Toronto East Centre
Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1924 |
District abolished | 1933 |
First contested | 1925 |
Last contested | 1930 |
Toronto East Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Toronto Centre, Toronto East and Toronto South ridings.
It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto south of Bloor Street, north of Toronto Harbour, west of the Don River and the Canadian National Railway line, and east of Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent, University Avenue. The area north of Dundas Street and east of Jarvis was excluded from the riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Rosedale and St. Paul's ridings.
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Toronto Centre, Toronto East and Toronto South | ||||
15th | 1925–1926 | Edmund James Bristol | Conservative | |
16th | 1926–1930 | Robert Charles Matthews | ||
17th | 1930–1935 | |||
Riding dissolved into Rosedale and St. Paul's |
Election history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hon. Edmund Bristol | 8,898 | |||
Independent Conservative | Cecil William Armstrong | 4,935 | |||
Liberal | John Harold Cascaden | 4,682 | |||
Independent Liberal | John Callahan | 410 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Charles Matthews | 6,603 | |||
Independent Conservative | Cecil William Armstrong | 4,509 | |||
Liberal | Alexander Smirle Lawson | 4,429 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Charles Matthews | 10,949 | |||
Liberal | Patrick Donnelly | 5,461 |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Website of the Parliament of Canada