Danforth (electoral district)

Danforth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

Danforth

Ontario electoral district
Danforth as it was from 1933 to 1947 among the other Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1966
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto—Scarborough riding. It initially consisted of the eastern part of the city of Toronto, bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north and east by the Toronto city limits, on the west by Woodbine Avenue.

In 1952, it was redefined to include the part of Scarborough township south of St. Clair Avenue between the western limit of Scarborough and Midland Avenue. Danforth represented what is now the Greektown area of Toronto.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Greenwood, Scarborough West and York East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto—Scarborough
18th	1935–1940		Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Robert Hardy Small
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Reid Scott	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Greenwood, Scarborough West and York East

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	9,231
	Liberal	Norman Wilks	4,521
	Co-operative Commonwealth	M. Stanley Elliott	3,855
	Reconstruction	Thomas W. Learie	3,416

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	11,847
	Liberal	Lewis Duncan	8,946

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	11,401
	Liberal	Norman Caldwell	6,415
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Jarvis McCurdy	4,467

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Henry Harris	9,960
	Liberal	Norman Caldwell	8,013
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Avis M. McCurdy	5,601

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	12,595
	Liberal	Unsworth N. Jones	11,834
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Avis McCurdy	5,905
	Labor–Progressive	Annie Louise Wilson	374

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	18,604
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Alfred Best	9,720
	Liberal	Ernest A. Bruce	8,443

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	24,139
	Co-operative Commonwealth	R. Alfred Best	9,352
	Liberal	Ernest A. Bruce	7,529

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	14,029
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	13,144
	Liberal	John Whitehead	12,498
	Social Credit	Ernest T. Watts	364

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	14,903
	Liberal	John Whitehead	14,701
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hardy Small	10,835
	Social Credit	Ernest T. Watts	212

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Reid Scott	19,320
	Liberal	Tim Reid	10,906
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Wardle	9,242

See also

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