Brockton (electoral district)

Brockton (electoral district)
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1925
District abolished 1934
First contested 1926
Last contested 1929
Demographics
Electors 38,000

Brockton was an Ontario provincial electoral district in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1934, when it was abolished and redistributed into the Parkdale and Dovercourt districts. Its only Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was Fred McBrien.[1] When his district was abolished, he decided not to seek re-election in another district.[1]

Boundaries

The northern boundary was the city's northern boundary with York Township, starting at Lavender Road, through the northern side of Rowntree Avenue, continuing just north of Innes Avenue, through Prospect Cemetery and ending at Morrison Avenue.[2] It then went southwards along its eastern border on the western edge of Dufferin Street to Lake Ontario.[2] The western border picked up on land on Dowling Avenue and then jogged west on the north side of Queen Street West to the east side of Sorauren Avenue.[2] It continued north on Sorauren to the south side of Dundas Street West, where it then ran east until the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) tracks. It then went north along the tracks and connected with the northern boundary at the city limits, just south of Lavender Road.[2]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Prior to 1926 part of Toronto Southwest, Toronto Northwest and Parkdale ridings[3]
17th 1926–1929     Fred McBrien Conservative
18th 1929–1934
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4]
redistributed into Dovercourt and Parkdale ridings after 1934

Election results

1926 Ontario general election

Party Candidate Votes[5][nb 1] Vote %
    Conservative Fred McBrien 11,106 58
    Liberal R. D. Stanley 5,348 28
    Independent Conservative R. Stuart 2732 14

1929 Ontario general election

Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Conservative Fred McBrien 8,625 71
    Liberal James Gilchrist 3,580 29

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Two polls missing from results.

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "F. G. M'Brien is dead at 50". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 1938-07-04. p. 5.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Map of Toronto showing Provincial Ridings and city limits". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1926-11-06. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe (Toronto). p. 7.
  4. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Fred McBrien's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick George McBrien, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Result of ballot in the 112 Ontario constituencies". Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa). 1926-12-02. p. 15. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  6. ↑ "Provincial election results". The Globe (Toronto). 1929-10-31. p. 5.