Parkdale (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Parkdale (provincial electoral district).

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

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1976
First contested	1917
Last contested	1974

Boundary history

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 west 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 merged with parts of the High Park-Humber Valley and Trinity districts to form Parkdale—High Park.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto West
13th	1917–1921		Herbert Mowat	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		David Spence	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945		Herbert Alexander Bruce	National Government
20th	1945–1946			Progressive Conservative
	1946–1949		Harold Timmins
21st	1949–1953		John Hunter	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Arthur Maloney	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Stanley Haidasz	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1978
	1978–1979		Yuri Shymko	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Parkdale—High Park and Trinity

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Herbert Mowat	13,306
	Independent	Carson Alexander McCormack	7,736
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Gordon Waldron	3,698

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Spence	10,705
	Liberal	William Douglas	5,487
	Labour	James Simpson	2,723

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Spence	14,483
	Liberal	Kenneth A. Christie	5,299

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Spence	11,897
	Liberal	Bertram Tipping	4,133

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Spence	11,713
	Liberal	Angus Gillies	5,823

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Spence	9,619
	Liberal	John Leslie Prentice	7,761
	Reconstruction	Clinton A. Hurlbut	3,572
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rose Henderson	3,249

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Herbert Alexander Bruce	13,605
	Liberal	Jack Travers	12,487

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Herbert Alexander Bruce	11,588
	Liberal	Jack Travers	9,981
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ford Brand	4,188
	Labor–Progressive	Dewar Ferguson	1,053

By-election: On Mr. Bruce's resignation, 21 October 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Timmins	8,212
	Liberal	John Hunter	7,569
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ford Brand	6,470
	Unknown	Elizabeth Morton	966
	Unknown	Len Palmer	64

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hunter	12,876
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Timmins	10,137
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Waters	6,242

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hunter	10,391
	Progressive Conservative	Irene McBrien	6,788
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Archie A. Chisholm	3,788
	Labor–Progressive	John Boychuk	765

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Maloney	9,882
	Liberal	John Hunter	7,671
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Archie A. Chisholm	3,979
	Independent PC	John Boland	342

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Maloney	13,640
	Liberal	John Hunter	8,599
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Archie A. Chisholm	3,492
	Labor–Progressive	Nelson Clarke	344

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	10,780
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Maloney	8,946
	New Democratic	Tom Campbell	5,759
	Social Credit	M. Watson Middleton	224

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	12,694
	Progressive Conservative	William C. Dymond	6,308
	New Democratic	Tom Campbell	5,538
	Social Credit	Olive E. Calvert Sloan	259

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	11,974
	Progressive Conservative	Felicity Cochrane	6,104
	New Democratic	Ralph Dye	5,194

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	14,717
	New Democratic	Bruce Rogers	8,983
	Progressive Conservative	Kay Armstrong	5,057

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	12,214
	Progressive Conservative	Lubor J. Zink	8,990
	New Democratic	Mike Gurstein	6,478
	No affiliation	Dennis Deveau	201

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	13,134
	Progressive Conservative	Lubor J. Zink	7,133
	New Democratic	Evelyn Cotter	4,479
	Independent	Terence Young	144
	Communist	Neil McLellan	132
	Marxist–Leninist	Gordon MacLean	95

By-election: Resignation of the Hon. S. Haidasz, 16 October 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	6,759
	Liberal	Art Eggleton	5,721
	New Democratic	Doug Little	4,806
	Communist	Anna Larsen	190