Lakeshore
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1987
First contested	1963
Last contested	1987
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Lakeshore was a provincial electoral district that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was roughly located in southern Etobicoke It existed from 1963 to 1987 when it was abolished into Etobicoke—Lakeshore.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Lakeshore
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Created from York West and York—Humber ridings in 1963*
27th	1963–1967		Alan Eagleson	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971		Patrick Lawlor	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Al Kolyn	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987		Ruth Grier	New Democratic
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Etobicoke—Lakeshore riding in 1987*

Electoral results

**1963 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[2]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Eagleson	8,595	43.3
	Liberal	David Sandford	5,888	29.6
	New Democrat	Murray Cotterill	5,025	25.3
	Communist	Jirr David	364	1.8
		Total	19,872

**1967 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[3]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Pat Lawlor	9,135	46.7
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Eagleson	7,026	35.9
	Liberal	James Cottrell	3,411	17.4
		Total	19,572

**1971 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[4]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Pat Lawlor	10,764	42.0
	Progressive Conservative	Morley Kells	10,196	39.8
	Liberal	Dave Sandford	4,689	18.3
		Total	25,649

**1975 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[5]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Pat Lawlor	15,265	51.2
	Liberal	John McPhee	7,069	23.7
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Wursta	6,683	22.4
	Communist	Neil McLellan	628	2.1
	Independent	Fred Haight	186	0.6
		Total	29,831

**1977 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[6]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Pat Lawlor	13,345	52.2
	Progressive Conservative	Al Kolyn	6,683	26.1
	Liberal	Carl Weinsheimer	4,815	18.8
	Communist	Gordon Flowers	740	2.9
		Total	25,583

**1981 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[7]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Al Kolyn	10,400	40.4
	New Democrat	Don Sullivan	9,077	35.2
	Liberal	Bill Whelton	5,642	21.9
	Communist	Nan McDonald	654	2.5
		Total	25,773

**1985 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[8]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Ruth Grier	11,404	39.9
	Liberal	Frank Sgarlata	9,344	32.7
	Progressive Conservative	Al Kolyn	7,811	27.4
		Total	28,559

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