York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district)

York—Scarborough
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1955
District abolished	1963
First contested	1955
Last contested	1959

District created1955

District abolished1963

First contested1955

York—Scarborough^{[nb 1]} was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1955 to 1963. It occupied the entire area of the former borough of Scarborough. In 1963 it was split between four new ridings: Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West.

York—Scarborough
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*prior to 1955 part of the York East riding*
25th	1955–1959		Dick Sutton	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963		Dick Sutton	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
Split between the ridings of Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarbough Centre and Scarborough West in 1963

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Sutton	13,806	42.22
	Liberal	Oliver E. Crockford	12,281	37.55
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alois L. Wagner	6,287	19.22
	Labor–Progressive	Florence Theodore	330	1.01
Total valid votes			32,704	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Sutton	18,778	37.26
	Liberal	Oliver E. Crockford	17,242	34.21
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Andrew G. Bodrug	14,380	28.53
Total valid votes			50,400	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

Election results