York East (federal electoral district)

For the provincial riding, see York East (provincial electoral district).

York East

Ontario electoral district
York East's final 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 Canadian House of Commons at different times. It was located in the province of Ontario.

Federal electoral district

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 for the East Riding of York (first riding)

• James Metcalfe, Liberal, 1867–1878
• Alfred Boultbee, Conservative, 1878–1882
• Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, Liberal, 1882–1892
• William Findlay Maclean, Independent Conservative, 1892–1904

Members of Parliament for York East (second riding)

• Thomas Foster, Unionist, 1917–1921
• Joseph Henry Harris, Conservative, 1921–1925

Members of Parliament York East (third riding)

• Robert Henry McGregor, Conservative, 1935–1962
• Steve Otto, Liberal, 1962–1972
• Ian Arrol, Progressive Conservative, 1972–1974
• David Collenette, Liberal, 1974–1979
• Ron Ritchie, Progressive Conservative, 1979–1980
• David Collenette, Liberal, 1980–1984
• Alan Redway, Progressive Conservative, 1984–1988

Federal electoral history

East Riding of York

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Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	James Metcalfe	1,174	Unknown	Milne	937

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Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	James Metcalfe	acc.

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Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	James Metcalfe	acc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

York East

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

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

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Canadian federal election, 1935
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

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Canadian federal election, 1940
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

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Canadian federal election, 1945
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

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

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Canadian federal election, 1953
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

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Canadian federal election, 1957
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

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

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Canadian federal election, 1962
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

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Canadian federal election, 1963
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

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Canadian federal election, 1965
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

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

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Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Ian 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

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

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Canadian federal election, 1979
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

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Canadian federal election, 1980
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

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Canadian federal election, 1984
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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• Election results from Parliament of Canada website