DAVENPORT (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

:''For the provincial electoral district, see Davenport (provincial electoral district)''

Davenport Electoral district
''Davenport in relation to the other Toronto ridings''
MP	Mario Silva (2004-)
Party	Liberal (1962-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto
Federal district created	1933

'Davenport' is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. Its population in 2001 was 111,705.

Contents

Geography

History

Federal riding

Members of Parliament

Federal election results

See also

External link

Geography

The district includes parts of west-end Toronto, and includes the neighbourhoods of Fairbank, Oakwood, St. Clair Gardens, Corso Italia, Dovercourt Village, Bloordale Village, Bloorcourt Village, Brockton Village, and the eastern part of The Junction and the western part of Rua Acores.

History

The federal electoral district was created in 1933 from parts of Parkdale and Toronto Northwest ridings.

Federal riding

The federal riding of Davenport has been one of the most consistently Liberal ridings in Canada over the last century; in fact, the last non-Liberal to be elected for the constituency was Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Douglas Morton in 1958. Since then, Liberals Walter Gordon and Charles Caccia (who himself held the seat for nearly 40 years) managed to win the seat by increasing margins, finally culminating in a 17 500-vote majority in 1993. Meanwhile, the opposition parties in the constituency were shifting, and the NDP candidate has, despite never winning the seat, beaten the PC or Conservative candidate in every election since 1979.
After the election of Paul Martin to the Liberal Leadership, however, Mr. Caccia lost the nomination for the seat to local councillor Mario Silva, who had signed up sufficient new members to oust the incumbent; this was an unpopular situation and was deeply resented by many in the local Liberal party, which, combined with redistricting, led to an overnight tripling of the NDP vote total in the 2004 federal election. All the same, it is difficult to describe Davenport as "a marginal", as in all recent elections, the Liberal candidate has been elected with 50% of the vote or more regardless of what happens to the other parties.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Parkdale and Toronto Northwest prior to 1933''
'''Mount Royal'''
18th	1935-1940		John Ritchie MacNicol	Progressive Conservative
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953		Paul Hellyer	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958		Murray Douglas Morton	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963		Walter L. Gordon	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972		Charles Caccia	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-1999
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Mario Silva	Liberal
39th	2006-

