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Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1926
District abolished	1967
First contested	1926
Last contested	1965

Bracondale was a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that had been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1967. It's most notable achievement, was electing one of two women Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) to share the title "first-woman MPP" in 1943. In 1965, Bracondale's MPP, Joseph Gould, died in office sparking the final election held in the constituency. George Ben won the by-election, and became the constituency's last MPP. The constituency was then dissolved for the 1967 Ontario provincial election, and redistributed into the Dovercourt and Bellwoods electoral districts.

History

The constituency was first contested during Ontario's 17th general election on 1 December 1926.^[1] Arthur Russell Nesbitt, was elected its first Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA).^[2] He was a member of Ontario Conservative Party.^[2] The first Ontario Liberal MLA was Lionel Conacher, a famous Canadian athlete that retired from the NHL hockey league to start a career in politics. He was elected on 6 October 1937. Soon after he was elected as an MLA, the legislature changed the designation for its members to Member of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) in 1938.

Bracondale's biggest claim to fame came in 1943. Its residents elected Rae Luckock, one of two Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) female MPPs to share the title "first-female MPP"; the other was Agnes Macphail in York East.

Geography

It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. The riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north ofHigh Park.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway situated west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, southeast along Old Weston Road, west along Lavender Road, south along Keele Street, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the Humber River to Highway 401.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
17th	1926–1929	Arthur Nesbitt	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934-1937
20th	1937-1943	Lionel Conacher	Liberal
21st	1943-1945	Rae Luckock	CCF
22nd	1945-1948	Harry Hyndman	Conservative
23rd	1948-1951	Harry Walters	CCF

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, 25 September 1965}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Ben
	New Democratic
	Progressive Conservative
	Green
Total valid votes				100.0

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gould	13,812	42.9	+1.5
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	13,343	41.4	-1.9
	Progressive Conservative	Karen McMillan-Aver	3,249	10.1	-0.2
	Green	Anthony Gratl	1,225	3.8	+2.4
	Libertarian	Marco Dias	382	1.2
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	214	0.7	0.0
Total valid votes			32,225	100.0

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul Ferreira	8,188	43.3	+24.0
	Liberal	Laura Albanese	7,830	41.4	-20.2
	Progressive Conservative	Pina Martino	1,941	10.3	-4.9
	Green	Mir Kamal	262	1.4	-1.1
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	220	1.2
	Independent	Mohammed Choudhary	142	0.8
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	139	0.7	-0.8
	Libertarian	Venuto	98	0.5
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	77	0.4
Total valid votes			18,897	100.0

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	19,932	61.6	+8.2
	New Democratic	Brian Donlevy	6,247	19.3	-0.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Halicki	4,930	15.2	-6.7
	Green	Enrique Palad	794	2.5	+2.0
	Family Coalition	Mariangela Sanabria	475	1.5	-0.1
Total valid votes			32,378	100.0

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur George Frost	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Arthur George Frost	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Cordiano	18,205	53.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Hofmeister	7,471	21.9
	New Democratic	Rosana Pellizzari	6,850	20.1
	Family Coalition	Enzo Granzotto	542	1.6
	Independent	David Gershuny	486	1.4
	Communist	Hassan Husseini	261	0.8
	Green	Alma Subasic	147	0.4
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	139	0.4
Total valid votes			34,101	100.0

References and notes

Notes

^ "All Members serving in Parliament: 17 -- December 01, 1926 - September 17, 1929". Past and Present MPPs. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Assembly. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
^ ^a ^b "Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP". Past and Present MPPs. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Assembly. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

References

Bracondale riding was first contested in the Ontario Legislature during election 17, 1 December 1926. The first MLA was

Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP Conservative Dates of service as an MPP December 1, 1926—August 25, 1937

Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MPP Liberal Party Dates of service as an MPP October 6, 1937—June 30, 1943

Rae Luckock, MPP Co-opertive Commonwealth Federation Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP August 4, 1943—March 24, 1945

Harry Hyland Hyndman, MPP Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP June 4, 1945—April 27, 1948

Harry Lindley Walters, MPP Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP June 7, 1948—October 6, 1951

Arthur George Frost, MPP Progressive Conservative Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP November 22, 1951—June 10, 1959

Joseph M. Gould, MPP Ontario Liberal Party Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP June 11, 1959—May 8, 1965 (died in Office)

George Ben, MPP Parliamentary History Dates of service as an MPP September 15, 1965—September 5, 1967

[OLA1926-1] "All Members serving in Parliament: 17 -- December 01, 1926 - September 17, 1929". Past and Present MPPs. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Assembly. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

[Nesbitt19261937-2] "Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP". Past and Present MPPs. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Assembly. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

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