Durham (provincial electoral district)

Durham

Ontario electoral district
Durham in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Granville Anderson Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,500
Electors (2007)	83,221
Area (km²)	1,625
Pop. density (per km²)	72.9
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Clarington, Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Scugog, Uxbridge

For information on the Durham federal electoral district, see Durham (electoral district).

Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975.

The Durham provincial riding was created in 1999 when Ontario adopted federal riding boundaries for provincial elections purposes. It was created from Durham East and Oshawa

It consisted initially of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.

In 2007, the riding gained the Township of Uxbridge but lost all of its territory in Oshawa.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
17th	1926–1929		John Bragg	Liberal
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943		Cecil Mercer
21st	1943–1945		Percival Vivian	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		John Foote
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		Hugh Carruthers
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Durham East and Oshawa
37th	1999–2003		John O'Toole	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present		Granville Anderson	Liberal

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Granville Anderson	19,816	36.45	+7.10
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Patrick	18,640	34.29	−14.78
	New Democratic	Derek Spence	13,094	24.08	+6.49
	Green	Halyna Zalucky	2,382	4.39	+1.70
	Libertarian	Conner Toye	434	0.80	−0.13
Total valid votes			54,336	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.94
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	22,393	49.07	+2.14
	Liberal	Betty Somerville	13,394	29.35	−2.83
	New Democratic	James Terry	8,027	17.59	+5.53
	Green	Edward Yaghledjian	1,221	2.68	−6.15
	Libertarian	Blaize Barnicoat	424	0.93
	Freedom	David Strutt	172	0.38
Total valid votes			45,631	100.0	−0.41
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			173	0.38	−0.14
Turnout			45,804	49.74	−4.60
Eligible Voters			92,906		+9.62
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.49
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	21,515	46.96	−0.14
	Liberal	Betty Somerville	14,730	32.15	−4.61
	New Democratic	Catherine Robinson	5,521	12.05	−0.36
	Green	June Davies	4,053	8.85	+6.51
Total valid votes			45,819	100.0	−9.39
Total Rejected Ballots			240	0.52	−0.22
Voter Turnout			46,059	54.34	−4.06
Eligible Voters			84,755		−2.85
Sources:

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	23,814	47.09	−9.98
	Liberal	Garry Minnie	18,590	36.76	+4.64
	New Democratic	Teresa Williams	6,274	12.41	+3.15
	Green	Gordon H. Macdonald	1,183	2.34	+1.32
	Freedom	Cathy McKeever	707	1.40
Total valid votes			50,568	100.0	+10.55
Total Rejected Ballots			378	0.74	+0.19
Voter Turnout			50,946	58.40	−0.11
Eligible Voters			87,237		+10.98
Sources:

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	John O'Toole	26,103	57.07
	Liberal	Garry Minnie	14,694	32.12
	New Democratic	Jim Morrison	4,235	9.26
	Green	Gail Thompson	467	1.02
	Natural Law	Jacinthe Millaire	242	0.53
Total valid votes			45,741	100.0
Total Rejected Ballots			253	0.55
Voter Turnout			45,994	58.51
Eligible Voters			78,608
Sources:

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,290	67.3
	Mixed member proportional	14,750	32.7
	Total valid votes	45,040	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results