assembly information see "William Keith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Peter Pearson's Legislative Assembly information see "Peter William Pearson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Clifford Case's Legislative Assembly information see "Clifford Case, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Morgan Baker's Legislative Assembly information see "Morgan Baker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For George Mitchell's Legislative Assembly information see "George Herbert Mitchell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Lex MacKenzie's Legislative Assembly information see "Addison Alex MacKenzie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Bill Hodgson's Legislative Assembly information see "William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Greg Sorbara's Legislative Assembly information see "Greg Sorbara, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014.
    • For Charles Beer's Legislative Assembly information see "John Charles McWaters Beer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Frank Klees' Legislative Assembly information see "Frank Klees, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Julia Munro's Legislative Assembly information see "Julia Munro, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
  2. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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