Humber (provincial electoral district)

York—Humber (1955–1963)
Humber (1963–1987)
Etobicoke—Humber (1987–1999)
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1955
District abolished 1996
First contested 1955
Last contested 1995
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Humber was a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1955 provincial election from parts of the York West and York South ridings. It was eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Humber was located in the municipalities of York, Toronto, and Etobicoke.

The riding went through two name changes and several boundary changes during its lifetime. From 1955 to 1963 it was known as York—Humber and existed mostly on the east side of the Humber River. From 1963 to 1987 it was known as Humber, and in 1987 it was changed to Etobicoke-Humber. From 1963 onwards it was mostly on the west side of the river.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly Years Member Party
Created from York West and York South ridings in 1955
York—Humber
25th  1955–1959     Bev Lewis Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963
Humber
27th  1963–1967     Bev Lewis Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971     George Ben Liberal
29th  1971–1975     Nick Leluk Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977     John MacBeth Progressive Conservative
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985     Morley Kells Progressive Conservative
33rd  1985–1987     Jim Henderson Liberal
Etobicoke—Humber
34th  1987–1990     Jim Henderson Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Doug Ford, Sr. Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore ridings after 1996

Election results

York—Humber

Ontario general election, 1955
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative W. Beverley Lewis 11,814 44.3
    Liberal Peter Slaght 7,684 28.8
    CCF F. Stroud 6,284 23.5
    Labour-Progressive Art Jenkyn 913 3.4
Total 26,695
Ontario general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Conservative W. Beverley Lewis 11,785 44.0
    Liberal John Van Esterik 8,518 31.8
    CCF Alex Maxwell 6,499 24.2
Total 26,802

Humber

Ontario general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Conservative Bev Lewis 10,119 45.7
    Liberal Dante DeMonte 6,877 31.0
    New Democrat John Whitehouse 5,164 23.3
Total 22,160
Ontario general election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Liberal George Ben 8,036 34.5
    New Democrat K. Cummings 7,888 33.9
    Conservative Bev Lewis 7,369 31.6
Total 23,293
Ontario general election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Conservative Nick Leluk 11,699 42.5
    New Democrat K. Cummings 8,206 29.8
    Liberal George Ben 7,637 27.7
Total 27,542
Ontario general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Conservative John MacBeth 17,576 44.4
    Liberal Alex Marchetti 14,408 36.4
    New Democrat Bob Curran 7,639 19.3
Total 39,623
Ontario general election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Conservative John MacBeth 19,457 50.1
    Liberal John M. Dods 10,651 27.4
    New Democrat Bob Curran 7,828 20.1
Libertarian Sheldon M. Gold 516 1.3
Communist Kris Hansen 397 1.0
Total 38,849
Ontario general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes[9] Vote %
    Conservative Morley Kells 21,115 60.5
    Liberal Jim Mills 10,177 29.1
    New Democrat Jacquie Chic 3,634 10.4
Total 34,926
Ontario general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes[10] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 18,044 45.9
    Conservative Morley Kells 16,141 41.0
    New Democrat Peter Sutherland 5,148 13.1
Total 39,333

Etobicoke—Humber

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes[11] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 21,527 60.8
    Conservative Avie Flaherty 8,125 22.9
    New Democrat Peter Sutherland 4,563 12.9
Family CoalitionGeorge Hartwell 1,209 3.4
Total 35,424
Ontario general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes[12] Vote %
    Liberal Jim Henderson 13,965 38.7
    New Democrat Russ Springate 10,361 28.7
    Conservative Aileen Anderson 9,487 26.3
Family CoalitionTony Dodds 1,324 3.7
GreenDavid Moore 605 1.7
Libertarian Alan D'Orsay 388 1.1
Total 36,130
Ontario general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes[13] Vote %
    Conservative Doug Ford 18,128 51.3
    Liberal Jim Henderson 13,634 38.6
    New Democrat Osman Ali 3,100 8.8
    Independent Omar Mohamed 257 0.7
    Natural Law Lawrence Staranchuk 196 0.6
    Independent Mohamoud Sheik-nor 51 0.1
Total 35,366

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
      • For William Lewis' Legislative Assembly information see "William Beverley Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For George Ben's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ben, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Nick Leluk's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicholas Georges Leluk, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For John MacBeth's Legislative Assembly information see "John Palmer MacBeth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Morley Kells's Legislative Assembly information see "Morley Kells, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Jim Henderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Henderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
      • For Doug Ford's Legislative Assembly information see "Douglas B. Ford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
    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.
    4. ↑ 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.
    5. ↑ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but...". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
    6. ↑ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 12.
    7. ↑ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
    8. ↑ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
    9. ↑ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    10. ↑ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    11. ↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1987-09-11. p. A12.
    12. ↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1990-09-07. p. A10.
    13. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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