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Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eglinton was a provincial electoral district located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1926 until 1999 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. At its abolishment in 1999 it consisted of the neighbourhoods of Davisville and Lawrence Park in the north end of the old city of Toronto. It was abolished into Eglinton—Lawrence, Don Valley West and St. Paul's.

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

District created1925

District abolished1996

First contested1926

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Eglinton
Ontario electoral district
Eglinton, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1996
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995

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Members of Provincial Parliament

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Eglinton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
created in 1926 from parts of York West and York East ridings^[1]
17th	1926–1929		Herbert Ball	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Alvin Coulter McLean	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Harold Kirby^{[nb 1]}	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Harold Kirby^{[nb 1]}	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		Leslie Blackwell	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		William Dunlop^{[nb 2]}
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1961
26th	1962–1963		Leonard Reilly
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Roy McMurtry
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		David James McFadden
34th	1987–1990		Dianne Poole	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Dianne Poole	Liberal
36th	1995–1999		Bill Saunderson	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[2]
*Merged into Eglinton—Lawrence, Don Valley West and St. Paul's ridings after 1999*

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Election results

1926 boundaries

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**1926 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[1]^[3]^{[nb 3]}	Vote %
	Conservative	Herbert Ball	10,086	62.2
	Liberal	F.A. Magee	6,137	37.8
		Total	16,223

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**1929 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	Alvin McLean	10,640	60.8
	Liberal	Harold J. Kirby	6,853	39.2
		Total	17,493

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1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

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**1934 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[5]	Vote %
	Liberal	Harold Kirby	11,382	43.4
	Conservative	A.C. McLean	9,894	37.7
	Independent	G.A. Little	3,068	11.7
	Dry Liberal	R.F. Mack	1,733	6.6
	Independent	G. McConnell	135	0.5
		Total	26,212

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**1937 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[6]	Vote %
	Liberal	Harold Kirby	14,756	48.6
	Conservative	Leslie Blackwell	13,749	45.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	T.L. Teeter	1,857	6.1
		Total	30,362

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**1943 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[7]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Blackwell	13,351	50.1
	Liberal	Harold Kirby	6,792	25.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Russell Gee	6,512	24.4
		Total	26,655

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**1945 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[8]^{[nb 4]}	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Blackwell	22,780	64.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ray Ruggles	6,296	17.7
	Liberal	E.W. Rush	5,565	15.6
	Labor–Progressive	R.A. McLean	957	2.7
		Total	35,598

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**1948 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[9]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Blackwell	18,673	51.7
	Liberal	Fred Duncan	9,226	25.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Monkman	8,237	22.8
		Total	36,136

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**1951 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[10]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	William Dunlop	21,767	64.1
	Liberal	Frank Nash	7,038	22.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Parker	4,570	13.5
		Total	34,575

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**1955 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[11]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	William Dunlop	15,925	56.2
	Liberal	David Anderson	9,986	35.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Begley	2,312	8.2
	Independent	George Rolland	125	0.4
		Total	28,348

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**1959 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[12]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	William Dunlop	14,839	57.4
	Liberal	Alex Thompson	7,870	30.4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Inman	3,154	12.2
		Total	25,863

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**By-election January 18, 1962**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[13]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Reilly	11,385	45.3
	Liberal	Jean Newman	11,200	44.6
	New Democrat	Eamonn Martin	2,529	10.1
		Total	25,114

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**1963 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[14]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Reilly	18,466	55.6
	Liberal	Jean Newman	11,844	35.7
	New Democrat	Tom Stevens	2,876	8.7
		Total	33,186

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1966 boundaries

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**1967 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[15]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Reilly	15,216	54.0
	Liberal	Michael Miller	8,465	30.0
	New Democrat	Peter Morgan	4,501	16.0
		Total	28,182

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**1971 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[16]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Reilly	19,940	57.0
	Liberal	Hugh Morris	10,175	29.1
	New Democrat	Robert Imlay	4,855	13.9
	Independent	Robert M. Wales	nil	0.0
		Total	34,970

