Dovercourt

Ontario electoral district
Dovercourt in context with the other Toronto ridings in 1926.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1996
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995

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

Election results

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

1934 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	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[6][nb 5]	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[7]	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[8]	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[9]	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[10]	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[11]	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[12]	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[13]	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

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