Armourdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 1963 provincial election until it was eliminated in 1987, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills. Armourdale was created from part of the former riding of York Centre. It was in the former borough of North York and occupied an area to the west of Yonge Street and east of Bathurst Street.
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Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Philip Givens who was a former mayor of Toronto. He ran in 1975 against Mel Lastman who went on to become mayor of North York and Toronto.
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1963 Ontario general election
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[2] |
Vote % |
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Progressive Conservative |
Gordon Carton |
10,245 |
50.1 |
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Liberal |
Allan Hollingworth |
6,037 |
29.5 |
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New Democrat |
Vince Kelly |
4,171 |
20.4 |
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Total |
20,453 |
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1967 Ontario general election
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[3] |
Vote % |
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Progressive Conservative |
Gordon Carton |
10,706 |
44.3 |
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Liberal |
Donald Brill |
6,864 |
28.4 |
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New Democrat |
Harold Koehler |
6,603 |
27.3 |
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Total |
24,173 |
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1971 Ontario general election
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[4] |
Vote % |
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Progressive Conservative |
Gordon Carton |
16,166 |
50.0 |
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Liberal |
Donald Copley |
8,629 |
26.7 |
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New Democrat |
Harold Koehler |
7,554 |
23.4 |
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Total |
32,349 |
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1977 Ontario general election
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[6][nb 1] |
Vote % |
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Progressive Conservative |
Bruce McCaffrey |
13,371 |
43.2 |
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Liberal |
Des Newman |
10,837 |
35.0 |
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New Democrat |
Marlene Koehler |
6,264 |
20.2 |
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Libertarian | Bruce Evoy | 265 | 0.9 |
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Independent |
David L. Wragett |
250 |
0.8 |
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Total |
30,987 |
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1981 Ontario general election
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[7][nb 2] |
Vote % |
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Progressive Conservative |
Bruce McCaffrey |
15,400 |
54.5 |
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Liberal |
Tim Rutledge |
8,767 |
31.0 |
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New Democrat |
Bob Hebdon |
4,085 |
14.5 |
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Total |
28,252 |
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Notes
218 out of 220 polls reporting.
225 out of 226 polls reporting.
Citations
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.