Don Mills was a provincial electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was created for the 1963 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1963

The Ontario general election of 1963 was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, and lasted until the provincial redistribution on 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

. At its abolishment, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens and Parkview Hill in the borough of East York

East York

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 plus the neighbourhoods of Flemingdon Park

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Flemingdon Park is a multicultural community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the North York district of the city. It is part of federal and provincial electoral district Don Valley West, and Toronto electoral ward 26: Don Valley West...

 and the southern part of Don Mills

Don Mills

Don Mills is a mixed-use neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Canada. It was developed to be a self-supporting "new town" and was at the time located outside of Toronto proper. Consisting of residential, commercial and industrial sub-districts, it was planned and developed by...

 in North York (all of North York south of Lawrence Avenue

Lawrence Avenue

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). It was abolished into Don Valley East

Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)

Don Valley East is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, Oriole and Willowdale....

, Don Valley West

Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)

Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton....

 and Beaches—East York

Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district)

Beaches—East York is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Beaches—Woodbine , Don Mills , and York East ....

.

The riding was a bastion of strength for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 for most of its history, and was represented by moderate Tory cabinet ministers

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 Dennis Timbrell

Dennis Timbrell

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 and David Johnson

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 at different times. The Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

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 and the New Democratic Party both represented the riding between 1987 and 1993.

Provincial representatives

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
27th 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 25, 1963 until September 5, 1967, just prior to the 1967 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by John Robarts.- External links :*...	19631967		Stanley Randall	PC Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
28th 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 17, 1967 until September 13, 1971, just prior to the 1971 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by John Robarts....	19671971
29th 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 21, 1971 until August 11, 1975, just prior to the 1975 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis.- External links :*...	19711975		Dennis Timbrell Dennis Timbrell Dennis Roy Timbrell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller.-Early life and career:...
31st 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1977 until February 2, 1981, just prior to the 1981 general election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis formed a second consecutive minority government....	19771981
32nd 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 19, 1981 until March 25, 1985, just prior to the 1985 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis....	19811985
33rd 33rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 33rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from May 2, 1985 until July 31, 1987, just prior to the 1987 general election. The Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson formed a minority government with the support of the Ontario New Democratic Party.- External links :*...	19851987
34th 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 10, 1987 until July 30, 1990, just prior to the 1990 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson.- External links :*...	19871990		Murad Velshi Murad Velshi Murad Velshi is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He is an Indian Muslim who lived in Kenya and migrated to Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990.-Background:...	Liberal
35th 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 6, 1990 until April 28, 1995, just prior to the 1995 general election. The majority party was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae....	19901993		Margery Ward Margery Ward Margery Ward was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Born in Bass River, near Bathurst, New Brunswick, she served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 until her death in 1993....	NDP
	19931995		David Johnson David Johnson (Canadian politician) David John Johnson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the mayor of East York from 1982 to 1993, a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1993 to 1999, and a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.Johnson has a Bachelor of Science...	PC Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
36th 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most-populous province, was in session from June 8, 1995 until May 5, 1999, just prior to the Ontario general election. Majority was held by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Mike Harris....	19951999
merged into Don Valley East Don Valley East (provincial electoral district) Don Valley East is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, Oriole and Willowdale.... , Don Valley West Don Valley West (provincial electoral district) Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton.... and Beaches—East York Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district) Beaches—East York is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Beaches—Woodbine , Don Mills , and York East .... after 1999