Beaches (electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district |
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Beaches in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1988 |
| Demographics | |
| Census divisions | Toronto |
| Census subdivisions | Toronto |
- For the defunct provincial electoral district of the same name, see Beaches (provincial electoral district).
Beaches was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.
The riding was created in 1976, from parts of Broadview, Greenwood and York East ridings.
Boundaries
It was created in 1976 with the following boundaries - from Leslie Street where it meets Lake Ontario, the boundary proceeded north along Leslie to Queen Street East. It went west along Queen to Jones Avenue then north along Jones to Gerrard Street East, east along Gerrard and then north on Greenwood Avenue to the city limits. It followed the city limits east to Victoria Park Avenue and then south following Victoria Park back to the lake.
The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| created in 1976 from parts of Greenwood and Danforth ridings | ||||
| 31st | 1979-1980 | Robin Richardson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980-1984 | Neil Young | New Democratic Party | |
| 33rd | 1984-1988 | |||
| Sourced from the Parliament of Canada[1] | ||||
| abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings |
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Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Robin Richardson | 12,840 | 34.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Neil Young | 12,322 | 33.1 | |||||
| Liberal | Brian Fullerton | 11,232 | 30.2 | |||||
| Libertarian | David Anderson | 388 | 1.0 | |||||
| Independent | Donald A. Daley | 129 | 0.3 | |||||
| Rhino | Judi Skuce | 111 | 0.3 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jim McKibbin | 91 | 0.2 | |||||
| Independent | Jim McMillan | 69 | 0.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,182 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Parliament of Canada:[2] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Neil Young | 12,675 | 35.6 | |||||
| Liberal | Terry O'Reilly | 11,179 | 31.4 | |||||
| Conservative | Robin Richardson | 11,179 | 31.4 | |||||
| Libertarian | Dennis Corrigan | 272 | 0.8 | |||||
| Rhino | David Reid | 214 | 0.6 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jim McKibbin | 60 | 0.2 | |||||
| Independent | Vince Corriero | 45 | 0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,624 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Parliament of Canada:[2] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Neil Young | 14,914 | 40.6 | |||||
| Conservative | Jack Jones | 12,443 | 33.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Terry Kelly | 8,155 | 22.2 | |||||
| Green | Trevor Hancock | 581 | 1.6 | |||||
| Libertarian | Dennis Corrigan | 353 | 1.0 | |||||
| Independent | Terrence Kennedy | 132 | 0.4 | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 112 | 0.3 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Ron Thorsen | 27 | 0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,177 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Parliament of Canada:[2] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ For a listing of each MP's Canadian curriculum vitae see below:
- For Robin Richardson's Parliament of Canada information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- For Neil Young's Parliament of Canada information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
