# Dovercourt (provincial electoral district)

Dovercourt was the name of a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from the 1926 election to the 1999 election. When it was established, it bordered Brockton on to the west, York South to the north, and Bracondale on the east. Lake Ontario was its southern border for most of its existence. At its abolition in 1999, it consisted of that part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by the former city limits, on the east by Bathurst Street, on the south by Bloor Street and on the west by the CN Railway and St. Clair Avenue. It was redistributed into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Dovercourt :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Prior to 1926 part of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Samuel Wright | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Samuel Wright | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | William Duckworth | Conservative |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | William Duckworth | Conservative |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | William Duckworth | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | William Duckworth | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | George Eamon Park | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | David Kerr | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | David Kerr | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Andy Thompson | Liberal |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Andy Thompson | Liberal |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Dante De Monte | Liberal |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | George Adam Nixon | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Tony Lupusella | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Tony Lupusella | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Tony Lupusella | New Democratic |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Tony Lupusella | New Democratic |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Tony Lupusella | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Tony Silipo | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Tony Silipo | New Democratic |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings after 1999 |||||

## Election results
### 1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Samuel T. Wright | 6,240 | 67.3 |
| Liberal | Angus Gillies | 3,033 | 32.7 |
| | Total | 9,273 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | S.T. Wright | 4,511 | 67.9 |
| Liberal | Robert D. Stanley | 2,131 | 32.1 |
| | Total | 6,642 | |

### 1934 boundaries

1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | William Duckworth | 9,253 | 41.1 |
| Liberal | J.M. Darymple | 8,874 | 39.4 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Thomas Cruden | 4,196 | 18.6 |
| Labour | James Reid | 217 | 1.0 |
| | Total | 22,540 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | William Duckworth | 10,647 | 49.2 |
| Liberal | Robert Leslie | 8,066 | 37.3 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Kelly | 2,508 | 11.6 |
| Labour | John Berry | 273 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Progressive | Robert Harding | 154 | 0.7 |
| | Total | 21,648 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | William Duckworth | 7,080 | 44.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Dowling | 5,049 | 31.4 |
| Liberal | Cyril Young | 2,516 | 15.6 |
| Independent-CCF | George Granell | 1,441 | 9.0 |
| | Total | 16,086 | |
1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | William Duckworth | 11,507 | 46.6 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | W.R. Lucas | 6,676 | 27.0 |
| Liberal | Harold Locke | 5,320 | 21.5 |
| Labor–Progressive | E. Morton | 1,193 | 4.8 |
| | Total | 24,696 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eamon Park | 12,244 | 48.2 |
| Progressive Conservative | William Duckworth | 9,186 | 36.2 |
| Liberal | O.H. Dunn | 3,977 | 15.7 |
| | Total | 25,407 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | David Kerr | 8,566 | 39.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eamon Park | 8,110 | 36.9 |
| Liberal | Pat Roach | 5,298 | 24.1 |
| | Total | 21,974 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | David Kerr | 6,242 | 36.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eamon Park | 5,867 | 33.9 |
| Liberal | Harold Lockie | 4,639 | 26.8 |
| Labor–Progressive | George Jackson | 561 | 3.2 |
| | Total | 17,309 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Andrew Thompson | 5,308 | 35.1 |
| Progressive Conservative | David Kerr | 4,948 | 32.7 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gordon Brennan | 4,418 | 29.2 |
| Labor–Progressive | J. Jackson | 469 | 3.1 |
| | Total | 15,143 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Andrew Thompson | 6,919 | 45.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Odette | 4,794 | 31.6 |
| New Democrat | Jack White | 3,443 | 22.7 |
| | Total | | |

### 1966 boundaries

1967 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Dante DeMonte | 6,184 | 44.0 |
| New Democrat | Otto Bressan | 4,598 | 32.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Kay Armstrong | 2,841 | 20.2 |
| Communist | Bruce Magnuson | 426 | 3.0 |
| | Total | 14,049 | |
1971 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | George Nixon | 6,227 | 34.7 |
| New Democrat | Steve Penner | 6,172 | 34.4 |
| Liberal | Dante DeMonte | 5,130 | 28.6 |
| Communist | William Stewart | 434 | 2.4 |
| | Total | | |

### 1974 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Lupusella | 5,748 | 41.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | George Nixon | 4,385 | 31.9 |
| Liberal | Agosto Venier | 3,013 | 21.9 |
| Communist | William Stewart | 500 | 3.6 |
| Independent | Hugh Yearwood | 91 | 0.7 |
| | Total | | |
1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Lupusella | 7,289 | 48.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | George Nixon | 4,294 | 28.3 |
| Liberal | A. David MacDonald | 3,097 | 20.4 |
| Communist | William Stewart | 372 | 2.4 |
| Libertarian | Maureen Cain | 133 | 0.9 |
| | Total | 15,185 | |
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Lupusella | 5,309 | 37.4 |
| Liberal | Gil Gillespie | 5,088 | 35.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Burgana | 3,386 | 23.8 |
| Independent | Vince Comero | 258 | 1.8 |
| Communist | Mel Doig | 164 | 1.2 |
| | Total | 14,205 | |
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Lupusella | 6,672 | 39.5 |
| Liberal | Gil Gillespie | 6,373 | 37.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Palozzi | 3,557 | 21.0 |
| Communist | Gordon Massie | 298 | 1.8 |
| | Total | 16,900 | |

### 1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Tony Lupusella | 10,138 | 50.3 |
| New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 9,184 | 45.6 |
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Panzica | 500 | 2.5 |
| Libertarian | D'Arcy Cain | 330 | 1.6 |
| | Total | 20,152 | |
1990 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Silipo | 10,966 | 54.1 |
| Liberal | Tony Lupusella | 6,894 | 34.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Brown | 1,272 | 6.3 |
| Green | Norman Allan | 581 | 2.9 |
| Libertarian | Fred Lambert | 566 | 2.8 |
| | Total | 20,279 | |
1995 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Tony Silipo | 9,049 | 47.2 |
| Liberal | Maria Dasilva-Skultety | 5,561 | 29.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Mansfield | 3,560 | 18.6 |
| Green | Shelley Lipsey | 390 | 2.0 |
| Independent | Amani Oakley | 261 | 1.4 |
| Natural Law | Erica Kindl | 179 | 0.9 |
| Libertarian | Douglas Quinn | 161 | 0.8 |
| | Total | 19,161 | |