Durham (provincial electoral district)

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Durham

Ontario electoral district
Durham in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		John O'Toole Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,500
Electors (2007)	83,221
Area (km²)	1,625
Pop. density (per km²)	72.9
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Clarington, Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Scugog, Uxbridge

For information on the Durham federal electoral district, see Durham (electoral district).

Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975.

The Durham provincial riding was created in 1999 when Ontario adopted federal riding boundaries for provincial elections purposes. It was created from Durham East and Oshawa

It consisted initially of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.

In 2007, the riding gained the Township of Uxbridge but lost all of its territory in Oshawa.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. John William Bragg, Liberal (1926-1937)
2. Cecil George Mercer, Liberal (1937-1943)
3. Reginald Percival Vivian, Progressive Conservative (1943-1948)
4. John Weir Foote, Progressive Conservative (1948-1959)
5. Hugh Alex Carruthers, Progressive Conservative (1959-1975)

1. John O'Toole, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	21,485	46.9
	Liberal	Betty Louise Somerville	14,733	32.2
	New Democrat	Catherine Robinson	5,519	12.1
	Green	June Davies	4,044	8.8

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30290	67.3%
	Mixed member proportional	14750	32.7%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	23,814	47.09	-9.98
	Liberal	Garry Minnie	18,590	36.76	+4.64
	New Democrat	Teresa Williams	6,274	12.41	+3.15
	Green	Gordon H. Macdonald	1,183	2.34	+1.32
	Freedom	Cathy McKeever	707	1.4

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	26,103	57.07
	Liberal	Garry Minnie	14,694	32.12
	New Democrat	Jim Morrison	4235	9.26
	Green	Gail Thompson	467	1.02
	Natural Law	Jacinthe Millaire	242	0.53

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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