Danforth (electoral district)

Danforth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

Danforth
Ontario electoral district
Danforth as it was from 1933 to 1947 among the other Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested1935
Last contested1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto—Scarborough riding. It initially consisted of the eastern part of the city of Toronto, bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north and east by the Toronto city limits, on the west by Woodbine Avenue.

In 1952, it was redefined to include the part of Scarborough township south of St. Clair Avenue between the western limit of Scarborough and Midland Avenue. Danforth represented what is now the Greektown area of Toronto.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Greenwood, Scarborough West and York East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto—Scarborough
18th  1935–1940     Joseph Henry Harris Conservative
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957 Robert Hardy Small
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Reid Scott New Democratic
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Greenwood, Scarborough West and York East

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris9,231
LiberalNorman Wilks4,521
Co-operative CommonwealthM. Stanley Elliott3,855
ReconstructionThomas W. Learie3,416
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris11,847
LiberalLewis Duncan8,946
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris11,401
LiberalNorman Caldwell6,415
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Jarvis McCurdy4,467
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris9,960
LiberalNorman Caldwell8,013
Co-operative CommonwealthAvis M. McCurdy5,601
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Hardy Small12,595
LiberalUnsworth N. Jones11,834
Co-operative CommonwealthAvis McCurdy5,905
Labor–ProgressiveAnnie Louise Wilson374
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Hardy Small18,604
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert Alfred Best9,720
LiberalErnest A. Bruce8,443
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Hardy Small24,139
Co-operative CommonwealthR. Alfred Best9,352
LiberalErnest A. Bruce7,529
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticReid Scott14,029
Progressive ConservativeRobert Hardy Small13,144
LiberalJohn Whitehead12,498
Social CreditErnest T. Watts364
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticReid Scott14,903
LiberalJohn Whitehead14,701
Progressive ConservativeRobert Hardy Small10,835
Social CreditErnest T. Watts212
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticReid Scott19,320
LiberalTim Reid10,906
Progressive ConservativeTom Wardle9,242

See also

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