Danforth (electoral district)
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.
Election results
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Henry Harris | 9,231 | ||||||
| Liberal | WILKS, Norman | 4,521 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ELLIOTT, M. Stanley | 3,855 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | LEARIE, Thomas W. | 3,416 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Henry Harris | 11,847 | ||||||
| Liberal | DUNCAN, Lewis | 8,946 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Henry Harris | 11,401 | ||||||
| Liberal | CALDWELL, Norman | 6,415 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | MCCURDY, William Jarvis | 4,467 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Henry Harris | 9,960 | ||||||
| Liberal | CALDWELL, Norman | 8,013 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | MCCURDY, Avis M. | 5,601 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Hardy Small | 12,595 | ||||||
| Liberal | JONES, Unsworth N. | 11,834 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | MCCURDY, Avis | 5,905 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | WILSON, Annie Louise | 374 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Hardy Small | 18,604 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | BEST, Robert Alfred | 9,720 | ||||||
| Liberal | BRUCE, Ernest A. | 8,443 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Hardy Small | 24,139 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | BEST, R. Alfred | 9,352 | ||||||
| Liberal | BRUCE, Ernest A. | 7,529 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | SCOTT, Reid | 14,029 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Hardy Small | 13,144 | ||||||
| Liberal | WHITEHEAD, John | 12,498 | ||||||
| Social Credit | WATTS, Ernest T. | 364 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | SCOTT, Reid | 14,903 | ||||||
| Liberal | WHITEHEAD, John | 14,701 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | SMALL, Robert Hardy | 10,835 | ||||||
| Social Credit | WATTS, Ernest T. | 212 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Reid Scott | 19,320 | ||||||
| Liberal | REID, Tim | 10,906 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WARDLE, Tom | 9,242 | ||||||