Federal election results

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|Liberal
|Mario Silva
|align="right"|20,172
|align="right"|51.9%
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|New Democratic Party
|Gord Perks
|align="right"|12,681
|align="right"|32.6%
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| style="width: 130px" |Conservative
|Theresa Rodrigues
|align="right"|4,202
|align="right"|10.8%
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|Green
|Mark O'Brien
|align="right"|1,440
|align="right"|3.7%
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|Communist
|Miguel Figueroa
|align="right"|172
|align="right"|0.5%
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|Canadian Action
|Wendy Forrest
|align="right"|122
|align="right"|0.4%
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|Marxist-Leninist
|Sarah Thompson
|align="right"|103
|align="right"|0.3%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|38,892
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|240
!align="right"|0
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|39,132 of 62,007
!align="right"|63.1%
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Source: Elections Canada
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|Liberal
|Mario Silva
|align="right"|16,773
|align="right"|50.68%
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|New Democratic Party
|Rui Pires
|align="right"|11,292
|align="right"|34.12%
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|Conservative
|Theresa Rodrigues
|align="right"|3,077
|align="right"|9.29%
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|Green
|Mark O'Brien
|align="right"|1,384
|align="right"|4.18%
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|Communist
|Elmer Gale
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|0.75%
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|Communist
|Johan Boyden
|align="right"|137
|align="right"|0.41%
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|Canadian Action
|John Riddell
|align="right"|97
|align="right"|0.29%
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|Marxist-Leninist
|Sarah Thompson
|align="right"|79
|align="right"|0.23%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|33,090
!align="right"|99.17%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|278
!align="right"|0.83%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|33,368 of 63,095
!align="right"|52.89%
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Source: Elections Canada
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|17,014
|-
|Jordan Berger
|align=right|3,457
|-
|Anthony Montenegrino
|align=right|2,021
|-
|Eduardo Marcos
|align=right|1,526
|-
|Mark O'Brien
|align=right|642
|-
|Elmer Gale
|align=right|480
|-
|Ann Emmett
|align=right|288
|-
|Stephen Porter
|align=right|73
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|17,195
|-
|Chris Masterson
|align=right|4,807
|-
|Adele Pereira
|align=right|2,628
|-
|Richard Procter
|align=right|551
|-
|Ann Emmett
|align=right|293
|-
|Francesco Chilelli
|align=right|250
|-
|Miguel Figueroa
|align=right|194
|-
|John Munoro
|align=right|190
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|20,100
|-
|John Doherty
|align=right|2,455
|-
|Michael Jakubcak
|align=right|2,107
|-
|Margaret Samuel
|align=right|1,251
|-
|Sherelanne Purcell
|align=right|448
|-
|Bruce Hislop
|align=right|283
|-
|Sat K. Singh Khalsa
|align=right|255
|-
|Nunzio Venuto
|align=right|200
|-
|Barbara Seed
|align=right|64
|-
|Susan Lylliane Pennington
|align=right|33
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|16,436
|-
|Anna Menozzi
|align=right|5,243
|-
|Alex Franco
|align=right|5,179
|-
|April Henderson
|align=right|480
|-
|Barry Heidt
|align=right|214
|-
|George P. Hewison
|align=right|196
|-
|Heather Robertson
|align=right|150
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|13,248
|-
|Manfred Netzel
|align=right|5,548
|-
|Giovanni Rocca
|align=right|5,217
|-
|Elgin Blair
|align=right|256
|-
|John Scott Hayes
|align=right|252
|-
|Gordon Massie
|align=right|165
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|14,545
|-
|Ed Brown
|align=right|5,170
|-
|Italo Luci
|align=right|3,167
|-
|Richard Brooke
|align=right|230
|-
|Gail J. Phillips
|align=right|117
|-
|Richard Daly
|align=right|72
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|12,760
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|Ed Brown
|align=right|5,579
|-
|Lilliana Edwards
|align=right|4,090
|-
|George J. Dance
|align=right|156
|-
|Gail J. Phillips
|align=right|117
|-
|Richard Daly
|align=right|80
|-
|Steve Penner
|align=right|48
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|12,294
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|Brownie Darubin
|align=right|4,542
|-
|Mairi McElhill
|align=right|3,476
|-
|Mike Phillips
|align=right|123
|-
|John Ross Taylor
|align=right|102
|-
|Richard Daly
|align=right|95
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|9,366
|-
|John A. Gillespie
|align=right|6,442
|-
|Angelo Principe
|align=right|5,272
|-
|William Kashtan
|align=right|190
|-
|Richard Daly
|align=right|160
|-
|Charles Caccia
|align=right|10,736
|-
|Otto Bresan
|align=right|5,865
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|Ken Dear
|align=right|4,688
|-
|Walter L. Gordon
|align=right|9,887
|-
|Daniel Iannuzzi
|align=right|3,907
|-
|Nelson W. Abraham
|align=right|2,918
|-
|William Kashtan
|align=right|224
|-
|Walter L. Gordon
|align=right|11,023
|-
|Pauline Miles
|align=right|4,520
|-
|Vic Cathers
|align=right|4,347
|-
|Roland Ring
|align=right|245
|-
|Walter L. Gordon
|align=right|9,101
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|M. Douglas Morton
|align=right|6,713
|-
|Bill Sefton
|align=right|5,181
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|Phyllis Clarke
|align=right|231
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|Raymond Bell
|align=right|117
|-
|M. Douglas Morton
|align=right|12,117
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|Paul Hellyer
|align=right|7,872
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|F. Andrew Brewin
|align=right|4,963
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|M. Douglas Morton
|align=right|8,989
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|Paul Hellyer
|align=right|6,665
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|F. Andrew Brewin
|align=right|6,414
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|Paul Hellyer
|align=right|8,919
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|Harold McBride
|align=right|6,998
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|Fred Young
|align=right|4,968
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|Hector Harold MacArthur
|align=right|802
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|Paul Hellyer
|align=right|11,431
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|John Ritchie MacNicol
|align=right|10,476
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|David B. Archer
|align=right|7,366
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|John Ritchie MacNicol
|align=right|13,110
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|William Alexander Gunn
|align=right|7,682
|-
|George Eamon Park
|align=right|4,931
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|Richard W. Robertson
|align=right|882
|-
|David Ewald Hartman
|align=right|346
|-
|John Ritchie MacNicol
|align=right|14,890
|-
|Neil Cameron
|align=right|11,140
|-
|John Ritchie MacNicol
|align=right|10,919
|-
|John P. Travers
|align=right|7,675
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|John Williams Bruce
|align=right|4,766
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|W. Harvey Brown
|align=right|4,216

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External link

★ Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament