Woodbine (electoral district)

Woodbine

Ontario electoral district
File:Toronto Provincial Ridings 1926a.pdf Woodbine, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1966
First contested	1926
Last contested	1967

Woodbine was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1926 to 1967. It covered a section of the eastern city of Toronto east of Jones Avenue and west of Woodbine Avenue. In 1966 there was a major redrawing of the riding boundaries in Toronto and the riding was split. The portion east of Greenwood Avenue was merged into the Beaches—Woodbine and the portion west went into the Riverdale riding.

Boundaries

In 1926 the riding was carved out of the existing riding of Riverdale with the following boundaries. The southern boundary was Lake Ontario. Going north along the west side it formed a line following Knox Avenue all the way to Queen Street East. After short jog east it continued north along Greenwood Avenue until it reached the city limits at Milverton Blvd. The boundary went east following the city limit between Milverton Blvd. and Springdale Blvd. which was in East York. The boundary line turned south at Woodbine Avenue which was followed all the way back to the lake.

Prior to the 1934 election, the riding of Greenwood was dissolved and split between Woodbine to the east and Riverdale to the west. The new western boundary became Jones Avenue from Queen Street East to Danforth Avenue. North of Danforth Avenue the boundary continued along Dewhurst Blvd. and south of Queen Street East the boundary continued along Berkshire Avenue and south to the lake. The boundaries remained until the riding was dissolved prior to the 1967 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Beaches
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
prior to 1926 part of Riverdale
17th	1926–1929		George Sylvester Shields	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Conservative
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Bert Leavens	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		Bert Leavens	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Harold Fishleigh	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		Ken Bryden	New Democratic
27th	1963–1967
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
merged into the Beaches—Woodbine and the Riverdale riding after 1967

Election results

1926 boundaries

Ontario general election, 1926

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	George Shields	8,860	78.6
	Liberal	Florabel Dilworth	2,405	21.4
		Total	11,265

Ontario general election, 1929

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	George S. Shields	6,885	79.4
	Liberal	J. A. Kinsella	1,783	20.6
		Total	8,668

1934 boundaries

File:1934TorontoRidings.jpg

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

Ontario general election, 1934

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	G.C. Elgie	9,008	42.8
	Liberal	F.M. Walker	6,371	30.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred C. Copp	5,474	26.0
	Independent	W.E. Turley	184	0.9
		Total	21,037

Ontario general election, 1937

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	G.C. Elgie	9,772	43.7
	Liberal	Fred Sturgeon	7,449	33.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	B.E. Leavens	5,122	22.9
		Total	22,343

Ontario general election, 1943

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bert Leavens	8,436	47.7
	Conservative	G.C. Elgie	6,954	39.3
	Liberal	A. Roy Brown	2,295	13.0
		Total	17,685

Ontario general election, 1945

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	G.C. Elgie	11,353	39.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bert Leavens	8,894	31.2
	Liberal	Perry Ryan	7,798	27.4
	Labor–Progressive	David Crichton	380	1.3
	Socialist Labour	G.M. Thompson	76	0.3
		Total	28,501

Ontario general election, 1948

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bert Leavens	12,776	46.8
	Conservative	G.C. Elgie	10,863	39.8
	Liberal	John Feeley	3,420	12.5
	Socialist Labour	E. Cook	249	0.9
		Total	27,308

Ontario general election, 1951

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	Harold Fishleigh	10,480	44.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bert Leavens	9,347	39.2
	Liberal	Gus Faux	4,013	16.8
		Total	23,480

Ontario general election, 1955

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	Harold Fishleigh	8,548	43.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Bryden	7,264	37.2
	Liberal	Raymond Brawley	3,271	16.7
	Labor–Progressive	James Davis	465	2.4
		Total	19,548

Ontario general election, 1959

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Bryden	7,845	41.8
	Conservative	Harold Fishleigh	7,628	40.6
	Liberal	Donald Kennedy	3,294	17.6
		Total	18,767

Ontario general election, 1963

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Bryden	9,024	45.9
	Conservative	George Hogan	7,695	39.2
	Liberal	John P. Hamilton	2,930	14.9
		Total	19,649