Toronto Northwest (federal electoral district)

Toronto Northwest
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930

Toronto Northwest was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Parkdale, Toronto North and York South ridings.

It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto north of Bloor Street, west of Bathurst St. and east of the Northern Division of the Canadian National Railway, the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway eastward and Landsdowne Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Davenport, Spadina, Trinity and York West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Parkdale, Toronto North and York South
15th	1925–1926	Thomas Langton Church	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Thomas Langton Church
17th	1930–1935	John Ritchie MacNicol
Riding dissolved into Davenport, Spadina, Trinity and York West

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto Northwest
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	16,329
Liberal	James Gilchrist	3,106
Labour	James Simpson	1,542
Independent Conservative	Caroline Sophia Brown	544
Independent Conservative	Wallace Cochrane	104

1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto Northwest
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	12,071
Liberal	John Frederick Boyd	2,637
Labour	James Simpson	1,267

1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto Northwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ritchie MacNicol	14,343
	Liberal	Farguhar John MacRae	5,513

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Members of Parliament

Election history

See also

External links