Oriole (provincial electoral district)

Oriole was a provincial electoral district in North York, Ontario, Canada. It was created from York Mills riding in 1975 and merged into Willowdale and Don Valley East ridings after 1999.

Oriole

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1975
District abolished	1996
First contested	1975
Last contested	1995

There were three members who represented this riding during its history, most notably Elinor Caplan and her son David Caplan, both of whom held cabinet posts during their incumbency.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oriole
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from York Mills riding in 1975
30th	1975–1977		John Williams	Progressive Conservative
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Elinor Caplan[nb 1]	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1997
	1997–1999		David Caplan
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Willowdale and Don Valley East ridings after 1999

Election results

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[2]	Vote %
	Conservative	John Williams	12,327	38.8
	Liberal	Bob Reid	12,035	37.9
	New Democrat	Ken Crooke	7,409	23.3
		Total	31,771

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	John Williams	14,127	44.3
	Liberal	Luella Lumley	9,669	30.3
	New Democrat	Fred Birket	6,697	21.0
	Independent	Jim McMillan	915	2.9
	Libertarian	Paul Miniato	280	0.9
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	179	0.6
		Total	31,867

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	John Williams	15,644	49.7
	Liberal	David Pretty	11,400	36.2
	New Democrat	Lynn McDonald	4,445	14.1
		Total	31,489

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	17,406	48.8
	Conservative	John Williams	13,501	37.8
	New Democrat	Lorne Strachan	3,659	10.3
	Libertarian	George Graham	1,105	3.1
		Total	35,671

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	16,229	59.7
	Conservative	Frudelle Briel	5,709	21.0
	New Democrat	Judy Rebick	4,407	16.2
	Libertarian	George Graham	822	3.0
		Total	27,167

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	10,680	41.8
	New Democrat	Lennox Farrell	8,478	33.1
	Conservative	Sam Bilich	5,475	21.4
	Libertarian	Roland Brown	596	2.3
	Green	Greg Knittl	350	1.4
		Total	25,579

1995 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8]	Vote %
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	11,164	43.7
	Conservative	Paul Sutherland	10,130	39.6
	New Democrat	David Cox	3,665	14.3
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	243	1.0
	Natural Law	Donna Anderson	227	0.9
	Green	Don Roebuck	115	0.4
		Total	25,544

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 4, 1997
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Caplan	9,954
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	5,163
	New Democratic	Jim Kafieh	1,700
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	132
	Green	Shelly Lipsey	96

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