Danforth (electoral district)
 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[edit]
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
| 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 | ||||||