Toronto West Centre

Toronto West Centre

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930

Toronto West Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Toronto Centre and Toronto West ridings.

It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by Bloor Street, on the west by Dovercourt Road, on the south by Dundas Street, and on the east by Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent and University Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto Centre and Toronto West
15th	1925–1926		Horatio Clarence Hocken	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Samuel Factor	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Horatio Clarence Hocken	10,514
	Liberal	Joseph Singer	7,495
	Independent	Francis Herbert Murphy	247

1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Horatio Clarence Hocken	7,956
	Liberal	Frederick Graham Johnston	5,388
	Labour	John MacDonald	1,193

1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Factor	8,367
	Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	7,803
	Communist	Charles Sims	621
	Labour	James McArthur Conner	264

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada