rural riding it was an urban, working class riding by the end of World War II. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when the main part of the riding became York South—Weston, and other parts were redistributed between Davenport, Eglinton—Lawrence and St. Paul's ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Election results South riding of York |- |Independent Conservative |William Findlay Maclean |align="right"|2,418 |Unknown |Alexander J. Anderson |align="right"|1,790 |- |Independent Conservative |William Findlay Maclean |align="right"| acclaimed |- |Independent Conservative |William Findlay Maclean |align="right"| 7,194 |Unknown |Louis Franklin Heyd |align="right"| 1,901 South York |- |Government (Unionist) |William Findlay Maclean |align="right"|16,088 |Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |Alexander MacGregor |align="right"| 2,065 |Labour |James Thomas Gunn |align="right"|1,977 |Unknown |John Galbraith |align="right"|118 |- |Independent Conservative |William Findlay Maclean |align="right"|10,368 |Liberal |Alexander MacGregor |align="right"|8,015 York South |- |Independent Conservative |William Findlay MacLean |align="right"|7,762 |Liberal |Russell James Reesor |align="right"|1,394 |Independent Conservative |John Galbraith |align="right"| 990 |- |Conservative |Robert Henry McGregor |align="right"| 6,555 |Independent Conservative |William Findlay MacLean |align="right"| 4,880 |- |Conservative |Robert Henry McGregor |align="right"| 11,852 |Liberal |Dennis McCarthy |align="right"| 5,394 |- |Conservative |Earl Lawson |align="right"|11,596 |Co-operative Commonwealth |Luke Teskey |align="right"| 8,247 |Liberal |Elmore Philpott |align="right"| 7,059 |- |National Government |Alan Cockeram |align="right"|15,346 |Liberal | F. J. MacRae |align="right"| 12,864 |Co-operative Commonwealth |Joseph W. Noseworthy |align="right"| 5,372 By-election: On Mr. Cockeram's resignation to allow Arthur Meighen to contest the seat: |- |Co-operative Commonwealth |Joseph W. Noseworthy |align="right"|16,408 |Conservative |Arthur Meighen |align="right"| 11,952 |- |Progressive Conservative |Alan Cockeram |align="right"|16,666 |Co-operative Commonwealth |Joseph W. Noseworthy |align="right"|13,543 |Liberal |John Harvey Lynes |align="right"| 9,104 |- |Co-operative Commonwealth |Joseph W. Noseworthy |align="right"|15,293 |Progressive Conservative |Alan Cockeram |align="right"|14,273 |Liberal | Eric R. Marsden |align="right"| 11,932 |- |Co-operative Commonwealth |Joseph W. Noseworthy |align="right"|12,216 |Liberal |Alfred Green |align="right"|10,820 |Progressive Conservative |Alan Cockeram |align="right"| 10,116 |- |Progressive Conservative |William George Beech |align="right"| 16,624 |Liberal |Marvin Gelber |align="right"| 12,232 |Co-operative Commonwealth |William Sefton |align="right"| 12,024 |- |Progressive Conservative |William George Beech |align="right"| 22,980 |Liberal |Marvin Gelber |align="right"| 13,141 |Co-operative Commonwealth |Bill Sefton |align="right"| 9,643 |- |New Democratic |David Lewis |align="right"|19,101 |Liberal |Marvin Gelber |align="right"|15,423 |Progressive Conservative |William George Beech |align="right"|12,552 |- |Liberal |Marvin Gelber |align="right"| 21,042 |New Democratic |David Lewis |align="right"| 17,396 |Progressive Conservative |William George Beech |align="right"|9,648 |- |New Democratic |David Lewis |align="right"|21,693 |Liberal |Marvin Gelber |align="right"| 18,098 |Progressive Conservative |Maxwell Rotstein |align="right"| 6,427 |- |New Democratic |David Lewis |align="right"|12,357 |Liberal |Ron Barbaro |align="right"|11,693 |Progressive Conservative |Cy