York—Humber (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

York—Humber
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

York—Humber was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of York South riding.

York—Humber consisted of the towns of Mimico and Weston (excluding the Ellis Court Apartments), the village of Swansea, and parts of the townships of Etobicoke and York in what was later known as Metropolitan Toronto.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was re-distributed between Etobicoke, High Park, Lakeshore, York South and York West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from York South
22nd	1953–1957	Margaret Aitken	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Ralph Cowan	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into York South, York West, Etobicoke, High Park and Lakeshore

Election results

1953 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Margaret Aitken	11,157
Liberal	Kenneth L. Thompson	11,090
Co-operative Commonwealth	Jennie B. Prosser	4,924

1957 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Margaret Aitken	18,449
Liberal	Kenneth L. Thompson	10,851
Co-operative Commonwealth	Margaret Thetford	4,872
Social Credit	Charles R. Ellis	1,324

1958 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Margaret Aitken	23,723
Liberal	Elena Murdock Dacosta	9,557
Co-operative Commonwealth	Leonard Collins	6,257

1962 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Ralph Cowan	15,526
Progressive Conservative	Margaret Aitken	14,864
New Democratic	Charles Millard	11,622
Social Credit	Ronald G. Sibbald	564

1963 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Ralph Cowan	20,188
Progressive Conservative	M. Douglas Morton	12,218
New Democratic	Charlie H. Millard	11,821

1965 Canadian federal election
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Ralph Cowan	17,172
New Democratic	Don Stevenson	12,792
Progressive Conservative	Victor Colebourn	11,325
New Capitalist	D. C. Tilley	235

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central
Ontario

Barrie—Innisfil
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Dufferin—Caledon
Durham
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Newmarket—Aurora
Northumberland—Peterborough South
Peterborough—Kawartha
Simcoe—Grey
Simcoe North
York—Simcoe

Eastern
Ontario

Bay of Quinte
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Hastings—Lennox and Addington
Kingston and the Islands
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
(federal electoral district)|Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

S Durham
& York

SW Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby
S York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough-Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest
Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of
Brampton &
Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West
Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington
City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines