Durham (electoral district)

Durham
Ontario electoral district
	Durham in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1903
First contested	1904
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	115,395
Electors (2015)	92,317
Area (km²)	953
Pop. density (per km²)	121.1
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Clarington, Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Oshawa, Scugog

Durham in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2003 boundaries)

Durham (formerly known as Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968, and since 1988.

Its first iteration was created in 1903 from Durham East and Durham West ridings. It consisted of the county of Durham.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Northumberland—Durham ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts of Durham—Northumberland and Ontario ridings.

The second incarnation of the riding was initially defined to consist of the Town of Newcastle, the townships of Scugog and Uxbridge, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3, and the part of the Town of Whitby lying north of Taunton Road.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa ridings.

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was defined to consist of the townships of Uxbridge and Scugog, the Municipality of Clarington, and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island reserve. In 2004, "Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge" was renamed "Durham" riding.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, this riding lost territory to Pickering—Uxbridge and Northumberland—Peterborough South, and gained territory from Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics[edit]

Ethnic groups (2006): 95.00% White, 1.52% Black, 1.24% Aboriginal
Languages (2011): 91.71% English, 1.51% French
Religions (2001): 52.26% Protestant, 24.13% Catholic, 2.97% Other Christian, 19.92% No religion
Median income (2005): $32,869

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Durham Riding created from Durham East and Durham West
10th	1904–1908	Henry Alfred Ward	Conservative
11th	1908–1911	Charles Jonas Thornton
12th	1911–1917	Charles Jonas Thornton
13th	1917–1921	Newton Rowell	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Fred Wellington Bowen	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Frank Rickard	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Frank Rickard	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Charles Elwood Stephenson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	John James	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Percy Vivian	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Russell Honey	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Northumberland—Durham and Ontario
Durham Riding re-created from Durham—Northumberland, Oshawa and Ontario
34th	1988–1993	K. Ross Stevenson	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Alex Shepherd	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge
38th	2004–2006	Bev Oda	Conservative
Durham
39th	2006–2008	Bev Oda	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012
41st	2012–2015	Erin O'Toole
42nd	2015–present	Erin O'Toole

Current Member of Parliament[edit]

This seat is currently held by Erin O'Toole, a former captain in the Maritime Air Group division of Canadian Maritime Command. O'Toole, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, was elected in a 2012 by-election.

Election results[edit]

Durham, 2004–present[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Erin O'Toole	28,967	45.13	−10.04	$117,180.89
	Liberal	Corinna Traill	22,949	35.75	+20.22	$51,458.76
	New Democratic	Derek Spence	10,289	16.03	−7.72	$21,240.10
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	1,616	2.52	−2.04	$109.90
	Christian Heritage	Andrew Moriarity	364	0.57	–	$4,224.95
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,185	100.00		$236,417.96
Total rejected ballots			233	0.36	–
Turnout			64,418	68.93	–
Eligible voters			93,455
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.13
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,900	55.17
	New Democratic	12,011	23.75
	Liberal	7,857	15.54
	Green	2,307	4.56
	Others	499	0.99

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 26, 2012 Resignation of Bev Oda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Erin O'Toole	17,280	50.72	−3.83	$95,331
	New Democratic	Larry O'Connor	8,946	26.26	+5.16	$96,257
	Liberal	Grant Humes	5,887	17.28	−0.57	$91,946
	Green	Virginia Ervin	1,386	4.07	−1.32	$742
	Christian Heritage	Andrew Moriarity	437	1.28	+0.49	$4,379
	Online Party	Michael Nicula	132	0.39	–	$1,080
Total valid votes			34,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Turnout			34,183	35.87
Eligible voters			95,296
	Conservative hold		Swing		−8.99
Source: "November 26, 2012 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 27, 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Oda	31,737	54.55	+0.50	–
	New Democratic	Tammy Schoep	12,277	21.10	+10.72	–
	Liberal	Grant Humes	10,387	17.85	-5.18	–
	Green	Stephen Leahy	3,134	5.39	-6.04	–
	Christian Heritage	Andrew Moriarty	462	0.79	-0.30	–
	Libertarian	Blaize Barnicoat	187	0.32	–	–
Total valid votes			58,184	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			267	0.46	+0.12
Turnout			58,451	64.12	–
Eligible voters			91,165	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.1

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Oda	28,551	54.05	+7.04	$69,054
	Liberal	Bryan Ransom	12,167	23.03	-6.98	$34,901
	Green	Stephen Leahy	6,041	11.43	+6.79	$4,147
	New Democratic	Andrew McKeever (withdrawn)^[7]	5,485	10.38	-6.88	$1,896
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	577	1.09	+0.03	$2,529
Total valid votes			52,821	100.00		$90,063
Total rejected ballots			177	0.33	+0.04
Turnout			52,998	60.48	-8.78
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.0

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bev Oda	27,087	47.01	+6.27
	Liberal	Doug Moffatt	17,290	30.01	-8.25
	New Democratic	Bruce Rogers	9,948	17.26	+2.15
	Green	Virginia Ervin	2,676	4.64	+0.56
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	612	1.06	-0.73
Total valid votes			57,613
Total rejected ballots			168	0.29	-0.20
Turnout			57,779	69.26	+5.02
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.3

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004[edit]

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bev Oda	20,813	40.74	-9.16
	Liberal	Tim Lang	19,548	38.26	-5.89
	New Democratic	Bruce Rogers	7,721	15.11	+10.22
	Green	Virginia Ervin	2,085	4.08
	Christian Heritage	Durk Bruinsma	915	1.79
Total valid votes			51,082
Total rejected ballots			251	0.49
Turnout			51,333	64.24
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.7

^ Change based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on combined Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance results.

Durham, 1988–2003[edit]

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alex Shepherd	20,602
	Alliance	Gerry Skipwith	13,743
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Cureatz	8,367
	New Democratic	Ken Ranney	2,545
	Independent	Durk Bruinsma	326

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alex Shepherd	19,878
	Reform	Ian Smyth	13,059
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Cureatz	8,995
	New Democratic	Colin Argyle	3,250
	Christian Heritage	Durk Bruinsma	682

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alex Shepherd	22,334
	Reform	Ian Smyth	18,500
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Stevenson	15,014
	New Democratic	Lucy Rybka-Becker	2,519
	National	W.H. Harry Pope	1,220
	Christian Heritage	Durk T. Bruinsma	705
	Green	Judy Hurvid	349
	Natural Law	Micheal Paul Larmand	270

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Stevenson	24,065
	Liberal	Doug Moffatt	15,083
	New Democratic	Margaret Wilbur	10,334
	Christian Heritage	John Kuipers	1,666
	Libertarian	Rolf Posma	323
	Green	Harold Tausch	316

Durham, 1904–1968[edit]

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell Clayton Honey	8,017
	Progressive Conservative	Garnet Rickard	6,725
	New Democratic	John Anthony Cheyne Ketchum	3,948
	Social Credit	Wilbur N. Grandall	177

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell C. Honey	8,720
	Progressive Conservative	Garnet Rickard	8,084
	New Democratic	Eileen Ethel Coutts	1,901
	Social Credit	Wilbur N. Crandall	161

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell C. Honey	7,971
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	7,704
	New Democratic	Eileen Coutts	2,217
	Social Credit	Kenneth C. Toms	158

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	9,732
	Liberal	Russell C. Honey	6,178
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Dent	1,480

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	7,331
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,829
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Dent	1,918
	Social Credit	Kenneth Toms	399

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,684
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Elwood Stephenson	6,504
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Merdith Roy Armstrong	1,273

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,907
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Elwood Stephenson	6,476
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James David Kenny	1,419

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Elwood Stephenson	6,479
	Liberal	W. Frank Rickard	6,003
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wilfrd George Bowles	926

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilbert Franklin Rickard	6,743
	National Government	William Ross Strike	5,435

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilbert Frank Rickard	6,649
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,176
	Reconstruction	R. Rufus Choate Macknight	531
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Sharpe Staples	497

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,827
	Liberal	Montague John Holman	5,221

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,508
	Liberal–Progressive	Melville Howden Staples	5,024

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	7,020
	Liberal	Charles Vicent Massey	6,074

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	5,106
	Progressive	Thomas Albert Victor Reid	3,936
	Liberal	William Thomas Roche Preston	3,441

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Newton Wesley Rowell	5,923
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	George William Jones	1,404

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Jonas Thornton	3,291
	Liberal	Thomas Alexander Kelly	2,567

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Jonas Thornton	3,387
	Liberal	David Burke Simpson	2,764

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Alfred Ward	3,322
	Liberal	Allen B. Aylesworth	3,173

References[edit]

"(Code 35014) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

Notes[edit]

^ Statistics Canada
^ Statistics Canada
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Durham, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/09/25/ndp_candidate_apologizes_for_us_warresisters_rant.html

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 44°03′54″N 78°52′52″W / 44.065°N 78.881°W / 44.065; -78.881

[1] Statistics Canada

[2] Statistics Canada

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Durham, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

[6] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[7] ttps://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/09/25/ndp_candidate_apologizes_for_us_warresisters_rant.html

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Durham (electoral district)

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Current Member of Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

Durham, 2004–present[edit]

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004[edit]

Durham, 1988–2003[edit]

Durham, 1904–1968[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

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