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

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
split between the ridings of Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarbough Centre and Scarborough West in 1963

Election results

Ontario general election, 1955
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

Ontario general election, 1959
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

References

Notes

1. Sometimes referred to 'York—Scarboro' in the local media.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Richard Sutton's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Edward Sutton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014.