Broadview (federal electoral district)

For the N.W.T. riding, see Broadview (territorial electoral district).

Broadview was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough ridings.

Broadview

Ontario electoral district
The boundaries of Broadview as they were from 1933 to 1947
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1976
First contested	1935
Last contested	1978
Demographics
Population (1941)	59,454
Electors (1945)	41,299
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

It initially consisted of the part of the city of Toronto bounded by a line drawn north from Lake Ontario along Leslie Avenue, west along Eastern Avenue, north along Rushbrook Avenue, west along Queen Street, north along Jones Avenue, west along Danforth Avenue, north along Langford Avenue, thence west along the city limits, and south and west along the Don River to Toronto Bay.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn north from Lake Ontario along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, west along Sammon Avenue, south along Pape Avenue, west along Fulton Avenue to Broadview Avenue, south along the Don River, west along Lake Shore Boulevard East, and south along Cherry Street to Lake Ontario.

Its provincial counterpart in elections to the Ontario Legislative Assembly was the riding of Riverdale which covered much of the same area.

Broadview was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Beaches, Broadview—Greenwood and Rosedale ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough
18th	1935–1940		Thomas Langton Church	Conservative
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1950†
	1950–1953		George Hees
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		David Hahn	Liberal
27th	1965–1968		John Gilbert	New Democratic
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1978
	1978–1979		Bob Rae
Riding dissolved into Beaches, Broadview—Greenwood and Rosedale

Election results

1935 boundaries

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	11,380
	Liberal	Harold P. Snelgrove	7,527
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Graham Spry	5,167
	Reconstruction	John C. MacCorkindale	3,793

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Thomas Langton Church	14,474
	Liberal	George Gresswell	7,866
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Grube	2,613

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	13,011
	Liberal	Joseph McNamara	6,362
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Grube	5,414
	Labor–Progressive	Fred Collins	694

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	10,507
	Liberal	Ruth Radford	9,316
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Grube	7,636
	Socialist Labour	William Blackwood Hendry	271

On Mr. Church's death, 7 February 1950:

By-election on 15 May 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	10,399
	Liberal	Ruth Elizabeth Radford	6,055
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Grube	4,975
	Socialist Labour	Charles Weir	184

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	10,403
	Liberal	Joseph J. Carroll	6,316
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herbert Gargrave	3,910
	Labor–Progressive	William Kashtan	224
	Socialist Labour	Alan Sanderson	130

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	12,815
	Liberal	Terrence R. Doidge	4,664
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ron Burns	4,078

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	8,929
	Liberal	David Hahn	7,658
	New Democratic	Gerry Gallagher	5,330

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Hahn	8,743
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Day	6,684
	New Democratic	John Gilbert	5,574
	Social Credit	Tom Comerford	166
	Independent	Fred Graham	149
	Socialist Labour	Alan Sanderson	43

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	John Gilbert	8,232
	Liberal	David Hahn	6,876
	Progressive Conservative	Richard H. Lyall	5,481
	Socialist Labour	William B. Hendry	147

1966 boundaries

The boundaries of Broadview as they were from 1966 to 1976

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	John Gilbert	10,406
	Liberal	Bob Sutherland	9,929
	Progressive Conservative	Betty M. Knight	4,752
	Socialist Labour	William B. Hendry	202

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	John Gilbert	11,063
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Clifford	7,903
	Liberal	Peter Murphy	7,465
	No affiliation	Alfred Dewhurst	123
	No affiliation	Ron Hall	54

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	John Gilbert	9,392
	Liberal	Lou Yankou	8,158
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Jamieson	5,617
	Independent	Walter Belej	137
	Communist	Angelo E. Giannakopoulos	128
	Marxist–Leninist	Susan Dennis	101
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On Mr. Gilbert's resignation, 28 April 1978:

By-election on 16 October 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Bob Rae	8,388
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Clifford	7,968
	Liberal	Philipp Valeris	3,466
	Communist	Tom Lianos	204

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament