Parkdale (federal electoral district)

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Parkdale
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1976
First contested1917
Last contested1974

Parkdale was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979. It included the community of Parkdale in the western part of Toronto, Ontario. It was created in 1914 from Toronto West, and continued to exist until 1976 when most of it was merged into Parkdale—High Park with some sections into Trinity.

Boundary history[edit]

It initially consisted of the part of the city of Toronto west of a line beginning where Queen Street West meets Lake Ontario, east along Queen Street West to Dovercourt Road, north the Canadian Pacific Railway, west to the boundary of Ward 7, then along the boundary of Ward 7 to the northwest corner of High Park.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto east of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road, and south of Bloor Street, and west of Indian Road and following Indian Road, Howard Park Avenue, and Sunnyside Avenue.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto east of the westerly limit of Davenport Riding from Lake Ontario to the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the boundary between ward six and ward seven of the city of Toronto; thence southerly along the boundary between ward six and ward seven to the point where it intersects Bloor Street; thence westerly along the centre line of Bloor Street to the centre line of Indian Road; thence southerly along the centre line of Indian Road to the centre line of Howard Park Avenue; thence easterly along the centre line of Howard Park Avenue to its intersection with the centre line of Sunnyside Avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of Sunnyside Avenue to Lake Ontario; thence easterly along Lake Ontario to Dufferin Street.

It was further redefined several times.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the part of Toronto west of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road, south of Bloor Street, and east of Parkside Drive.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged with parts of the High Park-Humber Valley and Trinity districts to form Parkdale—High Park.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto West
13th  1917–1921     Herbert Mowat Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     David Spence Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945     Herbert Alexander Bruce National Government
20th  1945–1946     Progressive Conservative
 1946–1949 Harold Timmins
21st  1949–1953     John Hunter Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Arthur Maloney Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Stanley Haidasz Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1978
 1978–1979     Yuri Shymko Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Parkdale—High Park and Trinity

Election results[edit]

1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Government (Unionist) Herbert Mowat 13,306
  Independent Carson Alexander McCormack 7,736
  Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Gordon Waldron 3,698
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative David Spence 10,705
  Liberal William Douglas 5,487
Labour James Simpson 2,723
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative David Spence 14,483
  Liberal Kenneth A. Christie 5,299
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative David Spence 11,897
  Liberal Bertram Tipping 4,133
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative David Spence 11,713
  Liberal Angus Gillies 5,823
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative David Spence 9,619
  Liberal John Leslie Prentice 7,761
Reconstruction Clinton A. Hurlbut 3,572
  Co-operative Commonwealth Rose Henderson 3,249
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
National Government Herbert Alexander Bruce 13,605
  Liberal Jack Travers 12,487
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Herbert Alexander Bruce 11,588
  Liberal Jack Travers 9,981
  Co-operative Commonwealth Ford Brand 4,188
Labor–Progressive Dewar Ferguson 1,053
By-election: On Mr. Bruce's resignation,
21 October 1946
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Harold Timmins 8,212
  Liberal John Hunter 7,569
  Co-operative Commonwealth Ford Brand 6,470
  Unknown Elizabeth Morton 966
  Unknown Len Palmer 64
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal John Hunter 12,876
  Progressive Conservative Harold Timmins 10,137
  Co-operative Commonwealth Arthur Waters 6,242
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal John Hunter 10,391
  Progressive Conservative Irene McBrien 6,788
  Co-operative Commonwealth Archie A. Chisholm 3,788
Labor–Progressive John Boychuk 765
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Arthur Maloney 9,882
  Liberal John Hunter 7,671
  Co-operative Commonwealth Archie A. Chisholm 3,979
  Independent PC John Boland 342
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Arthur Maloney 13,640
  Liberal John Hunter 8,599
  Co-operative Commonwealth Archie A. Chisholm 3,492
Labor–Progressive Nelson Clarke 344
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 10,780
  Progressive Conservative Arthur Maloney 8,946
  New Democratic Tom Campbell 5,759
Social Credit M. Watson Middleton 224
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 12,694
  Progressive Conservative William C. Dymond 6,308
  New Democratic Tom Campbell 5,538
Social Credit Olive E. Calvert Sloan 259
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 11,974
  Progressive Conservative Felicity Cochrane 6,104
  New Democratic Ralph Dye 5,194
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 14,717
  New Democratic Bruce Rogers 8,983
  Progressive Conservative Kay Armstrong 5,057
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 12,214
  Progressive Conservative Lubor J. Zink 8,990
  New Democratic Mike Gurstein 6,478
  No affiliation Dennis Deveau 201
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Stanley Haidasz 13,134
  Progressive Conservative Lubor J. Zink 7,133
  New Democratic Evelyn Cotter 4,479
  Independent Terence Young 144
Communist Neil McLellan 132
Marxist–Leninist Gordon MacLean 95
By-election: Resignation of the
Hon. S. Haidasz, 16 October 1978
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Yuri Shymko 6,759
  Liberal Art Eggleton 5,721
  New Democratic Doug Little 4,806
Communist Anna Larsen 190

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