Forest Hill (electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Forest Hill was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1975. Forest Hill riding was located in the former village of Forest Hill and the borough of York east of Dufferin Street. It had a large Jewish community, representing about 30% of the population.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1975 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1971 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division | Toronto |
| Census subdivision | Toronto |
Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Edward Arunah Dunlop, Jr., was a son of Edward Arunah Dunlop, a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the riding of Renfrew North. Former Toronto mayor Philip Givens represented the riding until it was abolished in 1975.
In the redistribution that took effect in the 1975 election, Forest Hill went to the riding of St. Andrew--St. Patrick and the borough of York sections went to the riding of Oakwood.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Created from York South riding 1963 | ||||
| Forest Hill | ||||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Edward Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | |
| York—Forest Hill | ||||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Edward Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Philip Givens | Liberal | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Oakwood and York South ridings after 1975 | ||||
Electoral results
| 1971 Ontario general election: York—Forest Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Philip Givens | 13,870 | 41.52 | +16.02 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Barry Lowes | 12,570 | 37.63 | –6.23 | ||||
| New Democratic | Fiona Nelson | 6,963 | 20.85 | –9.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,403 | 99.37 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | 0.63 | –0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,616 | 72.89 | +10.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 46,118 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +12.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2][3][4] | ||||||||
| 1967 Ontario general election: York—Forest Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Arunah Dunlop Jr. | 12,087 | 43.86 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Leon Kumove | 8,443 | 30.63 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Douglas Matthews | 7,030 | 25.51 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,560 | 98.96 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 290 | 1.04 | –0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,850 | 62.19 | +4.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 44,779 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5][6][7] | ||||||||
| 1963 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Arunah Dunlop Jr. | 9,773 | 40.57 | |||||
| New Democratic | J. Sydney Midanik | 7,667 | 31.82 | |||||
| Liberal | Douglas Matthews | 6,443 | 26.74 | |||||
| Social Credit | L. Ferris Kendall-Leicester | 209 | 0.87 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,092 | 98.73 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 310 | 1.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,402 | 58.13 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 41,975 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9][10] | ||||||||
