Don Mills
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished1996
First contested1963
Last contested1999
Demographics
Census division(s)Metro Toronto
Census subdivision(s)East York, North York
Toronto (1998–1999)

Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolition, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park and the southern part of Don Mills in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue). It was abolished into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York.

The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers Dennis Timbrell and David Johnson at different times. The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963, one of several new ridings in Metro. The initial boundaries were the North York city limits on the south and east and west and Lawrence Avenue East formed the northern boundary.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Don Mills
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from part of York East riding in 1963
27th  1963–1967     Stanley Randall Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975 Dennis Timbrell
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Murad Velshi Liberal
35th  1990–1993     Margery Ward[nb 1] New Democratic
 1993–1995     David Johnson Progressive Conservative
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York after 1999

Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Stanley Randall 9,708 51.64
New Democratic James Renwick 5,252 27.93
Liberal David Stewart 3,841 20.43
Total valid votes 18,801
Source:[3]
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Randall 9,646 41.45 -10.18
New Democratic Chris Smith 8,747 37.59 +9.65
Liberal Gordon Ryan 4,656 20.01 -0.42
Social Credit Alton Beacock 222 0.95
Total valid votes 23,271
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.92
Source:[4]
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 16,102 50.80 +9.35
New Democratic James Norton 10,116 31.91 -5.67
Liberal Michael Kusner 5,481 17.29 -2.72
Total valid votes 31,699 99.68
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 103 0.32
Turnout 31,802 74.18
Eligible voters 42,873
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.51
Source:[5][6]
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 14,007 46.59 -4.20
New Democratic Robert Sherwood 8,074 26.86 -5.05
Liberal Donalda Wright 7,981 26.55 +9.26
Total valid votes 30,062 99.32
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 207 0.68 +0.36
Turnout 30,269 60.68 -13.50
Eligible voters 49,885
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.43
Source:[7][8]
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 17,005 55.20 +8.60
New Democratic Stephen Thomas 8,125 26.37 -0.48
Liberal Andrew Meles 4,906 15.92 -10.62
Libertarian Michael Martin 772 2.51
Total valid votes 30,808 99.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 201 0.65 -0.04
Turnout 31,009 61.14 +0.46
Eligible voters 52,525
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.54
Source:[9][10]
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 17,516 63.99 +8.80
Liberal Murad Velshi 5,368 19.61 +3.69
New Democratic Michael Wyatt 4,487 16.39 -9.98
Total valid votes 27,371 99.17
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 229 0.83 +0.18
Turnout 27,600 52.55 -8.59
Eligible voters 52,525
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.56
Source:[11][12]
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Timbrell 15,481 50.72 -13.27
Liberal John Atkin 7,504 24.59 +4.98
New Democratic Michael Wyatt 6,153 20.16 +3.77
Independent Gary Watson 1,382 4.53
Total valid votes 30,520 99.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 259 0.84 +0.01
Turnout 30,779 57.52 +4.98
Eligible voters 53,506
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.12
Source:[13][14]


1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murad Velshi 11,083 40.70 +16.11
Progressive Conservative David Lindsay 8,666 31.82 -18.90
New Democratic Margery Ward 6,424 23.59 +3.43
Independent David Smith 586 2.15
Freedom David Pengally 475 1.74
Total valid votes 27,234 98.96
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots 285 1.04 +0.19
Turnout 27,519 59.14 +1.61
Eligible voters 46,534
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +17.51
Source: [15][16]
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Margery Ward 9,740 34.20 +10.61
Liberal Murad Velshi 8,786 30.85 -9.85
Progressive Conservative Nola Crewe 7,631 26.79 -5.03
Libertarian David Miller 742 2.61
Green Katherine Mathewson 608 2.13
Independent Colin McKay 562 1.97
Freedom David Pengally 414 1.45 -0.29
Total valid votes 28,483 98.54
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots 421 1.46 +0.42
Turnout 28,904 64.23 +5.10
Eligible voters 44,998
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +10.23
Source: [17]
Ontario provincial by-election, April 1, 1993
Death of Margery Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Johnson 9,143 51.87 +25.07
Liberal Murad Velshi 5,583 31.67 +0.82
New Democratic Chandran Mylvaganam 1,513 8.58 -25.61
Independent Diane Johnston 498 2.83
Family Coalition Denise Mountenay 383 2.17
Independent Bernadette Michael 206 1.17
Freedom David Pengelly 161 0.91 -0.54
Green Sat Khalsa 141 0.80 -1.33
Total valid votes 17,628 98.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 250 1.40 -0.06
Turnout 17,878 42.88 -21.36
Eligible voters 41,695
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +25.34
Source(s)
[18][19]


1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Johnson 14,897 53.36 +1.49
Liberal Richard Gosling 7,607 27.25 -4.42
New Democratic Janaki Bala-Krishnan 4,569 16.37 +7.78
Freedom David Pengelly 253 0.91 -1.27
Independent Mario M. Ribiero 243 0.87
Natural Law Lawrence Corp 231 0.83
Independent Lee Wildgen 119 0.43
Total valid votes 27,919 98.80
Total rejected ballots 339 1.20 -0.20
Turnout 28,258 66.09 +23.21
Eligible voters 42,758
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.96
Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.[20]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ward died in office (cancer), January 22, 1993.

Citations

  1. ^ "Metro Voters Hold the Balance: Don Mills". The Globe and Mail. 1963-09-23. p. 7.
  2. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Stanley Randall's Legislative Assembly information see "Stanley John Randall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Dennis Timbrell's Legislative Assembly information see "Dennis Roy Timbrell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Murad Velshi's Legislative Assembly information see "Murad Velshi, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For Margery Ward's Legislative Assembly information see "Margery Ward, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
    • For David Johnson's Legislative Assembly information see "David John Johnson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ^ "EFRS".
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  6. ^ "EFRS".
  7. ^ "EFRS".
  8. ^ "EFRS".
  9. ^ "EFRS".
  10. ^ "EFRS".
  11. ^ "EFRS".
  12. ^ "EFRS".
  13. ^ "EFRS".
  14. ^ "EFRS".
  15. ^ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&edIds=-19_17&electionType=GE&electionId=293&levelOfDetail=district
  16. ^ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&edIds=-19_17&electionType=GE&electionId=293&levelOfDetail=candidate
  17. ^ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/publications
  18. ^ "Ontario voters 'fed up' with NDP, Tory Johnson says". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1993-04-02. p. A13.
  19. ^ "EFRS".
  20. ^ https://results.elections.on.ca/en/publications
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