Armourdale (electoral district)

Armourdale
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1963
District abolished 1985
First contested 1963
Last contested 1987
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Armourdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 1963 provincial election until it was eliminated in 1987, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills. Armourdale was created from part of the former riding of York Centre. It was in the former borough of North York and occupied an area to the west of Yonge Street and east of Bathurst Street.

Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Philip Givens who was a former mayor of Toronto. He ran in 1975 against Mel Lastman who went on to become mayor of North York and Toronto.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Armourdale
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from York Centre in 1963
27th  1963–1967     Gordon Carton Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977     Phil Givens Liberal
31st  1977–1981     Bruce McCaffrey Progressive Conservative
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills ridings after 1987

Electoral results

Ontario general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative Gordon Carton 10,245 50.1
    Liberal Allan Hollingworth 6,037 29.5
    New Democrat Vince Kelly 4,171 20.4
Total 20,453
Ontario general election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Conservative Gordon Carton 10,706 44.3
    Liberal Donald Brill 6,864 28.4
    New Democrat Harold Koehler 6,603 27.3
Total 24,173
Ontario general election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Conservative Gordon Carton 16,166 50.0
    Liberal Donald Copley 8,629 26.7
    New Democrat Harold Koehler 7,554 23.4
Total 32,349
Ontario general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Liberal Phil Givens 14,739 43.9
    Conservative Mel Lastman 12,100 35.9
    New Democrat M. Mocciola 6,255 18.6
    Independent David Liddiard 583 1.7
Total 33,677
Ontario general election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes[6][nb 1] Vote %
    Conservative Bruce McCaffrey 13,371 43.2
    Liberal Des Newman 10,837 35.0
    New Democrat Marlene Koehler 6,264 20.2
Libertarian Bruce Evoy 265 0.9
    Independent David L. Wragett 250 0.8
Total 30,987
Ontario general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes[7][nb 2] Vote %
    Conservative Bruce McCaffrey 15,400 54.5
    Liberal Tim Rutledge 8,767 31.0
    New Democrat Bob Hebdon 4,085 14.5
Total 28,252
Ontario general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Conservative Bruce McCaffrey 13,385 41.1
    Liberal Gino Matrundola 13,229 40.6
    New Democrat Bob Hebdon 5,492 16.9
Libertarian Simon Srdarev 446 1.4
Total 32,552

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 218 out of 220 polls reporting.
  2. ↑ 225 out of 226 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
    • For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
    • For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  2. ↑ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 20.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 66.
  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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