High Park (federal electoral district)

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High Park
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1972
First contested1935
Last contested1968
Demographics
Population (1941)55,656
Electors (1945)41,785
Census division(s)Toronto, Ontario
Census subdivision(s)Toronto, Ontario

High Park was a federal electoral district in the west-end of the old City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1972. It was created in 1933 and abolished in 1972, when it was redistributed into the newly created High Park—Humber Valley district, which shared virtually the same boundaries as High Park's last incarnation.

History[edit]

The federal riding was created in 1933 from the former riding of Toronto—High Park.[1] It was initially defined to consist of ward seven of the city of Toronto — that was the former City of West Toronto Junction — and the part of ward six lying west of a line drawn from north to south along Indian Road, east along Howard Park Avenue, and south along Sunnyside Avenue to Lake Ontario. In 1952, it was redefined to include the Ellis Court Apartments.[1]

In 1966, a major redistribution included the former village of Swansea and parts of Etobicoke for the first time, and not following just the old City of West Toronto Junction boundaries as it had previously.[2] It was defined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the east, north and west by a line drawn north along Parkside Drive, west along Bloor Street West, north on Pacific Avenue, east along Canadian Pacific Railway, north along Keele Street, west along Rogers Road, northwest along Weston Road, west along Black Creek, south along Jane Street, southwest along Dundas Street, southeast along Mimico Creek, east along The Queensway, and southeast along the Humber River to the shore of Lake Ontario.[1][2]

The electoral district was abolished in 1972 when the name of the electoral district was changed to High Park—Humber Valley with the same borders as the 1966 redistribution.[3][4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto—High Park
18th  1935–1940     Alexander James Anderson Conservative
19th  1940–1945     National Government
20th  1945–1949     William Alexander McMaster Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953     Pat Cameron Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     John Kucherepa Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Pat Cameron Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Walter Deakon
Riding dissolved into High Park—Humber Valley

Federal election results[edit]

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Alexander James Anderson 10,949
Liberal James Chalmers McRuer 8,357
Reconstruction Minerva Ellen Reid 4,396
Co-operative Commonwealth Donat Marc LeBourdais 3,574
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
National Government Alexander James Anderson 12,266
Liberal Pat Cameron 12,061
Co-operative Commonwealth Carroll Langford Coburn 1,777
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative William Alexander McMaster 12,992
Liberal Pat Cameron 11,379
Co-operative Commonwealth William Horace Temple 5,612
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat Cameron 12,216
Progressive Conservative William Alexander McMaster 11,726
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence William Pethick 6,671
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat Cameron 10,032
Progressive Conservative William Cedric Davidson 8,526
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence William Pethick 3,847
Labor–Progressive Victor George Hopwood 572
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative John W. Kucherepa 11,034
Liberal Pat Cameron 8,767
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence William Pethick 3,657
Social Credit Earl du Maresq 498
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative John W. Kucherepa 14,289
Liberal Allan John Patrick Cameron 9,586
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence W. Pethick 3,256
Social Credit Earl du Maresq 237
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat Cameron 11,388
Progressive Conservative John W. Kucherepa 9,089
New Democratic Tom Wilson 4,903
Social Credit Norman Pert 348
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat Cameron 13,034
Progressive Conservative James H. Stephens 7,045
New Democratic Andrew W. Mays 4,425
Communist William Malnychuk 420
Social Credit Watson Middleton 203
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat Cameron 11,171
Progressive Conservative Bill Whiteacre 6,652
New Democratic Anne Barrett 4,650
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Deakon 16,260
Progressive Conservative Win McKay 10,743
New Democratic Don Stevenson 8,131
Independent Liberal Ralph B. Cowan 2,895
Independent Henry Formosa 215

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:HIGH PARK, Ontario (1933 -1972)". Parliament of Canada. Ottawa: The Queen's Printer for Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. ^ a b Barnes, Sally (1968-05-18). "What's your riding? Who's running? Who looks strong?". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 8.
  3. ^ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:HIGH PARK--HUMBER VALLEY, Ontario (1972 -1976)". Parliament of Canada. Ottawa: The Queen's Printer for Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. ^ Marshall, John (1972-10-17). "High Park:The race is close in a diverse riding". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. 5.