Danforth (electoral district)

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Danforth was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto—Scarborough riding. It initially consisted of the eastern part of the city of Toronto, bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north and east by the Toronto city limits, on the west by Woodbine Avenue.

In 1952, it was redefined to include the part of Scarborough township south of St. Clair Avenue between the western limit of Scarborough and Midland Avenue. Danforth represented what is now the Greektown area of Toronto.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Greenwood, Scarborough West and York East ridings].

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	HARRIS, Joseph Henry	9,231
	Liberal	WILKS, Norman	4,521
	Co-operative Commonwealth	ELLIOTT, M. Stanley	3,855
	Reconstruction	LEARIE, Thomas W.	3,416

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	HARRIS, Joseph Henry	11,847
	Liberal	DUNCAN, Lewis	8,946

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HARRIS, Joseph Henry	11,401
	Liberal	CALDWELL, Norman	6,415
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MCCURDY, William Jarvis	4,467

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HARRIS, Joseph H.	9,960
	Liberal	CALDWELL, Norman	8,013
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MCCURDY, Avis M.	5,601

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMALL, Robert Hardy	12,595
	Liberal	JONES, Unsworth N.	11,834
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MCCURDY, Avis	5,905
	Labour-Progressive	WILSON, Annie Louise	374

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMALL, Robert Hardy	18,604
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BEST, Robert Alfred	9,720
	Liberal	BRUCE, Ernest A.	8,443

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMALL, Robert Hardy	24,139
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BEST, R. Alfred	9,352
	Liberal	BRUCE, Ernest A.	7,529

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	SCOTT, Reid	14,029
	Progressive Conservative	SMALL, Robert Hardy	13,144
	Liberal	WHITEHEAD, John	12,498
	Social Credit	WATTS, Ernest T.	364

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	SCOTT, Reid	14,903
	Liberal	WHITEHEAD, John	14,701
	Progressive Conservative	SMALL, Robert Hardy	10,835
	Social Credit	WATTS, Ernest T.	212