Forest Hill (electoral district)

Forest Hill (1963-1967)
York-Forest Hill (1967-1975)

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1975
First contested	1963
Last contested	1971
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Forest Hill was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1975. Forest Hill riding was located in the former village of Forest Hill and the borough of York east of Dufferin Street. It had a large Jewish community, representing about 30% of the population.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Edward Arunah Dunlop, Jr., was a son of Edward Arunah Dunlop veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the riding of Renfrew North. Former Toronto mayor Philip Givens represented the riding until it was abolished in 1975.

In the redistribution that took effect in the 1975 election, Forest Hill went to the riding of St. Andrew--St. Patrick and the borough of York sections went to the riding of Oakwood.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from York South riding 1963
Forest Hill
27th	1963–1967		Edward Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
York—Forest Hill
28th	1967–1971		Edward Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975		Phil Givens	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Oakwood and York South ridings after 1975

Electoral results

Forest Hill

Ontario general election, 1963

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2]	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Dunlop	10,020	41.2
	New Democrat	Sidney Midacik	7,747	31.9
	Liberal	Douglas Matthews	6,532	26.9
		Total	24,299

York-Forest Hill

Ontario general election, 1967

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Dunlop	12,082	43.8
	New Democrat	Leon Kumove	8,433	30.6
	Liberal	Douglas Matthews	7,078	25.7
		Total	27,593

Ontario general election, 1971

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Liberal	Phil Givens	13,851	41.4
	Conservative	Barry Lowes	12,476	37.3
	New Democrat	Fiona Nelson	7,137	21.3
		Total	33,463

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Edward Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Arunah Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
   • For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
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.