York—Humber (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Humber (provincial electoral district).

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	Member		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada