Forest Hill (electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Forest Hill (1963-1967)
York-Forest Hill (1967-1975) Ontario electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created| 1963
District abolished| 1975
First contested| 1963
Last contested| 1971
Demographics
Census division(s)| Toronto
Census subdivision(s)| Toronto

Forest Hill was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1975. Forest Hill riding was located in the former village of Forest Hill and the borough of York east of Dufferin Street. It had a large Jewish community, representing about 30% of the population.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Edward Arunah Dunlop, Jr., was a son of Edward Arunah Dunlop, a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the riding of Renfrew North. Former Toronto mayor Philip Givens represented the riding until it was abolished in 1975.

In the redistribution that took effect in the 1975 election, Forest Hill went to the riding of St. Andrew--St. Patrick and the borough of York sections went to the riding of Oakwood.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

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Assembly | Years | Member | Party

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Created from York South riding 1963
Forest Hill
27th |  1963–1967 |  | Edward Dunlop | Progressive Conservative
York—Forest Hill
28th |  1967–1971 |  | Edward Dunlop | Progressive Conservative
29th |  1971–1975 |  | Philip Givens | Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Oakwood and York South ridings after 1975

## Electoral results

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### Forest Hill

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1963 Ontario general election | Party  | Candidate  | Votes[2] | Vote %

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| Progressive Conservative  | Edward Dunlop | 10,020  | 41.2
| New Democrat  | Sidney Midacik  | 7,747  | 31.9
| Liberal  | Douglas Matthews  | 6,532  | 26.9
|  | Total  | 24,299  |

### York-Forest Hill

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1967 Ontario general election | Party  | Candidate  | Votes[3] | Vote %

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| Progressive Conservative  | Edward Dunlop | 12,082  | 43.8
| New Democrat  | Leon Kumove  | 8,433  | 30.6
| Liberal  | Douglas Matthews  | 7,078  | 25.7
|  | Total  | 27,593  |
1971 Ontario general election | Party  | Candidate  | Votes[4] | Vote %

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| Liberal  | Phil Givens | 13,851  | 41.4
| Progressive Conservative  | Barry Lowes  | 12,476  | 37.3
| New Democrat  | Fiona Nelson  | 7,137  | 21.3
|  | Total  | 33,463  |

## References

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1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
* For Edward Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Arunah Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
* For Phil Givens's Legislative Assembly information see "Philip Gerard Givens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. ^ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
3. ^ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
4. ^ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.