Durham East (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Durham East. For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Durham (Province of Canada electoral district).

Durham East was a provincial electoral district in the Durham Region in Ontario, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It contained parts of the towns of Oshawa, Whitby, Scugog, and Newcastle.

The riding first existed from 1867 to 1926, when it was distributed into the Durham riding. When Durham was split back into Durham East and Durham West, as well as Durham North in 1975, the riding existed until 1999 when it was redistributed into Durham, Whitby—Ajax and Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Durham East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
1st	1867–1871		Arthur Williams	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1879		John Rosevear
4th	1879–1881
	1882–1883		Charles Herbert Brereton
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		Thomas Dixon Craig
7th	1890–1894		George Campbell
8th	1894–1898		William Armstrong Fallis
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905		Josiah Johnston Preston
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Samuel Sandford Staples	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Albert James Fallis	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Durham
Riding created from Durham
30th	1975–1977		Doug Moffatt	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981		Sam Cureatz	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Gord Mills	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		John O'Toole	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Durham, Whitby—Ajax and Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams	1,208	95.19
	Liberal	S.S. Smith	61	4.81
Total valid votes			1,269	43.88
Eligible voters			2,892
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Rosevear	1,454	55.22
	Liberal	S.S. Smith	1,179	44.78
Turnout			2,633	69.73
Eligible voters			3,776
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Rosevear	1,292	52.33	−2.89
	Independent	Mr. Sowden	1,092	44.23
	Independent	Mr. Quinlan	85	3.44
Total valid votes			2,469	55.58	−14.15
Eligible voters			4,442
	Conservative hold		Swing		−2.89
Source: Elections Ontario