Durham East (provincial 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 Trefusis Heneage 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

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