Trinity (electoral district)

Trinity's boundaries from 1976 to 1987

Trinity's boundaries from 1966 to 1976

Trinity was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons, 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of western Toronto. Its name comes from the Trinity-Bellwoods area that was once home to Trinity College.

History

This district was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South ridings. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years; when created, it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion became more populated, it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were fairly consistent, stretching from Bathurst Street in the east to Atlantic Avenue in the West. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, this district was merged with Spadina to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the western riding of Davenport.

Members of Parliament

Trinity elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Hugh Plaxton, Liberal (1935-1940)
• Arthur Roebuck, Liberal (1940-1945)
• Larry Skey, Progressive Conservative (1945-1949)
• Lionel Conacher, Liberal (1949-1954)
• Donald Carrick, Liberal (1954-1957)
• Stanley Haidasz, Liberal (1957-1958)
• Edward Lockyer, Progressive Conservative (1958)
• Paul Hellyer, Liberal/Independent/Progressive Conservative (1958-1974)
• Aideen Nicholson, Liberal (1974-1988)

Federal election results

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Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Hugh John Plaxton	10,472	Conservative	G. Reginald Geary	9,607	Reconstruction	William Alexander Gunn	3,266	Co-operative Commonwealth	Carlo Lamberti	1,801	Communist	Norman Freed	1,470

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Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Arthur Roebuck	14,901	National Government	George Reginald Geary	11,617	Independent	Douglas Stewart	1,071

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Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Larry Skey	8,908	Liberal	Ernest Charlton Bogart	8,817	Labour-Progressive	Tim Buck	7,488	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,425

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Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lionel Conacher	10,389	Progressive Conservative	Larry Skey	8,423	Labour-Progressive	Tim Buck	6,438	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman Voaden	4,522

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Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lionel Conacher	8,056	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Frolick	6,019	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,877	Labour-Progressive	Tim Buck	1,725

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November 8, 1954 by-election following Conacher's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Donald Carrick	5,589	Progressive Conservative	Willson Woodside	4,237	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,700	Labour-Progressive	William Kashtan	953

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Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	7,068	Progressive Conservative	Wilfrid Gordon Pilsworth	6,564	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Ancevich	4,343	Labour-Progressive	John Weir	764	Social Credit	David Roland Milne	539

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Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Edward R. Lockyer	10,203	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	8,177	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Ancevich	3,170	Labour-Progressive	Tim Buck	851

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December 15, 1958 by-election following Lockyer's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Paul Hellyer	5,175	Progressive Conservative	Joe Lesniak	4,404	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Elchuk	1,724	Labour-Progressive	Sam Walsh	488

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Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Paul Hellyer	9,615	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Frolick	6,124	New Democratic Party	Thomas Paton	3,740	Communist	Leslie Morris	449	Independent	Peter D'Agostino	295	Social Credit	David E. Hartman	227

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Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Paul Hellyer	10,595	Progressive Conservative	John Wasylenko	5,171	New Democratic Party	Thomas Paton	3,512	Communist	Leslie Morris	391

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Paul Hellyer	9,897	Progressive Conservative	John Brazill	4,375	New Democratic Party	Enzo Ragno	2,773

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Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Paul Hellyer	13,126	Progressive Conservative	Ed Robertson	5,360	New Democratic Party	Jim De Candole	4,177

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Paul Hellyer	8,518	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	8,334	New Democratic Party	Edward Boucher	3,725	Unknown	Norman Freed	330	Unknown	Rae Greig	134

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Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	10,683	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hellyer	6,537	New Democratic Party	Jonathan Cohen	2,637	Communist	William Kashtan	234	Marxist-Leninist	Jim Turnbull	90	Independent	Martin K. Weiche	64

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Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	10,206	New Democratic Party	Manuel Azevedo	5,504	Progressive Conservative	Frank Lacka	4,843	Libertarian	Maureen Cain	482	Communist	William Kashtan	192	Marxist-Leninist	Aili Waldman	65

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Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	12,628	New Democratic Party	Manuel Azevedo	5,005	Progressive Conservative	Richard Boraks	3,695	Libertarian	Vijay Basdeo	412	Communist	William Kashtan	159	Marxist-Leninist	Aili Waldman	57

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Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	9,811	New Democratic Party	David English	6,712	Progressive Conservative	Peter Rekai	5,120
	Green	Susan Berlin	341	Libertarian	Peter W. Ring	255	Communist	William Kashtan	195	Commonwealth	Ted Ma	73

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada