York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district): Difference between revisions

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

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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.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
prior to 1955 part of the York East riding
25th	1955–1959	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Richard Sutton	Conservative
26th	1959–1963		Richard Sutton	Conservative
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
split between the ridings of Scarborough North, Scarborough East, Scarbough Centre and Scarborough West in 1963

**Ontario general election, 1955**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[2]	Vote %
	Conservative	Richard Sutton	13,775	42.2
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Liberal	Oliver Crockford	12,258	37.5
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CCF \|	CCF	A.L. Wagner	6,248	19.1
	Labor–Progressive	F. Theodore	373	1.1
		Total	32,654

**Ontario general election, 1959**
	Party	Candidate	Votes^[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Richard Sutton	18,422	37.3
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Liberal	Oliver Crockford	16,807	34.0
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CCF \|	Co-operative Commonwealth	Andrew Bodrug	14,198	28.7
		Total	49,427

^
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. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
^ Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
^ Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

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