Etobicoke (electoral district)

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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.

[edit] Election results

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