Durham East was a provincial electoral district in the Durham Region in Ontario, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It contained parts of the towns of Oshawa, Whitby, Scugog, and Newcastle.
The riding first existed from 1867 to 1926, when it was distributed into the Durham riding. When Durham was split back into Durham East and Durham West, as well as Durham North in 1975, the riding existed until 1999 when it was redistributed into Durham, Whitby—Ajax and Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock.
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Members of Provincial Parliament
| Durham East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Arthur Williams | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1875 | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Rosevear | ||
| 4th | 1879–1881 | |||
| 1882–1883 | Charles Herbert Brereton | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Thomas Dixon Craig | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | George Campbell | ||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | William Armstrong Fallis | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1905 | Josiah Johnston Preston | ||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Samuel Sandford Staples | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Albert James Fallis | Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Durham | ||||
| Riding created from Durham | ||||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Doug Moffatt | New Democratic | |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Sam Cureatz | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Gord Mills | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | John O'Toole | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Durham, Whitby—Ajax and Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |
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Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | 1,208 | 95.19 | |||||
| Liberal | S.S. Smith | 61 | 4.81 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,269 | 43.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,892 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Rosevear | 1,454 | 55.22 | |||||
| Liberal | S.S. Smith | 1,179 | 44.78 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,633 | 69.73 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,776 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
This page was last edited on 9 April 2024, at 23:19