PARKDALE (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Parkdale' was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979. It included the community of Parkdale in the western part of Toronto. 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 was also a provincial riding electing Members of Provincial Parliaments (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial riding was created in 1914 and abolished in 1999 into Parkdale—High Park, Davenport and a small part to Trinity—Spadina when Ontario's provincial ridings were reduced in number and given the same boundaries as federal ridings.

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Members of Parliament from Parkdale

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament1 from Parkdale

History of the federal riding

Federal electoral history

Members of Parliament from Parkdale

★ Herbert Mowat, Unionist (1917-1921)

★ David Spence, Conservative Party (1921-1940)

★ Herbert A. Bruce, National Government then Progressive Conservative (1940-1946)

★ Harold Timmins, Progressive Conservative (1946-1949)

★ John Hunter, Liberal (1949-1957)

★ Arthur Maloney, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)

★ Stanley Haidasz, Liberal (1962-1978)

★ Yuri Shymko, Progressive Conservative (1978-1979)

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament¹ from Parkdale

★ William Herbert Price, Conservative, 1914-1937

★ William James Stewart, Conservative/Progressive Conservative, 1938-1959

★ James Beecham Trotter, Liberal, (1959-1971)

★ Jan Dukszta, New Democratic Party, (1971-1981)

★ Tony Ruprecht, Liberal, (1981-1999)
¹ In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was changed to Member of Provincial Parliament

History of the federal riding

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 east 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 redistributed between Parkdale—High Park and Trinity ridings.

Federal electoral history

|-
|Government
|MOWAT, Herbert Macdonald
|align="right"| 13,306
|Independent
|MCCORMACK, Carson Alexander
|align="right"| 7,736
|Opposition
|WALDRON, Gordon
|align="right"|3,698
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SPENCE, David
|align="right"|10,705
|Liberal
|DOUGLAS, William
|align="right"| 5,487
|Labour
|SIMPSON, James
|align="right"| 2,723
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SPENCE, David
|align="right"|14,483
|Liberal
|CHRISTIE, Kenneth A.
|align="right"|5,299
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SPENCE, David
|align="right"| 11,897
|Liberal
|TIPPING, Bertram
|align="right"| 4,133
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SPENCE, David
|align="right"|11,713
|Liberal
|GILLIES, Angus
|align="right"| 5,823
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SPENCE, David
|align="right"| 9,619
|Liberal
|PRENTICE, John Leslie
|align="right"| 7,761
|Reconstruction
|HURLBUT, Clinton A.
|align="right"| 3,572
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|HENDERSON, Rose
|align="right"| 3,249
|}
|-
|National Government
|BRUCE, Herbert A.
|align="right"| 13,605
|Liberal
|TRAVERS, Jack
|align="right"| 12,487
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|BRUCE, Herbert A.
|align="right"|11,588
|Liberal
|TRAVERS, Jack
|align="right"|9,981
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|BRAND, Ford
|align="right"| 4,188
|Labour-Progressive
|FERGUSON, Dewar
|align="right"|1,053
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|TIMMINS, Harold
|align="right"| 8,212
|Liberal
|HUNTER, John
|align="right"| 7,569
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|BRAND, Ford
|align="right"| 6,470
|Unknown
|MORTON, Elizabeth
|align="right"| 966
|Unknown
|PALMER, Len
|align="right"| 64
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HUNTER, John
|align="right"| 12,876
|Progressive Conservative
|TIMMINS, Harold
|align="right"| 10,137
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|WATERS, Arthur
|align="right"| 6,242
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HUNTER, John
|align="right"|10,391
|Progressive Conservative
|MCBRIEN, Irene
|align="right"| 6,788
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|CHISHOLM, Archie A.
|align="right"| 3,788
|Labour-Progressive
|BOYCHUK, John
|align="right"|765
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|MALONEY, Arthur
|align="right"| 9,882
|Liberal
|HUNTER, John
|align="right"| 7,671
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|CHISHOLM, Archie A.
|align="right"| 3,979
|Ind. Progressive Conservative
|BOLAND, John
|align="right"| 342
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|MALONEY, Arthur
|align="right"| 13,640
|Liberal
|HUNTER, John
|align="right"| 8,599
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|CHISHOLM, Archie A.
|align="right"| 3,492
|Labour-Progressive
|CLARKE, Nelson
|align="right"| 344
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stanley
|align="right"| 10,780
|Progressive Conservative
|MALONEY, Arthur
|align="right"| 8,946
|New Democratic Party
|CAMPBELL, Tom
|align="right"| 5,759
|Social Credit
|MIDDLETON, M. Watson
|align="right"| 224
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stanley
|align="right"| 12,694
|Progressive Conservative
|DYMOND, William C.
|align="right"|6,308
|New Democratic Party
|CAMPBELL, Tom
|align="right"| 5,538
|Social Credit
|SLOAN, Olive E. Calvert
|align="right"| 259
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stanley
|align="right"| 11,974
|Progressive Conservative
|COCHRANE, Felicity
|align="right"| 6,104
|New Democratic Party
|DYE, Ralph
|align="right"| 5,194
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stanley
|align="right"|14,717
|New Democratic Party
|ROGERS, Bruce
|align="right"| 8,983
|Progressive Conservative
|ARMSTRONG, Kay
|align="right"|5,057
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stanley
|align="right"| 12,214
|Progressive Conservative
|ZINK, Lubor
|align="right"| 8,990
|New Democratic Party
|GURSTEIN, Mike
|align="right"| 6,478
|No affiliation
|DEVEAU, Dennis
|align="right"| 201
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAIDASZ, Stan
|align="right"| 13,134
|Progressive Conservative
|ZINK, Lubor
|align="right"| 7,133
|New Democratic Party
|COTTER, Evelyn
|align="right"| 4,479
|Independent
|YOUNG, Terence
|align="right"| 144
|Communist
|MCLELLAN, Neil
|align="right"| 132
|Marxist-Leninist
|MACLEAN, Gordon
|align="right"| 95
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|SHYMKO, Yuri
|align="right"| 6,759
|Liberal
|EGGLETON, Art
|align="right"| 5,721
|New Democratic Party
|LITTLE, Doug
|align="right"| 4,806
|Communist
|LARSEN, Anna
|align="right"| 190
|}