Greenwood (Ontario federal electoral district)

This article is about the defunct federal electoral district. For the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district, see Greenwood (British Columbia electoral district). For the defunct Ontario provincial riding, see Greenwood (Ontario provincial electoral district).

Greenwood

Ontario electoral district
The boundaries of Greenwood from 1933 to 1947
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1979
First contested	1935
Last contested	1974
Demographics
Population (1941)Census of Canada	58,346
Electors (1945)	41,680
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Greenwood was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. It was located in east end of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough ridings.

It initially was bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by Woodbine Avenue, on the north by the city limits, and on the west by the eastern boundary of Broadview riding.

In 1947, the western limit was redefined to be (from north to south) from the city limit south along Langford Avenue, east along Danforth Avenue, south along Jones Avenue, east along Queen Street East, south along Rushbrook Avenue, east along Eastern Avenue, and south along Leslie Street to Lake Ontario.

In 1966, it was redefined to be bounded on the east by the east limit of the City of Toronto and Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by a line drawn west along Danforth Avenue, north along Woodbine Avenue, west along Milverton Boulevard, on the west by Greenwood Avenue, and including the area south of Queen Street East between Greenwood and Leslie Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Beaches and York East 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		Denton Massey	Conservative
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1949†		John Ernest McMillin
	1949–1953		James Macdonnell
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Andrew Brewin	New Democratic
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Beaches and York East

Election results

1933 boundaries

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Denton Massey	11,183
	Liberal	Ernest Bray	6,969
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bertram Elijah Leavens	4,813
	Reconstruction	George Springfield Hougham	4,720

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Denton Massey	14,710
	Liberal	Thomas Reilly	7,397
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bertram E. Leavens	3,430

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Denton Massey	13,475
	Liberal	Charles Joseph Kelz	7,143
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harvey Angus Hotrum	6,495
	Labor–Progressive	James Davis	468

1947 boundaries

On Mr. McMillin's death before taking his seat, 20 August 1949:

By-election on 24 October 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell	9,399
	Liberal	Sylvester Perry Ryan	7,230
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harvey Angus Hotrum	6,580
	Labor–Progressive	Louise Watson	189

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell	9,702
	Liberal	Inez Somers	6,404
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maurice Charles Punshon	5,334
	Labor–Progressive	Stewart Smith	610

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell	12,422
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maurice C. Pumshon	6,035
	Liberal	Inez Somers	4,803

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell	16,284
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maurice Charles Punshon	5,626
	Liberal	Inez Somers	4,320

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	9,238
	Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell	8,694
	Liberal	Thomas Edgar Reilly	6,338
	Social Credit	George B. McLenon	233

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	9,421
	Progressive Conservative	John Hilton	7,221
	Liberal	T. Edgar Reilly	7,207
	Social Credit	Peter Lonsdale	224

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	10,590
	Liberal	Martin P. O'Connell	5,952
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Beach	5,573

1966 boundaries

The boundaries of Greenwood from 1966 to 1976

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	12,117
	Liberal	Walter James	11,755
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Stewart	8,268

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	14,261
	Progressive Conservative	William E. Taylor	11,190
	Liberal	Larry Glass	7,722
	Social Credit	George Alexander Leslie	117
	Not affiliated	Carl Blashill	79

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Brewin	11,038
	Liberal	Joe James	10,922
	Progressive Conservative	Chad Bark	9,589
	Independent	Alex Lauder	91
	Social Credit	Geo. A. Leslie	76
	Marxist–Leninist	Jim R. McKibbin	64
	Not affiliated	Bret Smiley	4

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament