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YORK WEST — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

YORK WEST was won by Liberal at the 2011 general election, with a margin of 5,309 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in YORK WEST from 1867 to 2011.

Full Election History, 1867–2011

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 810 73.2% Unknown (297) 513 (46.3 pts)
1872 Liberal Liberal 973 56.1% Unknown (760) 213 (12.3 pts)
1874 Liberal Liberal 983 68.3% Conservative (456) 527 (36.6 pts)
1878 Conservative Conservative 1,326 54.1% Liberal (1,124) 202 (8.2 pts)
1882 Conservative Conservative 1,561 54.1% Independent (1,324) 237 (8.2 pts)
1887 Conservative Conservative 2,638 55.6% Liberal (2,110) 528 (11.1 pts)
1891 Conservative Conservative 3,434 56.6% Liberal (2,628) 806 (13.3 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 5,018 84.1% Patrons of Industry (950) 4,068 (68.2 pts)
1900 Conservative Conservative 5,126 54.3% Liberal (4,306) 820 (8.7 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 11,930 80.7% Opposition (2,856) 9,074 (61.4 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 8,850 45.3% Liberal (7,989) 861 (4.4 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 23,637 75.8% Liberal (7,536) 16,101 (51.7 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 16,479 77.9% Liberal (4,681) 11,798 (55.8 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 20,843 64.7% Liberal (11,368) 9,475 (29.4 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 8,198 31.9% Conservative (8,138) 60 (0.2 pts)
1940 Conservative Conservative 12,788 44.6% Liberal (12,117) 671 (2.3 pts)
1945 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 14,703 41.2% Liberal (12,947) 1,756 (4.9 pts)
1949 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,184 38.1% Liberal (18,689) 495 (1.0 pts)
1953 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 12,228 41.5% Liberal (10,262) 1,966 (6.7 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 27,035 55.5% Liberal (13,665) 13,370 (27.5 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 34,208 60.1% Liberal (15,589) 18,619 (32.7 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 32,362 42.4% Progressive Conservative (28,467) 3,895 (5.1 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 41,480 51.4% Progressive Conservative (24,479) 17,001 (21.1 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 43,807 47.7% Progressive Conservative (27,071) 16,736 (18.2 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 20,416 44.8% NDP (16,204) 4,212 (9.2 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 22,270 39.5% NDP (18,639) 3,631 (6.4 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 28,075 52.9% Progressive Conservative (13,734) 14,341 (27.0 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 18,410 47.0% Progressive Conservative (10,572) 7,838 (20.0 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 21,385 56.8% NDP (8,884) 12,501 (33.2 pts)
1984 Liberal Liberal 17,629 44.6% Progressive Conservative (12,218) 5,411 (13.7 pts)
1988 Liberal Liberal 19,936 59.6% Progressive Conservative (6,368) 13,568 (40.6 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 25,396 79.8% Reform (3,385) 22,011 (69.2 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 21,254 73.6% NDP (2,853) 18,401 (63.7 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 19,768 77.3% Canadian Alliance (2,734) 17,034 (66.6 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 17,903 64.7% NDP (4,228) 13,675 (49.4 pts)
2006 Liberal Liberal 21,418 63.8% Conservative (6,244) 15,174 (45.2 pts)
2008 Liberal Liberal 16,997 59.4% NDP (5,363) 11,634 (40.6 pts)
2011 Liberal Liberal 13,030 47.0% NDP (7,721) 5,309 (19.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative81073.2%
Unknown29726.8%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal97356.1%
Unknown76043.9%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal98368.3%
Conservative45631.7%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,32654.1%
Liberal1,12445.9%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,56154.1%
Independent1,32445.9%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,63855.6%
Liberal2,11044.4%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Conservative3,43456.6%
Liberal2,62843.4%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,01884.1%
Patrons of Industry95015.9%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,12654.3%
Liberal4,30645.7%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist11,93080.7%
Opposition2,85619.3%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,85045.3%
Liberal7,98940.9%
Progressive2,71013.9%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative23,63775.8%
Liberal7,53624.2%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative16,47977.9%
Liberal4,68122.1%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative20,84364.7%
Liberal11,36835.3%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,19831.9%
Conservative8,13831.7%
CCF5,04919.6%
Reconstruction4,31916.8%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Conservative12,78844.6%
Liberal12,11742.2%
CCF3,78713.2%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative14,70341.2%
Liberal12,94736.2%
CCF7,18320.1%
Labor-Progressive8862.5%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,18438.1%
Liberal18,68937.1%
CCF12,49824.8%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative12,22841.5%
Liberal10,26234.8%
