Dovercourt (provincial electoral district)

Dovercourt was the name of a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from the 1926 election to the 1999 election. When it was established, it bordered Brockton on to the west, York South to the north, and Bracondale on the east. Lake Ontario was its southern border for most of its existence. At its abolition in 1999, it consisted of that part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by the former city limits, on the east by Bathurst Street, on the south by Bloor Street and on the west by the CN Railway and St. Clair Avenue. It was redistributed into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings.

Dovercourt

Ontario electoral district
Dovercourt in context with the other Toronto ridings in 1926.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1996
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995

Members of Provincial Parliament

Dovercourt
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Prior to 1926 part of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings[1]
17th	1926–1929		Samuel Wright	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		William Duckworth[nb 1][nb 2]	Conservative
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945			Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		George Eamon Park	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		David Kerr	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		Andy Thompson	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Dante De Monte	Liberal
29th	1971–1975		George Adam Nixon	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Tony Lupusella[nb 3]	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990			Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Tony Silipo	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings after 1999

Election results

1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[1][3][nb 4]	Vote %
	Conservative	Samuel T. Wright	6,240	67.3
	Liberal	Angus Gillies	3,033	32.7
		Total	9,273

1929 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	S.T. Wright	4,511	67.9
	Liberal	Robert D. Stanley	2,131	32.1
		Total	6,642

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

1934 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	William Duckworth	9,253	41.1
	Liberal	J.M. Darymple	8,874	39.4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Cruden	4,196	18.6
	Labour	James Reid	217	1.0
		Total	22,540

1937 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6][nb 5]	Vote %
	Conservative	William Duckworth	10,647	49.2
	Liberal	Robert Leslie	8,066	37.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Kelly	2,508	11.6
	Labour	John Berry	273	1.3
	Liberal Progressive	Robert Harding	154	0.7
		Total	21,648

1943 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	William Duckworth	7,080	44.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Dowling	5,049	31.4
	Liberal	Cyril Young	2,516	15.6
	Independent-CCF	George Granell	1,441	9.0
		Total	16,086

1945 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	William Duckworth	11,507	46.6
	Co-operative Commonwealth	W.R. Lucas	6,676	27.0
	Liberal	Harold Locke	5,320	21.5
	Labor–Progressive	E. Morton	1,193	4.8
		Total	24,696

1948 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[9]	Vote %
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eamon Park	12,244	48.2
	Progressive Conservative	William Duckworth	9,186	36.2
	Liberal	O.H. Dunn	3,977	15.7
		Total	25,407

1951 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	David Kerr	8,566	39.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eamon Park	8,110	36.9
	Liberal	Pat Roach	5,298	24.1
		Total	21,974

1955 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[11]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	David Kerr	6,242	36.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eamon Park	5,867	33.9
	Liberal	Harold Lockie	4,639	26.8
	Labor–Progressive	George Jackson	561	3.2
		Total	17,309

1959 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[12]	Vote %
	Liberal	Andrew Thompson	5,308	35.1
	Progressive Conservative	David Kerr	4,948	32.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gordon Brennan	4,418	29.2
	Labor–Progressive	J. Jackson	469	3.1
		Total	15,143

1963 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[13]	Vote %
	Liberal	Andrew Thompson	6,919	45.7
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Odette	4,794	31.6
	New Democrat	John E. White	3,443	22.7
		Total

1966 boundaries

1967 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[14]	Vote %
	Liberal	Dante DeMonte	6,184	44.0
	New Democrat	Otto Bressan	4,598	32.7
	Progressive Conservative	Kay Armstrong	2,841	20.2
	Communist	Bruce Magnuson	426	3.0
		Total	14,049

1971 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[15]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	George Nixon	6,227	34.7
	New Democrat	Steve Penner	6,172	34.4
	Liberal	Dante DeMonte	5,130	28.6
	Communist	William Stewart	434	2.4
		Total

1974 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[16][17]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Lupusella	5,748	41.8
	Progressive Conservative	George Nixon	4,385	31.9
	Liberal	Agosto Venier	3,013	21.9
	Communist	William Stewart	500	3.6
	Independent	Hugh Yearwood	91	0.7
		Total

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[18]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Lupusella	7,289	48.0
	Progressive Conservative	George Nixon	4,294	28.3
	Liberal	A. David MacDonald	3,097	20.4
	Communist	William Stewart	372	2.4
	Libertarian	Maureen Cain	133	0.9
		Total	15,185

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[19]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Lupusella	5,309	37.4
	Liberal	Gil Gillespie	5,088	35.8
	Progressive Conservative	John Burgana	3,386	23.8
	Independent	Vince Comero	258	1.8
	Communist	Mel Doig	164	1.2
		Total	14,205

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[20]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Lupusella	6,672	39.5
	Liberal	Gil Gillespie	6,373	37.7
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Palozzi	3,557	21.0
	Communist	Gordon Massie	298	1.8
		Total	16,900

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[21]	Vote %
	Liberal	Tony Lupusella	10,138	50.3
	New Democrat	Ross McClellan	9,184	45.6
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Panzica	500	2.5
	Libertarian	D'Arcy Cain	330	1.6
		Total	20,152

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[22]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Silipo	10,966	54.1
	Liberal	Tony Lupusella	6,894	34.0
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Brown	1,272	6.3
	Green	Norman Allan	581	2.9
	Libertarian	Fred Lambert	566	2.8
		Total	20,279

1995 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[23]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Tony Silipo	9,049	47.2
	Liberal	Maria Dasilva-Skultety	5,561	29.0
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Mansfield	3,560	18.6
	Green	Shelley Lipsey	390	2.0
	Independent	Amani Oakley	261	1.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	179	0.9
	Libertarian	Douglas Quinn	161	0.8
		Total	19,161

References

Notes

1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
2. The Conservative party changed their name to Progressive Conservative before the 1943 election.
3. On December 17, 1986 crossed the floor to sit as a Liberal.
4. 55 out of 65 polls reporting.
5. 153 out of 161 polls reporting.

Citations

1. Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe. Toronto. p. 7.
2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Samuel Wright's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Thomas Wright, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For William Duckworth's Legislative Assembly information see "William Duckworth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For George Park's Legislative Assembly information see "George Eamon Park, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For David Kerr's Legislative Assembly information see "David McMaster Kerr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For Andrew Thompson's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew Ernest Joseph Thompson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Dante De Monte's Legislative Assembly information see "Dante Matthew De Monte, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For George Nixon's Legislative Assembly information see "George Adam Nixon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Antonio Lupusella's Legislative Assembly information see "Antonio Lupusella, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Tony Silipo's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony Silipo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
3. "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition). Toronto. 1926-12-01. p. 1.
4. "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1929-10-31. p. 43.
5. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
6. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
7. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
8. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
9. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
10. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
11. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
12. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
13. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
14. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
15. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
16. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
17. 109 out of 113 polls reporting.
18. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
19. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
20. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
21. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
22. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
23. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-04.