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Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolition, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park and the southern part of Don Mills in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue). It was abolished into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York.

Don Mills

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1996
First contested	1963
Last contested	1999
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	East York, North York Toronto (1998–1999)

The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers Dennis Timbrell and David Johnson at different times. The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963, one of several new ridings in Metro. The initial boundaries were the North York city limits on the south and east and west and Lawrence Avenue East formed the northern boundary.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Don Mills
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from part of York East riding in 1963
27th	1963–1967		Stanley Randall	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		Dennis Timbrell
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Murad Velshi	Liberal
35th	1990–1993		Margery Ward[nb 1]	New Democratic
	1993–1995		David Johnson	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York after 1999

Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Randall	9,708	51.64
	New Democratic	James Renwick	5,252	27.93
	Liberal	David Stewart	3,841	20.43
Total valid votes			18,801
Source:[3]

1967 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Randall	9,646	41.45	-10.18
	New Democratic	Chris Smith	8,747	37.59	+9.65
	Liberal	Gordon Ryan	4,656	20.01	-0.42
	Social Credit	Alton Beacock	222	0.95
Total valid votes			23,271
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.92
Source:[4]

1971 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Timbrell	16,102	50.80	+9.35
	New Democratic	James Norton	10,116	31.91	-5.67
	Liberal	Michael Kusner	5,481	17.29	-2.72
Total valid votes			31,699	99.68
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			103	0.32
Turnout			31,802	74.18
Eligible voters			42,873
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.51
Source:[5][6]

1975 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Timbrell	14,007	46.59	-4.20
	New Democratic	Robert Sherwood	8,074	26.86	-5.05
	Liberal	Donalda Wright	7,981	26.55	+9.26
Total valid votes			30,062	99.32
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			207	0.68	+0.36
Turnout			30,269	60.68	-13.50
Eligible voters			49,885
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.43
Source:[7][8]

1977 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Timbrell	17,005	55.20	+8.60
	New Democratic	Stephen Thomas	8,125	26.37	-0.48
	Liberal	Andrew Meles	4,906	15.92	-10.62
	Libertarian	Michael Martin	772	2.51
Total valid votes			30,808	99.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			201	0.65	-0.04
Turnout			31,009	61.14	+0.46
Eligible voters			52,525
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.54
Source:[9][10]

1981 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Timbrell	17,516	63.99	+8.80
	Liberal	Murad Velshi	5,368	19.61	+3.69
	New Democratic	Michael Wyatt	4,487	16.39	-9.98
Total valid votes			27,371	99.17
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			229	0.83	+0.18
Turnout			27,600	52.55	-8.59
Eligible voters			52,525
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.56
Source:[11][12]

1985 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Timbrell	15,481	50.72	-13.27
	Liberal	John Atkin	7,504	24.59	+4.98
	New Democratic	Michael Wyatt	6,153	20.16	+3.77
	Independent	Gary Watson	1,382	4.53
Total valid votes			30,520	99.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			259	0.84	+0.01
Turnout			30,779	57.52	+4.98
Eligible voters			53,506
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.12
Source:[13][14]

v t e 1987 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murad Velshi	11,083	40.70	+16.11
	Progressive Conservative	David Lindsay	8,666	31.82	-18.90
	New Democratic	Margery Ward	6,424	23.59	+3.43
	Independent	David Smith	586	2.15
	Freedom	David Pengally	475	1.74
Total valid votes			27,234	98.96
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots			285	1.04	+0.19
Turnout			27,519	59.14	+1.61
Eligible voters			46,534
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+17.51
Source: [15][16]

v t e 1990 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Margery Ward	9,740	34.20	+10.61
	Liberal	Murad Velshi	8,786	30.85	-9.85
	Progressive Conservative	Nola Crewe	7,631	26.79	-5.03
	Libertarian	David Miller	742	2.61
	Green	Katherine Mathewson	608	2.13
	Independent	Colin McKay	562	1.97
	Freedom	David Pengally	414	1.45	-0.29
Total valid votes			28,483	98.54
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots			421	1.46	+0.42
Turnout			28,904	64.23	+5.10
Eligible voters			44,998
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.23
Source: [17]

Ontario provincial by-election, April 1, 1993 Death of Margery Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Johnson	9,143	51.87	+25.07
	Liberal	Murad Velshi	5,583	31.67	+0.82
	New Democratic	Chandran Mylvaganam	1,513	8.58	-25.61
	Independent	Diane Johnston	498	2.83
	Family Coalition	Denise Mountenay	383	2.17
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	206	1.17
	Freedom	David Pengelly	161	0.91	-0.54
	Green	Sat Khalsa	141	0.80	-1.33
Total valid votes			17,628	98.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			250	1.40	-0.06
Turnout			17,878	42.88	-21.36
Eligible voters			41,695
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.34
Source(s) [18][19]

v t e 1995 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Johnson	14,897	53.36	+1.49
	Liberal	Richard Gosling	7,607	27.25	-4.42
	New Democratic	Janaki Bala-Krishnan	4,569	16.37	+7.78
	Freedom	David Pengelly	253	0.91	-1.27
	Independent	Mario M. Ribiero	243	0.87
	Natural Law	Lawrence Corp	231	0.83
	Independent	Lee Wildgen	119	0.43
Total valid votes			27,919	98.80
Total rejected ballots			339	1.20	-0.20
Turnout			28,258	66.09	+23.21
Eligible voters			42,758
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.96
Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.[20]

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