Parkdale (electoral district)

Parkdale was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979. It included the community of Parkdale in the western part of Toronto. 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.

Parkdale was also a provincial riding electing Members of Provincial Parliaments (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial riding was created in 1914 and abolished in 1999 into Parkdale—High Park, Davenport and a small part to Trinity—Spadina when Ontario's provincial ridings were reduced in number and given the same boundaries as federal ridings.

Members of Parliament from Parkdale

*Herbert Mowat, Unionist (1917-1921)
*David Spence, Conservative Party (1921-1940)
*Herbert A. Bruce, National Government then Progressive Conservative (1940-1946)
*Harold Timmins, Progressive Conservative (1946-1949)
*John Hunter, Liberal (1949-1957)
*Arthur Maloney, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
*Stanley Haidasz, Liberal (1962-1978)
*Yuri Shymko, Progressive Conservative (1978-1979)

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament¹ from Parkdale

*William Herbert Price, Conservative, 1914-1937
*Frederick George McBrien, Conservative, 1937-1938
*William James Stewart, Conservative/Progressive Conservative, 1938-1959
*James Beecham Trotter, Liberal, (1959-1971)
*Jan Dukszta, New Democratic Party, (1971-1981)
*Tony Ruprecht, Liberal, (1981-1999)¹ In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was changed to Member of Provincial Parliament

History of the federal riding

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 east 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 redistributed between Parkdale—High Park and Trinity ridings.

Federal electoral history

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Government
MOWAT, Herbert Macdonald
align="right"| 13,306
Independent
MCCORMACK, Carson Alexander
align="right"| 7,736
Opposition
WALDRON, Gordon
align="right"|3,698

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Conservative
SPENCE, David
align="right"|10,705
Liberal
DOUGLAS, William
align="right"| 5,487
Labour
SIMPSON, James
align="right"| 2,723

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Conservative
SPENCE, David
align="right"|14,483
Liberal
CHRISTIE, Kenneth A.
align="right"|5,299

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Conservative
SPENCE, David
align="right"| 11,897
Liberal
TIPPING, Bertram
align="right"| 4,133

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Conservative
SPENCE, David
align="right"|11,713
Liberal
GILLIES, Angus
align="right"| 5,823

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Conservative
SPENCE, David
align="right"| 9,619
Liberal
PRENTICE, John Leslie
align="right"| 7,761
Reconstruction
HURLBUT, Clinton A.
align="right"| 3,572
Co-operative Commonwealth
HENDERSON, Rose
align="right"| 3,249

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National Government
BRUCE, Herbert A.
align="right"| 13,605
Liberal
TRAVERS, Jack
align="right"| 12,487

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Progressive Conservative
BRUCE, Herbert A.
align="right"|11,588
Liberal
TRAVERS, Jack
align="right"|9,981
Co-operative Commonwealth
BRAND, Ford
align="right"| 4,188
Labour-Progressive
FERGUSON, Dewar
align="right"|1,053

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Progressive Conservative
TIMMINS, Harold
align="right"| 8,212
Liberal
HUNTER, John
align="right"| 7,569
Co-operative Commonwealth
BRAND, Ford
align="right"| 6,470
Unknown
MORTON, Elizabeth
align="right"| 966
Unknown
PALMER, Len
align="right"| 64

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Liberal
HUNTER, John
align="right"| 12,876
Progressive Conservative
TIMMINS, Harold
align="right"| 10,137
Co-operative Commonwealth
WATERS, Arthur
align="right"| 6,242

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Liberal
HUNTER, John
align="right"|10,391
Progressive Conservative
MCBRIEN, Irene
align="right"| 6,788
Co-operative Commonwealth
CHISHOLM, Archie A.
align="right"| 3,788
Labour-Progressive
BOYCHUK, John
align="right"|765

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Progressive Conservative
MALONEY, Arthur
align="right"| 9,882
Liberal
HUNTER, John
align="right"| 7,671
Co-operative Commonwealth
CHISHOLM, Archie A.
align="right"| 3,979
Ind. Progressive Conservative
BOLAND, John
align="right"| 342

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Progressive Conservative
MALONEY, Arthur
align="right"| 13,640
Liberal
HUNTER, John
align="right"| 8,599
Co-operative Commonwealth
CHISHOLM, Archie A.
align="right"| 3,492
Labour-Progressive
CLARKE, Nelson
align="right"| 344

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stanley
align="right"| 10,780
Progressive Conservative
MALONEY, Arthur
align="right"| 8,946
New Democratic Party
CAMPBELL, Tom
align="right"| 5,759
Social Credit
MIDDLETON, M. Watson
align="right"| 224

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stanley
align="right"| 12,694
Progressive Conservative
DYMOND, William C.
align="right"|6,308
New Democratic Party
CAMPBELL, Tom
align="right"| 5,538
Social Credit
SLOAN, Olive E. Calvert
align="right"| 259

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stanley
align="right"| 11,974
Progressive Conservative
COCHRANE, Felicity
align="right"| 6,104
New Democratic Party
DYE, Ralph
align="right"| 5,194

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stanley
align="right"|14,717
New Democratic Party
ROGERS, Bruce
align="right"| 8,983
Progressive Conservative
ARMSTRONG, Kay
align="right"|5,057

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stanley
align="right"| 12,214
Progressive Conservative
ZINK, Lubor
align="right"| 8,990
New Democratic Party
GURSTEIN, Mike
align="right"| 6,478
No affiliation
DEVEAU, Dennis
align="right"| 201

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Liberal
HAIDASZ, Stan
align="right"| 13,134
Progressive Conservative
ZINK, Lubor
align="right"| 7,133
New Democratic Party
COTTER, Evelyn
align="right"| 4,479
Independent
YOUNG, Terence
align="right"| 144
Communist
MCLELLAN, Neil
align="right"| 132
Marxist-Leninist
MACLEAN, Gordon
align="right"| 95

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Progressive Conservative
SHYMKO, Yuri
align="right"| 6,759
Liberal
EGGLETON, Art
align="right"| 5,721
New Democratic Party
LITTLE, Doug
align="right"| 4,806
Communist
LARSEN, Anna
align="right"| 190