Danforth (electoral district)

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Danforth
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Danforth as it was from 1933 to 1947 among the other Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested 1935
Last contested 1965

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.

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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:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph Henry Harris 9,231
Liberal Norman Wilks4,521
Co-operative Commonwealth M. Stanley Elliott3,855
Reconstruction Thomas W. Learie3,416
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph Henry Harris 11,847
Liberal Lewis Duncan8,946
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Henry Harris 11,401
Liberal Norman Caldwell6,415
Co-operative Commonwealth William Jarvis McCurdy4,467
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Henry Harris 9,960
Liberal Norman Caldwell8,013
Co-operative Commonwealth Avis M. McCurdy5,601
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert Hardy Small 12,595
Liberal Unsworth N. Jones11,834
Co-operative Commonwealth Avis McCurdy5,905
Labor–Progressive Annie Louise Wilson374
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert Hardy Small 18,604
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert Alfred Best9,720
Liberal Ernest A. Bruce8,443
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert Hardy Small 24,139
Co-operative Commonwealth R. Alfred Best9,352
Liberal Ernest A. Bruce7,529
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
New Democratic Reid Scott 14,029
Progressive Conservative Robert Hardy Small 13,144
Liberal John Whitehead12,498
Social Credit Ernest T. Watts364
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
New Democratic Reid Scott 14,903
Liberal John Whitehead14,701
Progressive Conservative Robert Hardy Small 10,835
Social Credit Ernest T. Watts212
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
New Democratic Reid Scott 19,320
Liberal Tim Reid10,906
Progressive Conservative Tom Wardle9,242

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