York South

For the New Brunswick riding, see York South (New Brunswick provincial electoral district). For the Ontario provincial riding of the same name, see York South (provincial electoral district).

York South was an electoral district (or "riding") in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.

The riding is notable for the 1942 federal by-election in which newly elected Conservative leader Arthur Meighen was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's (CCF) candidate (assisted by the Liberals). The election was a major breakthrough for the CCF, and ended Meighen's attempt to return to politics. In later years, it became known as perennial leaders' riding, the home district for both CCF and New Democratic Party (NDP) leaders Ted Jolliffe, Donald C. MacDonald, David Lewis and Bob Rae.

History

York South was created in 1903 as "the south riding of York" from parts of York East and York West ridings. It initially consisted of the township of York, and the towns of East Toronto, North Toronto, and Toronto Junction. As is suggested by the names of the towns in the riding, the constituency abutted on the city of Toronto's northern border.

In 1914, it was called "South York", and redefined to consist of the villages of Richmond Hill and Markham, the township of Markham, the town of Leaside, and the township of York (excluding parts included in the riding of West York); and those portions of the city of Toronto not included in the ridings of West York, Parkdale, North Toronto, East Toronto, Centre Toronto, West Toronto, South Toronto and East York. In 1924, it was called "York South", and consisted of all that part of the county of York lying east of Yonge Street, south of the township of Markham and outside the city of Toronto.

In 1933, York South was defined to consist of all that portion of the township of York not included in the electoral district of West York, the town of Weston and the village of Forest Hill. From 1947, it consisted of the village of Forest Hill and a portion of the township of York. In 1952, it consisted the village of Forest Hill and a re-defined portion of the township of York.

As time progressed and the population grew, the riding shrank in size so that it consisted of what was later called the Borough of York in the middle western part of Metropolitan Toronto and some surrounding areas. While it was originally a largely rural riding it was an urban, working class riding by the end of World War II.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when the main part of the riding became York South—Weston, and other parts were redistributed between Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence and St. Paul's ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
York East and York West prior to 1904.
10th	1904–1908	William Findlay MacLean	Independent Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Unionist
14th	1921–1925		Independent Conservative
15th	1925–1926		Independent Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Robert Henry McGregor	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	Robert Henry McGregor	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	James Earl Lawson	Conservative
19th	1940–1942	Alan Cockeram	National Government
19th	1942–1945	Joseph W. Noseworthy	Co-operative Commonwealth
20th	1945–1949	Alan Cockeram	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Joseph W. Noseworthy	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1953–1957	Joseph W. Noseworthy	Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd	1957–1958	William G. Beech	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	William G. Beech	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	David Lewis	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965	Marvin Gelber	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	David Lewis	New Democratic
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979	Ursula Appolloni	Liberal
York South—Weston, St. Paul's, Davenport, and Eglinton—Lawrence following 1979.

Electoral history

South riding of York

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William F. MacLean	2,418
	Unknown	Alexander J. Anderson	1,790

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William F. MacLean	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William F. MacLean	7,194
	Unknown	Louis Franklin Heyd	1,901

South York

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	William F. MacLean	16,088
	Opposition	Alexander MacGregor	2,065
	Labour	James Thomas Gunn	1,977
	Unknown	John Galbraith	118

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William F. MacLean	10,368
	Liberal	Alexander MacGregor	8,015
	Progressive	Roland Hill Palmer	3,276

York South

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William F. MACLEAN	7,762
	Liberal	Russell James REESOR	1,394
	Independent Conservative	John GALBRAITH	990

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Henry MCGREGOR	6,555
	Independent Conservative	William F. MACLEAN	4,880

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Henry MCGREGOR	11,852
	Liberal	Dennis MCCARTHY	5,394

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. James Earl LAWSON	11,596
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Luke TESKEY	8,247
	Liberal	Elmore PHILPOTT	7,059
	Reconstruction	Earl M. HAND	4,113

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Alan COCKERAM	15,346
	Liberal	F.J. MACRAE	12,864
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.W. NOSEWORTHY	5,372

By-election: On Mr. Cockeram's resignation to allow Arthur Meighen to contest the seat:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 9 February 1942
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.W. NOSEWORTHY	16,408
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. Arthur MEIGHEN	11,952

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Alan COCKERAM	16,666
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.W. NOSEWORTHY	13,543
	Liberal	John Harvey LYNES	9,104
	Labor–Progressive	Walter E. DENT	1,089

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.W. NOSEWORTHY	15,293
	Progressive Conservative	Alan COCKERAM	14,273
	Liberal	Eric R. MARSDEN	11,932

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.W. NOSEWORTHY	12,216
	Liberal	Alfred GREEN	10,820
	Progressive Conservative	Alan COCKERAM	10,116
	Labor–Progressive	Norman PENNER	755

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William G. BEECH	16,624
	Liberal	Marvin GELBER	12,232
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William SEFTON	12,024
	Social Credit	Sloan A. SMITH	654

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wm. G. BEECH	22,980
	Liberal	Marvin GELBER	13,141
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bill SEFTON	9,643
	Labor–Progressive	Leslie MORRIS	427
	Social Credit	Harvey JAMIESON	258

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	David LEWIS	19,101
	Liberal	Marvin GELBER	15,423
	Progressive Conservative	William G. BEECH	12,552
	Social Credit	Reinald NOCHAKOFF	179

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marvin GELBER	21,042
	New Democratic Party	David LEWIS	17,396
	Progressive Conservative	William G. BEECH	9,648

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	David LEWIS	21,693
	Liberal	Marvin GELBER	18,098
	Progressive Conservative	Maxwell ROTSTEIN	6,427

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	David LEWIS	12,357
	Liberal	Ron BARBARO	11,693
	Progressive Conservative	Cy TOWNSEND	4,499

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	David LEWIS	14,225
	Liberal	Lucio APPOLLONI	9,551
	Progressive Conservative	John M. OOSTROM	6,401
	Unknown	Keith CORKHILL	172

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ursula Appolloni	12,485	43.10
	New Democratic	David Lewis	10,622	36.67
	Progressive Conservative	Paul J. Schrieder	5,557	19.18
	Independent	Richard Sanders	103	0.04
	Marxist–Leninist	Keith Corkhill	102	0.04
	Independent	Robert Douglas Sproule	97	0.03

References

York South entry on the House of Commons website includes election results and the changing descriptions of the riding's boundaries.

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