Durham Centre (provincial electoral district)

Durham Centre

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
First contested	1987
Last contested	1995

Durham Centre was a provincial electoral district in the Durham Region. Created in 1987, the riding contained the town of Whitby from south of Taunton Road. It was abolished in 1999 and redistributed into Whitby—Ajax.

Member history

Durham Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Durham East and Durham West
34th	1987–1990		Allan Furlong	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Drummond White	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Jim Flaherty	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Whitby—Ajax

Election results

1987 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Furlong	12 885	40.4	-
	New Democratic	Sarah Kelly	9881	30.9	-
	Progressive Conservative	Stephanie Ball	8790	27.5	-
	Green	Harold Tauscah	378	1.2	-

1990 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Drummond White	12,594	35.9	+5.0
	Liberal	Allan Furlong	10,246	29.2	-11.2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	9126	26.0	-1.5
	Family Coalition	Nino Maltese	1186	3.4	-
	Confederation of Regions	Phil Wyatt	1087	3.1	-
	Green	David Hubbell	857	2.4	+1.2

1995 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	25,107	58.3	+32.3
	Liberal	Allan Furlong	9808	22.8	-6.4
	New Democratic	Drummond White	8120	18.9	-17.0