Etobicoke (electoral district)

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Etobicoke in relation to the other Metro Toronto ridings of that era
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Etobicoke in relation to the other Metro Toronto ridings of that era

Etobicoke was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of York—Humber riding.

It consisted of that part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded as follows: from the intersection of Dundas Street West and Jane Street, north along Jane Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, northwest along the Humber River, west along Dixon Side Road, north along Islington Avenue North, west along Rexdale Boulevard, north along Kipling Avenue North, northwest along the West Branch of the Humber River, south along the boundary between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto, northeast along the Queen Elizabeth Way, north along Kipling Avenue South, and northeast along Dundas Street West to Jane Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Etobicoke Centre, Etobicoke North, Etobicoke—Lakeshore, York South—Weston and York West ridings.

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Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal GILLESPIE, Alastair 32,066
     Progressive Conservative HARNETT, Arthur 17,799
     New Democrat YOUNG, Robert Sydney 7,432


Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal GILLESPIE, Alastair 32,008
     Progressive Conservative VAN DEN HEUVEL, John 28,896
     New Democrat HAMMOND, Dave H. 10,299
     Not affiliated RAMSON, Howard 214


Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal GILLESPIE, Alastair 37,847
     Progressive Conservative THOMSON, John 28,193
     New Democrat PRINOLD, Denis 7,337
     Communist HRYNCHYSHYN, Nicholas 181
     Marxist-Leninist BILEY, Barbara 166

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