Greenwood (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 divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	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.

Election results

1966 Boundaries

The boundaries of Greenwood from 1966 to 1976

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	BREWIN, Andrew	12,117
	Liberal	JAMES, Walter	11,755
	Progressive Conservative	STEWART, Gordon	8,268

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	BREWIN, Andrew F.	14,261
	Progressive Conservative	TAYLOR, William E.	11,190
	Liberal	GLASS, Larry	7,722
	Social Credit	LESLIE, George Alexander	117
	Not affiliated	BLASHILL, Carl	79

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	BREWIN, Andrew	11,038
	Liberal	JAMES, Joe	10,922
	Progressive Conservative	BARK, Chad	9,589
	Independent	LAUDER, Alex	91
	Social Credit	LESLIE, Geo A.	76
	Marxist–Leninist	MCKIBBIN, Jim R.	64
	Not affiliated	SMILEY, Bret	4

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament