# Don Mills (electoral district)

Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolition, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park and the southern part of Don Mills in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue). It was abolished into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York.
The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers Dennis Timbrell and David Johnson at different times. The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

## Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963, one of several new ridings in Metro. The initial boundaries were the North York city limits on the south and east and west and Lawrence Avenue East formed the northern boundary.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Don Mills :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Created from part of York East riding in 1963 |||||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Stanley Randall | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Stanley Randall | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Dennis Timbrell | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Dennis Timbrell | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Dennis Timbrell | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Dennis Timbrell | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Dennis Timbrell | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Murad Velshi | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1993 | Margery Ward | New Democratic |
| 35th | 1993–1995 | David Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | David Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Don Valley East, Don Valley West and Beaches—East York after 1999 |||||

## Electoral results

1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Stanley Randall | 9,708 | 51.64 |
| | New Democratic | James Renwick | 5,252 | 27.93 |
| | Liberal | David Stewart | 3,841 | 20.43 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,801 |
| Source: |||||||
1967 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Stanley Randall | 9,646 | 41.45 | -10.18 |
| | New Democratic | Chris Smith | 8,747 | 37.59 | +9.65 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Ryan | 4,656 | 20.01 | -0.42 |
| | Social Credit | Alton Beacock | 222 | 0.95 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,271 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.92 |
| Source: |||||||
1971 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Timbrell | 16,102 | 50.80 | +9.35 |
| | New Democratic | James Norton | 10,116 | 31.91 | -5.67 |
| | Liberal | Michael Kusner | 5,481 | 17.29 | -2.72 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,699 | 99.68 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 103 | 0.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,802 | 74.18 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 42,873 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +7.51 |
| Source: |||||||
1975 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Timbrell | 14,007 | 46.59 | -4.20 |
| | New Democratic | Robert Sherwood | 8,074 | 26.86 | -5.05 |
| | Liberal | Donalda Wright | 7,981 | 26.55 | +9.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,062 | 99.32 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 207 | 0.68 | +0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,269 | 60.68 | -13.50 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 49,885 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +0.43 |
| Source: |||||||
1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Timbrell | 17,005 | 55.20 | +8.60 |
| | New Democratic | Stephen Thomas | 8,125 | 26.37 | -0.48 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Meles | 4,906 | 15.92 | -10.62 |
| | Libertarian | Michael Martin | 772 | 2.51 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,808 | 99.35 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 201 | 0.65 | -0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,009 | 61.14 | +0.46 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,525 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +4.54 |
| Source: |||||||
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Timbrell | 17,516 | 63.99 | +8.80 |
| | Liberal | Murad Velshi | 5,368 | 19.61 | +3.69 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Wyatt | 4,487 | 16.39 | -9.98 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,371 | 99.17 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 229 | 0.83 | +0.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,600 | 52.55 | -8.59 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,525 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.56 |
| Source: |||||||
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Timbrell | 15,481 | 50.72 | -13.27 |
| | Liberal | John Atkin | 7,504 | 24.59 | +4.98 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Wyatt | 6,153 | 20.16 | +3.77 |
| | Independent | Gary Watson | 1,382 | 4.53 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,520 | 99.16 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 259 | 0.84 | +0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,779 | 57.52 | +4.98 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 53,506 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.12 |
| Source: |||||||
vte1987 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Murad Velshi | 11,083 | 40.70 | +16.11 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Lindsay | 8,666 | 31.82 | -18.90 |
| | New Democratic | Margery Ward | 6,424 | 23.59 | +3.43 |
| | Independent | David Smith | 586 | 2.15 |
| | Freedom | David Pengally | 475 | 1.74 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,234 | 98.96 |
| Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | 285 | 1.04 | +0.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,519 | 59.14 | +1.61 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 46,534 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +17.51 |
| Source: |||||||
vte1990 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Margery Ward | 9,740 | 34.20 | +10.61 |
| | Liberal | Murad Velshi | 8,786 | 30.85 | -9.85 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nola Crewe | 7,631 | 26.79 | -5.03 |
| | Libertarian | David Miller | 742 | 2.61 |
| | Green | Katherine Mathewson | 608 | 2.13 |
| | Independent | Colin McKay | 562 | 1.97 |
| | Freedom | David Pengally | 414 | 1.45 | -0.29 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,483 | 98.54 |
| Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots | 421 | 1.46 | +0.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,904 | 64.23 | +5.10 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 44,998 |
| | New Democratic gain from Liberal | New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +10.23 |
| Source: |||||||
Ontario provincial by-election, April 1, 1993 Death of Margery Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dave Johnson | 9,143 | 51.87 | +25.07 |
| | Liberal | Murad Velshi | 5,583 | 31.67 | +0.82 |
| | New Democratic | Chandran Mylvaganam | 1,513 | 8.58 | -25.61 |
| | Independent | Diane Johnston | 498 | 2.83 |
| | Family Coalition | Denise Mountenay | 383 | 2.17 |
| | Independent | Bernadette Michael | 206 | 1.17 |
| | Freedom | David Pengelly | 161 | 0.91 | -0.54 |
| | Green | Sat Khalsa | 141 | 0.80 | -1.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,628 | 98.60 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 250 | 1.40 | -0.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,878 | 42.88 | -21.36 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 41,695 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +25.34 |
| Source(s) |||||||
vte1995 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dave Johnson | 14,897 | 53.36 | +1.49 |
| | Liberal | Richard Gosling | 7,607 | 27.25 | -4.42 |
| | New Democratic | Janaki Bala-Krishnan | 4,569 | 16.37 | +7.78 |
| | Freedom | David Pengelly | 253 | 0.91 | -1.27 |
| | Independent | Mario M. Ribiero | 243 | 0.87 |
| | Natural Law | Lawrence Corp | 231 | 0.83 |
| | Independent | Lee Wildgen | 119 | 0.43 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,919 | 98.80 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 339 | 1.20 | -0.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,258 | 66.09 | +23.21 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 42,758 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.96 |
| Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04. |||||||