Danforth (electoral district)

Danforth
Ontario electoral district
	Danforth as it was from 1933 to 1947 among the other Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1966
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.

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		Party
Riding created from Toronto—Scarborough
18th	1935–1940	Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		Conservative
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
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	9,231
	Liberal	Norman Wilks	4,521
	Co-operative Commonwealth	M. Stanley Elliott	3,855
	Reconstruction	Thomas W. Learie	3,416

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	11,847
	Liberal	Lewis Duncan	8,946

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	11,401
	Liberal	Norman Caldwell	6,415
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Jarvis McCurdy	4,467

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	9,960
	Liberal	Norman Caldwell	8,013
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Avis M. McCurdy	5,601

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	12,595
	Liberal	Unsworth N. Jones	11,834
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Avis McCurdy	5,905
	Labor–Progressive	Annie Louise Wilson	374

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	18,604
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Alfred Best	9,720
	Liberal	Ernest A. Bruce	8,443

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	24,139
	Co-operative Commonwealth	R. Alfred Best	9,352
	Liberal	Ernest A. Bruce	7,529

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	14,029
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	13,144
	Liberal	John Whitehead	12,498
	Social Credit	Ernest T. Watts	364

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	14,903
	Liberal	John Whitehead	14,701
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	10,835
	Social Credit	Ernest T. Watts	212

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	19,320
	Liberal	Tim Reid	10,906
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Wardle	9,242

External links[]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v t Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

Danforth (electoral district)

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Members of Parliament[]

Election results[]

See also[]

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