Eglinton
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1976
First contested1935
Last contested1974

Eglinton 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 Northeast riding.

It initially consisted of Ward Nine of the city of Toronto.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded as follows: from the intersection of the Canadian National Railway line and Yonge Street, north along Yonge Street, west along Cameron Avenue, north along Easton Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southwest along Highway 401, south along the Spadina Expressway, Beechmount Avenue and Benner Avenue, east along Briar Hill Avenue, south along Castlewood Road, east along Eglinton Avenue, south along Elmsthorpe Avenue, and southeast along the C.N.R. line to Yonge Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Eglinton—Lawrence, St. Paul's and Willowdale ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto Northeast
18th  1935–1940     Richard Langton Baker Conservative
19th  1940–1945     Frederick Hoblitzell Liberal
20th  1945–1949     Donald Fleming Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965     Mitchell Sharp Liberal
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1978
 1978–1979     Rob Parker Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Eglinton—Lawrence, St. Paul's and Willowdale

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRichard Langton Baker13,786
LiberalEgerton Lovering9,574
ReconstructionA. Carman Douglas5,868
Co-operative CommonwealthBen H. Spence2,474
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFrederick Hoblitzell17,166
National GovernmentRichard Langton Baker16,926
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming21,476
LiberalFrederick William Rayfield13,586
Co-operative CommonwealthRussell Gee4,435
Labor–ProgressiveLeslie Varley382
Social CreditEdgar Shipley Birrell367
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming19,853
LiberalJack Roy Longstaffe16,426
Co-operative CommonwealthDavid Cass-Beggs4,305
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming17,354
LiberalJack Roy Longstaffe11,190
Co-operative CommonwealthDouglas Weldon McEntee2,337
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming25,046
LiberalAlbert John Wilson9,468
Co-operative CommonwealthGwenyth Grube2,765
  Liberal Conservative Coalition George Rolland 252
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming28,565
LiberalAlbert J. Wilson9,468
Co-operative CommonwealthGwenyth Grube2,646
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald Fleming18,648
LiberalMitchell Sharp17,888
New DemocraticDavid Gauthier4,113
Social CreditBasil Duggan341
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMitchell Sharp22,215
Progressive ConservativeEric Hardy13,984
New DemocraticMalcolm Bowles Mitchell5,151
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMitchell Sharp18,719
Progressive ConservativeDalton Camp16,777
New DemocraticMalcolm Mitchell5,538
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMitchell Sharp23,215
Progressive ConservativeMurray R. Maynard11,155
New DemocraticJames T. Lemon4,654
IndependentArthur L. B. Smialowski164
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMitchell Sharp19,389
Progressive ConservativeMurray R. Maynard17,819
New DemocraticEleanor Pelrine5,245
Not affiliatedHardial Bains132
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMitchell Sharp19,951
Progressive ConservativeMurray Maynard16,812
New DemocraticBetty Kehoe3,798
CommunistShane Parkhill137
IndependentKate A. Alderice110
Marxist–LeninistHardial Bains60

On Mr. Sharp's resignation, 2 May 1978:

By-election on 16 October 1978
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRob Parker19,485
LiberalDoris Anderson7,996
New DemocraticJim Tait2,246

See also

Further reading

  • Land, Brian (1965). Eglinton: the election study of a federal constituency. Toronto: P. Martin Associates.

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