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Carleton East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1967
District abolished1999
First contested1967
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Carleton County (1967-1968)
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (1968-1999)
Census subdivision(s)Gloucester, Osgoode (1967-1975), Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park

Carleton East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1999 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier.

From 1986 until its abolition in 1998, the riding included most of the (now former) City of Gloucester, except the area north of Leitrim Road between Limebank Road and Conroy Road and the area north of the Queensway and west of Blair Road. Carleton East also included the (now former) Village of Rockcliffe Park and the City of Ottawa north of Montreal Road and east of Rockcliffe Park.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Carleton East
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from Russell before the 1967 election
28th  1967–1971     Bert Lawrence Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1974
 1974–1975     Paul Frederick Taylor Liberal
30th  1975–1977     Evelyn Gigantes New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985     Bob MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative
33rd  1985–1987     Gilles Morin Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier before the 1999 election

Election results

1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles Morin 17,780 48.19 -5.68
Progressive Conservative Jeff Slater 13,571 36.79 +22.32
New Democratic Fiona Faucher 4,783 12.96 -15.24
Natural Law Ian A. G. Campbell 758 2.05
Total valid votes 36,892 99.19
Total rejected ballots 302 0.81 -0.23
Turnout 37,194 60.34 -3.18
Eligible voters 61,643
Liberal hold Swing -14.00 |- Source: Elections Ontario[2]
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles Morin 19,059 53.88 -10.21
New Democratic Joan Gullen 9,976 28.20 +9.30
Progressive Conservative Judy Corbishley 5,117 14.46 +0.31
Family Coalition Andre Lafrance 1,224 3.46 +0.59
Total valid votes 35,376 98.96
Total rejected ballots 371 1.04
Turnout 35,747 63.52
Eligible voters 56,279
Liberal hold Swing -9.76|- Source: Elections Ontario[3]
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles Morin 20,706 64.09 +15.95
New Democratic Joan Gullen 6,105 18.90 +0.59
Progressive Conservative Roland Saumure 4,572 14.15 -19.41
Family Coalition Andre Lafrance 926 2.87
Total valid votes 32,309
Liberal hold Swing +7.68
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles Morin 23,221 48.14 +14.19
Progressive Conservative Bob MacQuarrie 16,188 33.56 -4.47
New Democratic Joan Gullen 8,829 18.30 -9.72
Total valid votes 48,238
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +9.33
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bob MacQuarrie 15,714 38.03 +5.12
Liberal Bernard Grandmaitre 14,028 33.95 +1.63
New Democratic Evelyn Gigantes 11,579 28.02 -6.75
Total valid votes 41,321
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +5.93
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Evelyn Gigantes 12,733 34.77 -1.25
Progressive Conservative Darwin Kealey 12,052 32.91 +4.11
Liberal Ed Ryan 11,837 32.32 -2.86
Total valid votes 36,622
New Democratic hold Swing -2.68
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Evelyn Gigantes 11,982 36.02 +0.31
Liberal Paul F. Taylor 11,701 35.18 -1.41
Progressive Conservative Darwin Kealey 9,579 28.20 +1.10
Total valid votes 33,262
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +0.86
Ontario provincial by-election, November 7, 1974[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul F. Taylor 9,989 36.59 +4.58
New Democratic Evelyn Gigantes 9,749 35.71 +14.29
Progressive Conservative Pierre Benoit 7,562 27.70 -18.87
Total valid votes 27,300
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.72
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bert Lawrence 13,190 46.56 -13.67
Liberal Fred Barrett 9,067 32.01 -0.65
New Democratic Jean Usher 6,069 21.43 +14.32
Total valid votes 28,326
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.51
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Bert Lawrence 9,111 60.24
Liberal Eugene Bellemare 4,939 32.65
New Democratic Elaine Lund 1,075 7.11
Total valid votes 15,125

References

  1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Bert Lawrence's Legislative Assembly information see "Bert Lawrence, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Paul Frederick Taylor's Legislative Assembly information see "Paul Frederick Taylor, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Evelyn Gigantes's Legislative Assembly information see "Evelyn Gigantes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Bob McQuarrie's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob McQuarrie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Gilles Morin's Legislative Assembly information see "Gilles Morin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Return from the Records". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Return from the Records". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Being No. 1 makes Pierre try harder". Ottawa Citizen. November 2, 1974.
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