York East was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 1867, the same year as the beginning of the country and it elected members up until 1999 when it was dissolved. Initially it covered a large swath of territory stretching from Lake Ontario north to Richmond Hill. It was formed based on the eastern part of the county of York. Over time as the population increased, the territory was reduced. By the late 1950s it represented only a portion of the borough of East York, a small municipality on the edge of Toronto. In 1999 it was abolished and its remaining territory was distributed between Beaches—East York and Don Valley West ridings.

Boundaries In 1867, the County of York was subdivided into three ridings, York East, York North, and York West. York East consisted of the townships of Markham, Scarborough, and any areas east of Yonge Street excluding the city of Toronto. It also included the village of Yorkville. These boundaries coincided with the Federal riding of the same name. In 1874, the village of Richmond Hill was removed. In 1885, Richmond Hill was added back.

In 1926 portions of the riding were lost to the new ridings of Eglinton and Beaches. This reflected changes to the boundaries of the city of Toronto.

In 1955, following the incorporation of Metropolitan Toronto, Scarborough Township was separated and York Scarborough became a separate riding. Eight years later, that riding was divided into four further separate ridings.

By 1963, the boundaries had been reduced to encompass a portion of territory within the bounds of Metro Toronto. This consisted of the area South of Steeles Avenue East, west of Victoria Park Avenue and east of Yonge Street, excluding the area within the old city of Toronto. Also in 1963, the riding was subdivided into three parts. The northern portion became the new riding of York Mills, the middle portion became the riding of Don Mills and the southern portion retained the name York East.

Except for minor boundary changes, the riding stayed much the same until it was dissolved in 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

1977 Robert Elgie (PC) 14131 Lois Cox (NDP) 8334 Mike Kenny (L) 7126 Chris Greenland (Ind [SC?]) 265 Maura O'Neill (Comm) 245 Paul Wakfer (Lbt) 144

1981 Robert Elgie (PC) 14562 Lois Cox (NDP) 4935 Don McNeill (L) 4811 Ed McDonald (Comm) 628 E. Scott Hughes (Unparty) 460

1985 Robert Elgie (PC) 11459 Gord Crann (NDP) 9183 Omar Chaudhery (L) 6629 Ed McDonald (Comm) 929 Kathy Sorensen (Lbt) 410

1987 Christine Hart (L) 15683 Peter Oyler (PC) 7352 Sophia Apostolides (NDP) 7056 Chris Frazer (Comm) 527

1990 Gary Malkowski (NDP) 10,689 (35.8%) Christine Hart (L) 9900 (33.2%) George Bryson (PC) 8021 (26.9%) Jim Copeland 380 (1.3%) Bedora Bojman (G) 364 (1.2%) John Matthew (Lbt) 303 (1.0%) Chris Frazer (Comm) 191 (0.6%)

1995 John Parker (PC) 12789 Gary Malkowski (NDP) 9526 Steve Mastoras (L) 7398 Steve Kotsopoulos (Ind) 497 John Richardson (Ind) 251 Marilyn Pepper (NLP) 243

See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

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