York East (provincial electoral district)

For the Federal riding, see York East.

York East was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 1867, the same year as the beginning of the country and it elected members up until 1999 when it was dissolved. Initially it covered a large swath of territory stretching from Lake Ontario north to Richmond Hill. It was formed based on the eastern part of the county of York. Over time as the population increased, the territory was reduced. By the late 1950s it represented only a portion of the borough of East York, a small municipality on the edge of Toronto. In 1999 it was abolished and its remaining territory was distributed between Beaches—East York and Don Valley West ridings.

York East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1995

Boundaries

In 1867, the County of York was subdivided into four ridings, York East, York North, York South, and York West. York East consisted of the townships of Markham, Scarborough, and any areas east of Yonge Street excluding the city of Toronto. It also included the village of Yorkville. These boundaries coincided with the Federal riding of the same name.^[1]

In 1874, the village of Richmond Hill was removed.

In 1885, Richmond Hill was added back.

In 1926 portions of the riding were lost to the new ridings of Eglinton and Beaches. This reflected changes to the boundaries of the city of Toronto.

In 1955, following the incorporation of Metropolitan Toronto, Scarborough Township was separated and York Scarborough became a separate riding. Eight years later, that riding was divided into four further separate ridings.

By 1963, the boundaries had been reduced to encompass a portion of territory within the bounds of Metro Toronto. This consisted of the area South of Steeles Avenue East, west of Victoria Park Avenue and east of Yonge Street, excluding the area within the old city of Toronto.

In 1967, the riding was subdivided into three parts. The northern portion became the new riding of York Mills, the middle portion became the riding of Don Mills and the southern portion retained the name York East.^[2]

Except for minor boundary changes, the riding stayed much the same until it was dissolved in 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

York East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Hugh Powell Crosby	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1879		John Lane
4th	1879–1883		George Badgerow
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		George Byron Smith
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		John Richardson
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908		Alexander McCowan[nb 1]	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1913
	1913–1914		George Stewart Henry[nb 2]
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Agnes Macphail	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		John A. Leslie	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		Agnes Macphail	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Hollis Beckett	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Arthur Meen
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Robert Elgie[nb 3]
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1986
	1986–1987		Christine Hart	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Gary Malkowski	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		John Parker	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Beaches—East York and Don Valley West ridings after 1999

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hugh Powell Crosby	1,193	58.25
	Conservative	J. Boman	855	41.75
Total valid votes			2,048	72.37
Eligible voters			2,830
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Powell Crosby	791	70.19	+11.93
	Conservative	Mr. Hosteller	336	29.81	−11.93
Turnout			1,127	36.52	−35.85
Eligible voters			3,086
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.93
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lane	1,266	54.26	−15.92
	Conservative	W. McDougall	1,067	45.74	+15.92
Total valid votes			2,333	63.16	+26.64
Eligible voters			3,694
	Liberal hold		Swing		−15.92
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Badgerow	1,825	53.58	−0.68
	Conservative	C.O. Robinson	1,581	46.42	+0.68
Total valid votes			3,406	58.93	−4.23
Eligible voters			5,780
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.68
Source: Elections Ontario[7]

1977

• Robert Elgie (PC) 14131
• Lois Cox (NDP) 8334
• Mike Kenny (L) 7126
• Chris Greenland (Ind [SC?]) 265
• Maura O'Neill (Comm) 245
• Paul Wakfer (Lbt) 144

1981

• Robert Elgie (PC) 14562
• Lois Cox (NDP) 4935
• Don McNeill (L) 4811
• Ed McDonald (Comm) 628
• E. Scott Hughes (Unparty) 460

1985

• Robert Elgie (PC) 11459
• Gord Crann (NDP) 9183
• Omar Chaudhery (L) 6629
• Ed McDonald (Comm) 929
• Kathy Sorensen (Lbt) 410

1987

• Christine Hart (L) 15683
• Peter Oyler (PC) 7352
• Sophia Apostolides (NDP) 7056
• Chris Frazer (Comm) 527

1990

• Gary Malkowski (NDP) 10,689 (35.8%)
• Christine Hart (L) 9900 (33.2%)
• George Bryson (PC) 8021 (26.9%)
• Jim Copeland 380 (1.3%)
• Bedora Bojman (G) 364 (1.2%)
• John Matthew (Lbt) 303 (1.0%)
• Chris Frazer (Comm) 191 (0.6%)

1995

• John Parker (PC) 12789
• Gary Malkowski (NDP) 9526
• Steve Mastoras (L) 7398
• Steve Kotsopoulos (Ind) 497
• John Richardson (Ind) 251
• Marilyn Pepper (NLP) 243