Toronto West Centre

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Toronto West Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was and located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Toronto Centre and Toronto West ridings.

It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by Bloor Street, on the west by Dovercourt Road, on the south by Dundas Street, and on the east by Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent and University Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity ridings.

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Canadian federal election, 1925: Toronto West Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative HOCKEN, Horatio Clarence 10,514
     Liberal SINGER, Joseph 7,495
     Independent MURPHY, Francis Herbert 247
Canadian federal election, 1926: Toronto West Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative HOCKEN, Horatio Clarence 7,956
     Liberal JOHNSTON, Frederick Graham 5,388
     Labour MACDONALD, John 1,193
Canadian federal election, 1930: Toronto West Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal FACTOR, Samuel 8,367
     Conservative CHURCH, Thomas Langton 7,803
     Communist SIMS, Charles 621
     Labour CONNER, James McArthur 264

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