CCF6,56922.3%
Labor-Progressive4171.4%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative27,03555.5%
Liberal13,66528.1%
CCF6,60013.6%
Social Credit1,3682.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative34,20860.1%
Liberal15,58927.4%
CCF6,50211.4%
Social Credit6121.1%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal32,36242.4%
Progressive Conservative28,46737.3%
NDP14,35618.8%
Social Credit1,2051.6%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal41,48051.4%
Progressive Conservative24,47930.3%
NDP14,00317.4%
Social Credit6970.9%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal43,80747.7%
Progressive Conservative27,07129.5%
NDP20,99322.9%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,41644.8%
NDP16,20435.6%
Progressive Conservative8,34418.3%
Independent4421.0%
Communist1550.3%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,27039.5%
NDP18,63933.1%
Progressive Conservative14,99726.6%
Social Credit2370.4%
Independent1670.3%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal28,07552.9%
Progressive Conservative13,73425.9%
NDP10,13919.1%
Independent6741.3%
Independent2150.4%
Communist1340.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party710.1%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,41047.0%
Progressive Conservative10,57227.0%
NDP9,71224.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada2460.6%
Communist1510.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party540.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,38556.8%
NDP8,88423.6%
Progressive Conservative7,10118.8%
Libertarian Party of Canada1940.5%
Communist850.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party290.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,62944.6%
Progressive Conservative12,21830.9%
NDP8,71822.0%
Libertarian Party of Canada3350.8%
Independent2790.7%
Green2380.6%
Communist1470.4%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,93659.6%
Progressive Conservative6,36819.1%
NDP6,08818.2%
Libertarian Party of Canada4981.5%
Independent2700.8%
Independent1450.4%
Communist1190.4%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,39679.8%
Reform3,38510.6%
Progressive Conservative1,5064.7%
NDP1,0743.4%
Natural Law Party of Canada2090.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party1640.5%
Abolitionist Party of Canada790.2%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,25473.6%
NDP2,8539.9%
Reform2,5989.0%
Progressive Conservative2,1657.5%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,76877.3%
Canadian Alliance2,73410.7%
NDP2,3659.2%
Marijuana Party5392.1%
Marxist-Leninist Party1750.7%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,90364.7%
NDP4,22815.3%
Conservative3,12011.3%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,5805.7%
Green8243.0%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,41863.8%
Conservative6,24418.6%
NDP4,72414.1%
Green1,0023.0%
Independent1920.6%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,99759.4%
NDP5,36318.7%
Conservative4,77316.7%
Green1,4885.2%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,03047.0%
NDP7,72127.8%
Conservative6,12222.1%
Green4501.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2310.8%
Canadian Action Party1700.6%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal-Conservative margin 46.3 pts 1872: Liberal margin 12.3 pts 1874: Liberal margin 36.6 pts 1878: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1882: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1887: Conservative margin 11.1 pts 1891: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1896: Conservative margin 68.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1917: Unionist margin 61.4 pts 1921: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1925: Conservative margin 51.7 pts 1926: Conservative margin 55.8 pts 1930: Conservative margin 29.4 pts 1935: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1940: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1945: Progressive Conservative margin 4.9 pts 1949: Progressive Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1953: Progressive Conservative margin 6.7 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 27.5 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 32.7 pts 1962: Liberal margin 5.1 pts 1963: Liberal margin 21.1 pts 1965: Liberal margin 18.2 pts 1968: Liberal margin 9.2 pts 1972: Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1974: Liberal margin 27.0 pts 1979: Liberal margin 20.0 pts 1980: Liberal margin 33.2 pts 1984: Liberal margin 13.7 pts 1988: Liberal margin 40.6 pts 1993: Liberal margin 69.2 pts 1997: Liberal margin 63.7 pts 2000: Liberal margin 66.6 pts 2004: Liberal margin 49.4 pts 2006: Liberal margin 45.2 pts 2008: Liberal margin 40.6 pts 2011: Liberal margin 19.1 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011

Trend

YORK WEST has been contested at 38 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal-Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won YORK WEST in the 2011 general election?

Liberal won YORK WEST in 2011 with 13,030 votes (47.0%), a margin of 5,309 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won YORK WEST since 1867?

Since 1867, YORK WEST has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in YORK WEST?

The closest contested result on record for YORK WEST was 1935, when Liberal beat Conservative by 60 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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