# Humber (provincial electoral district)

Humber was a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1955 provincial election from parts of the York West and York South ridings. It was eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Humber was located in the municipalities of York, Toronto, and Etobicoke.
The riding went through two name changes and several boundary changes during its lifetime. From 1955 to 1963 it was known as York—Humber and existed mostly on the east side of the Humber River. From 1963 to 1987 it was known as Humber, and in 1987 it was changed to Etobicoke-Humber. From 1963 onwards it was mostly on the west side of the river.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Created from York West and York South ridings in 1955 |||||
| York—Humber |||||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Bev Lewis | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Bev Lewis | Progressive Conservative |
| Humber |||||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Bev Lewis | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | George Ben | Liberal |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Nick Leluk | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | John MacBeth | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | John MacBeth | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Morley Kells | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Jim Henderson | Liberal |
| Etobicoke—Humber |||||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Jim Henderson | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Jim Henderson | Liberal |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Doug Ford Sr. | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke—Lakeshore ridings after 1996 |||||

## Election results
### York—Humber

1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | W. Beverley Lewis | 11,814 | 44.3 |
| Liberal | Peter Slaght | 7,684 | 28.8 |
| CCF | F. Stroud | 6,284 | 23.5 |
| Labour-Progressive | Art Jenkyn | 913 | 3.4 |
| | Total | 26,695 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | W. Beverley Lewis | 11,785 | 44.0 |
| Liberal | John Van Esterik | 8,518 | 31.8 |
| CCF | Alex Maxwell | 6,499 | 24.2 |
| | Total | 26,802 | |

### Humber

1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Bev Lewis | 10,119 | 45.7 |
| Liberal | Dante DeMonte | 6,877 | 31.0 |
| New Democrat | John Whitehouse | 5,164 | 23.3 |
| | Total | 22,160 | |
1967 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | George Ben | 8,036 | 34.5 |
| New Democrat | K. Cummings | 7,888 | 33.9 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bev Lewis | 7,369 | 31.6 |
| | Total | 23,293 | |
1971 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Nick Leluk | 11,699 | 42.5 |
| New Democrat | K. Cummings | 8,206 | 29.8 |
| Liberal | George Ben | 7,637 | 27.7 |
| | Total | 27,542 | |
1975 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John MacBeth | 17,576 | 44.4 |
| Liberal | Alex Marchetti | 14,408 | 36.4 |
| New Democrat | Bob Curran | 7,639 | 19.3 |
| | Total | 39,623 | |
1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John MacBeth | 19,457 | 50.1 |
| Liberal | John M. Dods | 10,651 | 27.4 |
| New Democrat | Bob Curran | 7,828 | 20.1 |
| Libertarian | Sheldon M. Gold | 516 | 1.3 |
| Communist | Kris Hansen | 397 | 1.0 |
| | Total | 38,849 | |
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Morley Kells | 21,115 | 60.5 |
| Liberal | Jim Mills | 10,177 | 29.1 |
| New Democrat | Jacquie Chic | 3,634 | 10.4 |
| | Total | 34,926 | |
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 18,044 | 45.9 |
| Progressive Conservative | Morley Kells | 16,141 | 41.0 |
| New Democrat | Peter Sutherland | 5,148 | 13.1 |
| | Total | 39,333 | |

### Etobicoke—Humber

1987 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 21,527 | 60.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | Avie Flaherty | 8,125 | 22.9 |
| New Democrat | Peter Sutherland | 4,563 | 12.9 |
| Family Coalition | George Hartwell | 1,209 | 3.4 |
| | Total | 35,424 | |
1990 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 13,965 | 38.7 |
| New Democrat | Russ Springate | 10,361 | 28.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Aileen Anderson | 9,487 | 26.3 |
| Family Coalition | Tony Dodds | 1,324 | 3.7 |
| Green | David Moore | 605 | 1.7 |
| Libertarian | Alan D'Orsay | 388 | 1.1 |
| | Total | 36,130 | |
1995 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Ford | 18,128 | 51.3 |
| Liberal | Jim Henderson | 13,634 | 38.6 |
| New Democrat | Osman Ali | 3,100 | 8.8 |
| Independent | Omar Mohamed | 257 | 0.7 |
| Natural Law | Lawrence Staranchuk | 196 | 0.6 |
| Independent | Mohamoud Sheik-nor | 51 | 0.1 |
| | Total | 35,366 | |