High_Park_(electoral_district)
High Park (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 1972 |
| First contested | 1935 |
| Last contested | 1968 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (1941) | 55,656 |
| Electors (1945) | 41,785 |
| Census division(s) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto, Ontario |
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]
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
- "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.
- Barnes, Sally (1968-05-18). "What's your riding? Who's running? Who looks strong?". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 8.
- "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.
- Marshall, John (1972-10-17). "High Park:The race is close in a diverse riding". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. 5.