York North (Ontario provincial electoral district)

York North was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 2007. The provincial riding was known as York—Mackenzie from 1995 to 1999.

York North
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished2007
First contested1867
Last contested2003
Demographics
Census division(s)York Region
Census subdivision(s)Aurora (until 1999), Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, Vaughan (until 1987), Whitchurch-Stouffville (until 1987)

In 2007, the Ontario provincial electoral district was eliminated when it was matched to the redistributed ridings of the federal districts. Julia Munro, who held the York North seat, was re-elected in the new riding of York—Simcoe.

Members of Provincial Parliament

York North
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1871     John McMurrich Liberal
2nd  1871–1875     Alfred Boultbee Conservative
3rd  1875–1879     Joseph Henry Widdifield[nb 1] Liberal
4th  1879–1883
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1888
 1888–1890 Elihu James Davis
7th  1890–1894
8th  1894–1898
9th  1898–1899
10th  1899–1905
11th  1905–1908     Thomas Herbert Lennox Conservative
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914
14th  1914–1919
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1926 William Keith
17th  1926–1929     Peter William Pearson Liberal
18th  1929–1934     Clifford Case Conservative
19th  1934–1937     Morgan Baker Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     George Herbert Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     A. A. MacKenzie Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971 William Hodgson
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987     Greg Sorbara Liberal
34th  1987–1990 Charles Beer
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Frank Klees Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003 Julia Munro
38th  2003–2007
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into York—Simcoe after 2007

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
LiberalJohn McMurrich1,36954.20
ConservativeAlfred Boultbee1,15745.80
Total valid votes2,52673.90
Eligible voters3,418
Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
1871 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlfred Boultbee1,30650.10+4.29
LiberalJohn McMurrich1,30149.90−4.29
Turnout2,60766.64−7.26
Eligible voters3,912
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+4.29
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
1875 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Henry Widdifield1,83557.69+7.78
IndependentE. Jackson1,34642.31 
Total valid votes3,18165.36−1.28
Eligible voters4,867
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+7.78
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
1879 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Henry Widdifield2,20056.54−1.15
ConservativeN. Murphy1,69143.46 
Total valid votes3,89168.77+3.41
Eligible voters5,658
Liberal holdSwing−1.15
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive ConservativeJulia Munro2961361.81
LiberalJohn Volpe1575532.89
New DemocraticSteve Saysell22364.67
Natural LawKwok-Lin Mary Wan3050.64
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJulia Munro2451747.19-14.62
LiberalJohn Taylor2105440.537.64
New DemocraticSylvia Gerl40297.763.09
GreenBob Burrows18543.57
Family CoalitionSimone Williams4970.96

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