Toronto—Scarborough

Toronto—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the east end of the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of York East riding and consisted of the portion of the City of Toronto east of a line described as starting at the intersection of Pape Avenue with the northern boundary of the city, and following Pape Avenue, Danforth Avenue, Greenwood Avenue, Queen Street East, and then following the alignment of Knox Street south to Lake Ontario.[1][2]

Toronto—Scarborough
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1933
First contested1925
Last contested1930

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Broadview, Danforth, and Greenwood electoral districts.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from York East
15th  1925–1926     Joseph Henry Harris Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Broadview, Danforth and Greenwood

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Scarborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris18,481
 LiberalEdwin Charles Beer4,281
1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Scarborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris14,938
 LiberalFrank Norman Walker3,556
1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Scarborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 ConservativeJoseph Henry Harris17,122
 LiberalWilliam Henry Ford6,156

See also

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