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1974 boundaries

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**1975 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[17]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Roy McMurtry	17,264	52.3
	Liberal	Frank Judge	10,492	31.8
	New Democratic	Eileen Elmy	4,713	14.3
	Social Credit	Ann Harris	288	0.9
	Independent	Donald Redekop	252	0.8
		Total	33,009

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**1977 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[18]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Roy McMurtry	19,195	58.8
	Liberal	Sean McCann	7,558	23.2
	New Democrat	Eileen B. Elmy	5,159	15.8
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	407	1.2
	Independent	John Stifel	309	0.9
		Total	32,628

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**1981 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[19]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Roy McMurtry	17,725	65.0
	Liberal	Keith Polson	5,699	20.9
	New Democrat	Eileen Elmy	3,550	13.1
	Libertarian	Angelo Cosentini	303	1.1
		Total	27,277

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**1985 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[20]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	David McFadden	13,496	43.6
	Liberal	Dianne Poole	12,589	40.7
	New Democrat	John Goodfellow	4,880	15.8
		Total	30,964

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1987 boundaries

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**1987 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[21]	Vote %
	Liberal	Dianne Poole	13,794	44.3
	Progressive Conservative	David McFadden	13,082	42.0
	New Democrat	Michael Lee	3,772	12.1
	Libertarian	Richard Lubbock	384	1.2
	Independent	John Stifel	123	0.4
		Total	31,155

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**1990 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[22]	Vote %
	Liberal	Dianne Poole	12,032	36.0
	Progressive Conservative	Ann Vanstone	11,859	35.5
	New Democrat	Jay Waterman	7,772	23.2
	Green	Dan King	1,340	4.0
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	448	1.3
		Total	33,451

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**1995 Ontario general election**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[23]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Saunderson	17,496	48.8
	Liberal	Dianne Poole	12,904	36.0
	New Democrat	Adam Di Carlo	4,597	12.8
	Green	Dan King	395	1.1
	Natural Law	Linda Martin	325	4.0
	Independent	Fernand Deschamps	123	0.3
		Total	35,840

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See also

References

Notes

[1]
In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
[2]
Died in office February 2, 1961.
[3]
108 out of 120 polls reporting.
[4]
179 out of 200 polls.

Citations

[1]
Canadian Press (December 2, 1926). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe. Toronto. p. 7.
[2]
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Herbert Ball's Legislative Assembly information see "Herbert Henry Ball, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Alvin McLean's Legislative Assembly information see "Alvin Coulter McLean, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Harold Kirby's Legislative Assembly information see "Harold James Kirby, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Leslie Blackwell's Legislative Assembly information see "Leslie Egerton Blackwell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For William Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "William James Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Leonard Reilly's Legislative Assembly information see "Leonard Mackenzie Reilly, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Roy McMurtry's Legislative Assembly information see "Roland "Roy" McMurtry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For David McFadden's Legislative Assembly information see "David James McFadden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Dianne Poole's Legislative Assembly information see "Dianne Poole, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

For Bill Saunderson's Legislative Assembly information see "William J. Saunderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
[3]
"Result of ballot in the 112 Ontario constituencies". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. December 2, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
[4]
"Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. October 31, 1929. p. 43.
[5]
"Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. June 21, 1934. p. 3.
[6]
"Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. October 7, 1937. p. 5.
[7]
Canadian Press (August 5, 1943). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
[8]
Canadian Press (June 5, 1945). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
[9]
Canadian Press (June 8, 1948). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
[10]
Canadian Press (November 22, 1951). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
[11]
Canadian Press (June 10, 1955). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
[12]
Canadian Press (June 12, 1959). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
[13]
"Liberal win 3, PCs 2: Government keeps seats in Toronto". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. January 19, 1963. p. 1.
[14]
Canadian Press (September 26, 1963). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
[15]
Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
[16]
Canadian Press (October 22, 1971). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
[17]
Canadian Press (September 19, 1975). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
[18]
Canadian Press (June 10, 1977). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
[19]
Canadian Press (March 20, 1981). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
[20]
Canadian Press (May 3, 1985). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
[21]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. September 11, 1987. p. A12.
[22]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. September 7, 1990. p. A10.
[23]
"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2012.

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