Etobicoke—Humber_(provincial_electoral_district)
Humber (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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.
Quick Facts Ontario electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 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 division(s) | Toronto |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
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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.
More information Assembly, Years ...
| 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 | ||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Morley Kells | ||
| 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 | ||||
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York—Humber
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[2] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[3] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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Humber
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[4] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[5] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | George Ben | 8,036 | 34.5 | |
| New Democrat | K. Cummings | 7,888 | 33.9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bev Lewis | 7,369 | 31.6 | |
| Total | 23,293 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[6] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[7] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[8] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[9] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[10] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 18,044 | 45.9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Morley Kells | 16,141 | 41.0 | |
| New Democrat | Peter Sutherland | 5,148 | 13.1 | |
| Total | 39,333 |
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Etobicoke—Humber
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[11] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 21,527 | 60.8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Avie Flaherty | 8,125 | 22.9 | |
| New Democrat | Peter Sutherland | 4,563 | 12.9 | |
| Family Coalition | George Hartwell | 1,209 | 3.4 | |
| Total | 35,424 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[12] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 13,965 | 38.7 | |
| New Democrat | Russ Springate | 10,361 | 28.7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Aileen Anderson | 9,487 | 26.3 | |
| Family Coalition | Tony Dodds | 1,324 | 3.7 | |
| Green | David Moore | 605 | 1.7 | |
| Libertarian | Alan D'Orsay | 388 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 36,130 |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes[13] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive 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 |
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Notes
Citations
- 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.
- Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- 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.
- Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
- Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
- Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
- Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
- "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-04.