SPADINA (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Spadina' was a Canadian electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of the western-central Toronto. Its name comes from the Spadina Avenue, which runs through the heart of the riding.
It was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years, when it created it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion of became more populated it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were more consistent, with it stretching from John Street in the east to Bathurst Street in the west. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, it was merged with Trinity to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the eastern riding of Rosedale.

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Members of Parliament

Electoral history

Members of Parliament

Members of Parliament for Spadina:

★ Samuel Factor, Liberal (1935-1945)

★ David Croll, Liberal (1945-1955)

★ Charles Rea, Progressive Conservative (1955-1962)

★ Perry Ryan, Liberal (1962-1972)

★ Peter Stollery, Liberal (1972-1981)

★ Dan Heap, New Democratic Party (1981-1988)

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Samuel Factor	14,768	Conservative	Nathan Phillips	10,047	Communist	Joseph Salsberg	3,646	Reconstruction	D.A. Balfour	3,432	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jacob Romer	1,866

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Samuel Factor	20,506	National Government	George Gooderham Blackstock	14,148	Communist	Stewart Smith	2,922

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	David Croll	17,978	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	10,846	Labour-Progressive	Sam Carr	10,050	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kay Montague Morris	2,769

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	David Croll	23,652	Progressive Conservative	Willard M. Box	9,407	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Andrew White	5,969

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	David Croll	15,496	Progressive Conservative	Averell Robinson	6,554	Co-operative Commonwealth	Elgin Ferguson Blair	3,270	Labour-Progressive	Joshua Gershman	1,938

By-election, after Croll was appointed to the Senate, 24 October 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	6,740	Liberal	Samuel Godfrey	6,096	Labour-Progressive	Joseph Salsberg	3,894	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Waisglass	2,873

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	10,348	Liberal	Philip Givens	9,496	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Kedzierzykowski	3,031	Labour-Progressive	Annie Buller Guralnick	668	Social Credit	Dorothy Cureatz	464

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	14,616	Liberal	Philip G. Givens	10,596	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Kedzierzykowski	3,040	Labour-Progressive	Sam Walsh	652	Social Credit	Dorothy Cureatz	233

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Perry Ryan	11,982	Progressive Conservative	John Bassett	9,088	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,026	Independent	Stanley Taube	415	Social Credit	James Audy	227

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Perry Ryan	14,850	Progressive Conservative	Frank Chambers	6,094	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,888	Social Credit	Angelo Tomasini	332

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Perry Ryan	12,005	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,604	Progressive Conservative	Burt Richardson	5,337	New Capitalist	L. Ferris Kendall-Leicester	174

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Perry Ryan	9,379	New Democratic Party	Dan Heap	3,943	Progressive Conservative	Victor Bagnato	3,353

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Peter Stollery	8,334	New Democratic Party	Bob Beardsley	5,622	Progressive Conservative	Perry Ryan	5,616	No affiliation	Maggie Bizzell	226	No affiliation	Syd Stern	145	No affiliation	Mitchell Bornstein	114

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Peter Stollery	9,393	Progressive Conservative	June Marks	3,989	New Democratic Party	Jack Shapiro	3,536	Communist	Maggie Bizzell	156	Marxist-Leninist	Maureen K. Cruise	96	Independent	Ann Noble	87	No affiliation	Mashel Teitelbaum	75

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Peter Stollery	12,542	New Democratic Party	John Foster	8,765	Progressive Conservative	Allan Pope	7,213	Libertarian	Paul Wakfer	192	Communist	Mike Gidora	158	Marxist-Leninist	Barbara Seed	108	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	76

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Peter Stollery	13,280	New Democratic Party	John Foster	8,232	Progressive Conservative	Eric Jackman	5,929	Rhinoceros	John Douglas	250	Libertarian	Don Redekop	227	Rhinoceros	Salvatore Pileggi	146	Communist	Mike Gidora	91	No affiliation	Nick Decarlo	77	No affiliation	Wayne Elliott	60	Marxist-Leninist	Barbara Seed	59	Independent	Ronald G. Rodgers	34

By-election after Stollery was appointed to the Senate, 17 August 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	Dan Heap	7,586	Liberal	Jim Coutts	7,372	Progressive Conservative	Laura Sabia	6,581	Rhinoceros	Decriminalized Douglas	233	Libertarian	Robert Champlin	162	Independent	Anne McBride	84	Independent	John Turmel	69	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	41

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	Dan Heap	13,241	Liberal	Jim Coutts	11,880	Progressive Conservative	Ying Hope	8,061	Libertarian	William E. Burt	358	Rhinoceros	Mara Maria Proussaefs	289	Independent	Sam Guha	98