Etobicoke (electoral district)
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.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Alastair Gillespie | 32,066 | 55.96 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Harnett | 17,799 | 31.06 | |||||
| New Democratic | Robert Sydney Young | 7,432 | 12.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,297 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Alastair Gillespie | 32,008 | 44.82 | -11.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John van den Heuvel | 28,896 | 40.46 | +9.40 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave H. Hammond | 10,299 | 14.42 | +1.45 | ||||
| Independent | Howard Ramson | 214 | 0.30 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 71,417 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Alastair Gillespie | 37,847 | 51.34 | +6.52 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Thomson | 28,193 | 38.24 | -2.22 | ||||
| New Democratic | Denis Prinold | 7,337 | 9.95 | -4.47 | ||||
| Communist | Nicholas Hrynchyshyn | 181 | 0.25 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Barbara Biley | 166 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 73,724 | 100.00 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts