York East (federal electoral district)

York East
Ontario electoral district
	York East's boundaries in place from 1966 to 1976
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1988
First contested	1867
Last contested	1984
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

York East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada at different times. It was located in the province of Ontario.

History[edit]

The first federal riding of York East was created by the British North America Act of 1867. Called the East Riding of York, it consisted of the Townships of Markham, Scarborough, the Village of Yorkville and the portion of the Township of York lying east of Yonge Street. In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of East York, Scarborough and Markham, and the villages of Yorkville and Markham.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Toronto North, York Centre and York South ridings.

In 1914, the East Riding of York was recreated out of York Centre and York South ridings, and was defined as consisting of the township of Scarboro, and the eastern portion of the city of Toronto south of Danforth Avenue and east of Pape Avenue. The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Toronto—Scarborough and York South ridings.

In 1933, the riding of York East was created from parts of York North and York South ridings, and was defined as consisting of the part of the county of York lying south of the township of Whitchurch, east of Yonge Street, and north of the city of Toronto, and including the village of Stouffville.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of York lying south of the township of Markham, east of Yonge Street and north of the city of Toronto. In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the township of East York and the part of North York township bounded south of Lawrence Avenue and east of the town of Leaside and Leslie Street.

In 1966 and 1976, it was redefined with reference to various streets and rivers in Metropolitan Toronto. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine, Broadview—Greenwood, Don Valley West and Don Valley East ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
East Riding of York
1st	1867–1872	James Metcalfe	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882	Alfred Boultbee	Conservative
5th	1882–1887	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892†
7th	1892–1896	William Findlay Maclean	Independent Conservative
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
Riding dissolved into Toronto North, York Centre and York South
East Riding of York Riding re-created from York Centre and York South
13th	1917–1921	Thomas Foster	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Toronto—Scarborough and York South
York East Riding created from York North and York South
18th	1935–1940	Robert Henry McGregor	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		National Government
20th	1945–1949		Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Steve Otto	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974	Ian MacLachlan Arrol	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979	David Collenette	Liberal
31st	1979–1980	Ron Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	David Collenette	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Alan Redway	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Beaches—Woodbine, Broadview—Greenwood, Don Valley West and Don Valley East

Election results[edit]

East Riding of York, 1867–1904[edit]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Metcalfe	1,174
	Unknown	T. A. Milne	937
Eligible voters			2,863
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Metcalfe	acc.
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Metcalfe	acc.

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Boultbee	1,526
	Liberal	James Metcalfe	1,460

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	1,857
	Conservative	Alfred Boultbee	1,749

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	2,552
	Conservative	Alfred Boultbee	2,391

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	3,003
	Independent Conservative	William Findlay Maclean	2,977

May 11, 1892 by-election on Mackenzie's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William Findlay Maclean	acc.

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William Findlay Maclean	3,907
	Liberal	Henry R. Frankland	3,904

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William Findlay Maclean	4,131
	Liberal	N.W. Rowell	3,489

York East, 1917–1925[edit]

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government	Thomas Foster	9,736
	Opposition	Ross Collier Cockburn	5,758
	Labour	James Hamilton Ballantyne	3,338

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	10,978
	Liberal	Austin Gregory Ross	4,440
	Labour	Harry Kirwin	3,074

York East, 1935–1988[edit]

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	11,634
	Liberal	Goldie Fleming	8,922
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Henry Williams	7,864
	Reconstruction	John Warren	4,054
	Independent Liberal	Denis McCarthy	975

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Robert Henry McGregor	16,741
	Liberal	Robert Allan Irwin	12,429
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward Bigelow (Ted) Jolliffe	4,931

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	19,908
	Liberal	Donald Robert Morrison	14,036
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick C. Madill	8,654
	Labor–Progressive	John Francis White	465
	Social Credit	Carl Clark Pinkney	355

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	22,364
	Liberal	Walter Melville Martin	21,398
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick C. Madill	13,448

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	11,062
	Liberal	Joseph Douglas Thomas	8,701
	Co-operative Commonwealth	True Davidson	5,815
	Labor–Progressive	Margery Ferguson	472

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	17,236
	Liberal	Ray S. Tower	9,078
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Sid Dunkley	6,725
	Social Credit	Henry F. Motton	620

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	22,900
	Liberal	Ray. S. Tower	8,317
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Sid Dunkley	6,033

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Steve Otto	16,963
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Henry McGregor	16,827
	New Democratic Party	Sid Dunkley	10,940
	Social Credit	Norman Elston	609

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Steve Otto	21,038
	Progressive Conservative	Willis Blair	14,777
	New Democratic Party	Sid Dunkley	11,234
	Social Credit	James Mackie	349

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Steve Otto	18,840
	Progressive Conservative	William Whipper Watson	15,312
	New Democratic Party	William Smith	13,045
	Social Credit	R. Beacock	194

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Steve Otto	19,320
	Progressive Conservative	Kechin Wang	12,155
	New Democratic Party	Eamon Park	11,921

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ian MacLachlan Arrol	18,729
	Liberal	Steve Otto	18,039
	New Democratic Party	W. Thomas Beckett	10,876
	No affiliation	Janina Klee	113
	No affiliation	Harold Rowbottom	104

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Collenette	20,682
	Progressive Conservative	Ian MacLachlan Arrol	17,593
	New Democratic Party	Kay MacPherson	9,818
	Marxist–Leninist	John Dennis	150
	Communist	Dan Hammond	128
	Independent	Paul M. Miniato	121

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Ritchie	20,372
	Liberal	David Collenette	19,091
	New Democratic Party	Kay MacPherson	8,651
	Libertarian	Paul M. Miniato	193
	Social Credit	Michael J. Marzolini	125
	Communist	Stamatis Togias	92
	Marxist–Leninist	Jeanne Gatley	78

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Collenette	20,580
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Ritchie	16,672
	New Democratic Party	Kay MacPherson	7,997
	Libertarian	David Anderson	352
	Rhinoceros	John Matheson	237
	Marxist–Leninist	Jeanne Gatley	49

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Redway	21,978
	Liberal	David Collenette	16,519
	New Democratic Party	Bill Gorelle	7,581
	Libertarian	Chris Sorensen	243
	Communist	Stathis Stathpoulos	171

References[edit]

^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

Election results from Parliament of Canada website

[1] "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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