# Durham West (provincial electoral district)

Durham West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It contained the towns of Pickering and Ajax.
The riding first existed from 1867 until 1926, when it was distributed into the Durham riding. When Durham was split back into Durham East and Durham West, as well as Durham North in 1975, the riding existed until 1999 when it was redistributed into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Durham West :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John McLeod | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1871–1871 | Edward Blake | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | John McLeod | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John McLeod | Liberal |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | James McLaughlin | Liberal |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | James McLaughlin | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | James McLaughlin | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | William Lockhart | Liberal |
| 8th | 1894–1898 | William Reid | Conservative-Protestant Protective Association |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | William Reid | Conservative |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | William Rickard | Liberal |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | John Devitt | Conservative |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | John Devitt | Conservative |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | John Devitt | Conservative |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | John Devitt | Conservative |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | William Bragg | Liberal |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Bragg | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved, 1926-1975 |||||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Charles Godfrey | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | George Ashe | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | George Ashe | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | George Ashe | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Norah Stoner | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Jim Wiseman | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Janet Ecker | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax before the 1999 election |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John McLeod | 1,473 | 68.80 |
| | Conservative | W. Martin | 668 | 31.20 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,141 | 77.43 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,765 |
| | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1871 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Edward Blake | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, January 1872 Resignation of Edward Blake :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John McLeod | Acclaimed |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:65}$ |||||||
vte1875 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John McLeod | 1,257 | 53.95 |
| | Conservative | J. McClung | 1,073 | 46.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,330 | 71.52 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 3,258 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1879 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Wellington McLaughlin | 1,467 | 52.66 | −1.29 |
| | Conservative | Mr. Colville | 1,319 | 47.34 | +1.29 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,786 | 72.89 | +1.38 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 3,822 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −1.29 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||