York North

York North was an electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

from Confederation in 1867 until 2004. It is also an electoral district that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

from 1867 to 2007. The provincial riding was known as York—Mackenzie from 1995 to 1999.

The federal riding

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

was eliminated in 2003 when it was redistributed between two new ridings of Newmarket—Aurora

Newmarket—Aurora

Newmarket—Aurora is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora....

and York—Simcoe

York—Simcoe

York—Simcoe is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979, from 1988 to 1997 and since 2004.It covers part of the region north of Toronto by Lake Simcoe....

. Another small section was incorporated into Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 169,645., with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canada...

. The riding covered the northern suburbs of the city of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

often including such towns as Aurora

Aurora, Ontario

Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, approximately 20 km north of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.Many Aurora residents commute to Toronto and surrounding communities.In the...

, Vaughan

Vaughan, Ontario

Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...

, Newmarket

Newmarket, Ontario

Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...

, Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...

and Markham

Markham, Ontario

Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

. The borders changed often, however, most notably in 1996 when the riding was so altered that it contained very little of the same territory as before.

In 2007, the Ontario

Ontario

provincial electoral district was eliminated when it was matched to the redistributed ridings of the federal districts. Julia Munro

Julia Munro

Julia Munro is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of York—Simcoe for the Progressive Conservative Party....

, who held the York North seat, was re-elected in the new riding of York—Simcoe

York—Simcoe

.

Members of Parliament from York North:

James Pearson Wells
James Pearson Wells
James Pearson Wells was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented York North in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member....

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1867-1872)
Anson Dodge
Anson Dodge
Anson Greene Phelps Dodge was a Canadian lumber dealer and political figure. He represented York North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member....

- Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

, (1872-1874)
Alfred Dymond - Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1874-1878)
F.W. Strange - Liberal-Conservative, (1878-1882)
William Mulock
William Mulock
Sir William Mulock, PC, KCMG, MP, QC, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist....

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1882-1905)
A.B. Aylesworth - Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1905-1911)
John Armstrong
John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong
John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong was a Canadian politician, conveyancer and real estate agent. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1911 election as a Member of the historical Conservative Party and re-elected in 1917 as a Unionist...

- Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

, (1911-1921)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1921-1925)
Thomas Herbert Lennox
Thomas Herbert Lennox
Thomas Herbert Lennox was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented York North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1923 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative member.He was born in Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, the son of...

- Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

, (1925-1934)
William Pate Mulock
William Pate Mulock
William Pate Mulock, PC was a Canadian politician.-Biography:William Pate Mulock was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Cawthra Mulock and Adèle Baldwin Falconbridge. His father died in New York City during the influenza outbreak in 1918...

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1934-1945)
Jack Smith
Jack Smith (politician)
John Eachern Smith was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Eldon Township, Ontario and was in the newspaper business as an editor and publisher....

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1945-1957)
C.A. Cathers - Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

, (1957-1962)
John Hollings Addison
John Hollings Addison
John Hollings Addison is a Canadian politician and business executive. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of York North between June 18, 1962 and April 23, 1968.- References :...

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1962-1968)
Barney Danson
Barney Danson
Barnett Jerome Danson, was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.Barney Danson was born to a Jewish family in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood...

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1968-1979)
John A. Gamble
John A. Gamble
John Albert Gamble was a far-right Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the 1979 federal election and re-elected in the 1980 election representing the riding of York North.He was a candidate at the 1983 Progressive Conservative...

- Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

, (1979-1984)
Tony Roman
Tony Roman
Anthony Roman was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Roman served as the Mayor of the Town of Markham, Ontario from 1970 to 1984, Chair of the Regional Municipality of York in 1984, and independent Member of Parliament for the riding of York North from 1984 to 1988.Roman won the 1984 election in...

- Independent, (1984-1988)
Maurizio Bevilacqua
Maurizio Bevilacqua
Maurizio Bevilacqua, PC, is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1988 to 2010 and was of eleven candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada but dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006...

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1988-1997)
Karen Kraft Sloan
Karen Kraft Sloan
Karen Kraft Sloan was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. By career, she is a teacher and consultant....

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, (1997-2004)

Members of Provincial Parliament from York North:

John McMurrich
John McMurrich
John McMurrich was a businessman and political figure in Canada West and later Ontario.He was born near Paisley, Scotland in 1804 and came to Upper Canada in 1833 to work in a York dry goods business affiliated with a Glasgow-based firm. He became a partner in 1837. McMurrich served on Toronto...

, Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

(1867-1871)
Alfred Boultbee
Alfred Boultbee
Alfred Boultbee was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented York North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874 and York East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.He was born in Hampshire, England in 1829 and came to Ancaster...

, Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

(1871-1874)
Joseph Henry Widdifield
Joseph Henry Widdifield
Joseph Henry Widdifield was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented York North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1888....

, Liberal (1875-1888)
Elihu James Davis, Liberal (1888-1904)
Thomas Herbert Lennox
Thomas Herbert Lennox
Thomas Herbert Lennox was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented York North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1923 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative member.He was born in Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, the son of...

, Conservative (1905-1923)
William Keith, Conservative (1923-1926)
Peter William Pearson, Liberal (1926-1929)
Clifford Case
Clifford Case (Canadian politician)
Clifford Case was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented York North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative member....

, Conservative (1929-1934)
Morgan Baker
Morgan Baker
Morgan Baker is an Australian child actor. He has been playing Callum Jones on the soap opera Neighbours since June 2008.-Career:...

, Liberal (1934-1943)
George Herbert Mitchell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...

(1943-1945)
Addison Alex MacKenzie, Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

(1945-1967)
William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson, Progressive Conservative (1967-1985)
Greg Sorbara
Greg Sorbara
Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...

, Liberal (1985-1987)
Charles Beer
Charles Beer
John Charles McWaters Beer is a former Canadian politician...

, Liberal (1987-1995)
Frank Klees
Frank Klees
Frank Klees is a Canadian politician and the Progressive Conservative member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Newmarket—Aurora north of Toronto. He was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election placing second behind victor Tim Hudak.-Early life:Klees was born...

, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)
Julia Munro
Julia Munro
Julia Munro is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of York—Simcoe for the Progressive Conservative Party....

, Progressive Conservative (1999-2007, riding redistributed)

Evolution of the riding

The British North America Act, 1867 designated the electoral districts to be used in elected the members of the House of Commons. By virtue of the size of its population, the County of York was divided into a number of ridings, instead of being allocated one seat in the House of Commons like many other counties. The initial boundaries of the North Riding of York were defined in 1859 to consist of the Township of King, Whitchurch, Georgina, East Gwillimbury and North Gwillimbury, and the Villages of Aurora, Newmarket and Holland Landing. Over time, the boundaries weer adjusted as the City of Toronto expanded, and as the population of the area grew.

In 1882, the North Riding of the county of York was redefined to consist of the townships of King, East Gwillimbury, West Gwillimbury, North Gwillimbury and Georgina, and the villages of Holland Landing, Bradford and Aurora.

In 1903, the north riding was redefined to consist of the townships of Georgina, Gwillimbury East, Gwillimbury North, King and Whitchurch, the towns of Aurora and Newmarket, and the villages of Holland Landing, Stouffville and Sutton.

In 1924, York North was defined as consisting of all that part of the county of York lying north of the southerly boundary of the townships of Vaughan and Markham. In 1933, it boundary of the townships of North York and Whitchurch, excluding the village of Stouffville. In 1947, it was redefined to consist of that part of the county of York lying north of the line being the southerly boundary of the township of North York, Yonge Street and the southerly boundary of the township of Markham.

In 1952, it was defined as consisting of that part of the county of York lying north of Highway 7, excluding the town of Woodbridge.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of a north-central section of the Borough of North York

North York, Ontario

North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...

in Metropolitan Toronto, the Town of Richmond Hill, the Township of Markham excluding the Village of Stouffville, and part of the Township of Vaughan.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan in the Regional Municipality of York. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Aurora, Richmond Hill and Vaughan, and the southern part of the Township of King.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the towns of East Gwillimbury, Georgina and Newmarket, the northwest part of the Township of King, and Georgina Island Indian Reserve No. 33.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Newmarket—Aurora

Newmarket—Aurora

, Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham

and York—Simcoe

York—Simcoe

electoral districts.

North Riding of the county of York

Provincial election results

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|Julia Munro

Julia Munro

Julia Munro is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of York—Simcoe for the Progressive Conservative Party....

|align="right"|24517
|align="right"|47.19
|align="right"|-14.62
|-

|John Taylor
|align="right"|21054
|align="right"|40.53
|align="right"|7.64
|-

|Sylvia Gerl
|align="right"|4029
|align="right"|7.76
|align="right"|3.09
|-

|Bob Burrows
|align="right"|1854
|align="right"|3.57
|-

|Simone Williams
|align="right"|497
|align="right"|0.96
|}

|-

|Julia Munro

Julia Munro

Julia Munro is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of York—Simcoe for the Progressive Conservative Party....

|align="right"|29613
|align="right"|61.81
|-

|John Volpe
|align="right"|15755
|align="right"|32.89
|-

|Steve Saysell
|align="right"|2236
|align="right"|4.67
|-

|Kwok-Lin Mary Wan
|align="right"|305
|align="right"|0.64
|}

External links

Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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