Armourdale (electoral district)

Armourdale
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1985
First contested	1963
Last contested	1987
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Armourdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 1963 provincial election until it was eliminated in 1987, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills. Armourdale was created from part of the former riding of York Centre. It was in the former borough of North York and occupied an area to the west of Yonge Street and east of Bathurst Street.

Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Philip Givens who was a former mayor of Toronto. He ran in 1975 against Mel Lastman who went on to become mayor of North York and Toronto.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Armourdale
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Created from York Centre in 1963*
27th	1963–1967		Gordon Carton	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Phil Givens	Liberal
31st	1977–1981		Bruce McCaffrey	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Wilson Heights, Willowdale, and York Mills ridings after 1987*

Electoral results

**1963 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[2]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Gordon Carton	10,245	50.1
Liberal	Allan Hollingworth	6,037	29.5
New Democrat	Vince Kelly	4,171	20.4
	Total	20,453

**1967 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[3]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Gordon Carton	10,706	44.3
Liberal	Donald Brill	6,864	28.4
New Democrat	Harold Koehler	6,603	27.3
	Total	24,173

**1971 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[4]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Gordon Carton	16,166	50.0
Liberal	Donald Copley	8,629	26.7
New Democrat	Harold Koehler	7,554	23.4
	Total	32,349

**1975 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[5]	Vote %
Liberal	Phil Givens	14,739	43.9
Progressive Conservative	Mel Lastman	12,100	35.9
New Democrat	M. Mocciola	6,255	18.6
Independent	David Liddiard	583	1.7
	Total	33,677

**1977 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[6]^{[nb 1]}	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Bruce McCaffrey	13,371	43.2
Liberal	Des Newman	10,837	35.0
New Democrat	Marlene Koehler	6,264	20.2
Libertarian	Bruce Evoy	265	0.9
Independent	David L. Wragett	250	0.8
	Total	30,987

**1981 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[7]^{[nb 2]}	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Bruce McCaffrey	15,400	54.5
Liberal	Tim Rutledge	8,767	31.0
New Democrat	Bob Hebdon	4,085	14.5
	Total	28,252

**1985 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[8]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Bruce McCaffrey	13,385	41.1
Liberal	Gino Matrundola	13,229	40.6
New Democrat	Bob Hebdon	5,492	16.9
Libertarian	Simon Srdarev	446	1.4
	Total	32,552

References

Notes

^ 218 out of 220 polls reporting.
^ 225 out of 226 polls reporting.

Citations

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For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
^ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
^ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
^ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
^ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

[7] 218 out of 220 polls reporting.

[9] 225 out of 226 polls reporting.

[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[4] For Gordon Carton's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Robert Carton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[5] For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[6] For Bruce McCaffrey's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce McCaffrey, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[1963_Election_Results-2] Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.

[1967_Election_Results-3] Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.

[1971_Election_Results-4] Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.

[1975_Election_Results-5] Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.

[1977_Election_Results-6] Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.

[1981_Election_Results-8] Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[1985_Election_Results-10] Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

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