# Parkdale (federal electoral district)

Parkdale was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979. It included the community of Parkdale in the western part of Toronto, Ontario. It was created in 1914 from Toronto West, and continued to exist until 1976 when most of it was merged into Parkdale—High Park with some sections into Trinity.

## Boundary history

It initially consisted of the part of the city of Toronto west of a line beginning where Queen Street West meets Lake Ontario, east along Queen Street West to Dovercourt Road, north the Canadian Pacific Railway, west to the boundary of Ward 7, then along the boundary of Ward 7 to the northwest corner of High Park.
In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto east of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road, and south of Bloor Street, and west of Indian Road and following Indian Road, Howard Park Avenue, and Sunnyside Avenue.
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto east of the westerly limit of Davenport Riding from Lake Ontario to the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the boundary between ward six and ward seven of the city of Toronto; thence southerly along the boundary between ward six and ward seven to the point where it intersects Bloor Street; thence westerly along the centre line of Bloor Street to the centre line of Indian Road; thence southerly along the centre line of Indian Road to the centre line of Howard Park Avenue; thence easterly along the centre line of Howard Park Avenue to its intersection with the centre line of Sunnyside Avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of Sunnyside Avenue to Lake Ontario; thence easterly along Lake Ontario to Dufferin Street.
It was further redefined several times.
In 1966, it was defined to consist of the part of Toronto west of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road, south of Bloor Street, and east of Parkside Drive.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged with parts of the High Park-Humber Valley and Trinity districts to form Parkdale—High Park.

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Toronto West |||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Herbert Mowat | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | David Spence | Conservative |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | David Spence | Conservative |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | David Spence | Conservative |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | David Spence | Conservative |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | David Spence | Conservative |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Herbert Alexander Bruce | National Government |
| 20th | 1945–1946 | Herbert Alexander Bruce | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1946–1949 | Harold Timmins | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | John Hunter | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | John Hunter | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Arthur Maloney | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Arthur Maloney | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1978 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| 30th | 1978–1979 | Yuri Shymko | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Parkdale—High Park and Trinity |||||

## Election results

1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Government (Unionist) | Herbert Mowat | 13,306 |
| Independent | Carson Alexander McCormack | 7,736 |
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Gordon Waldron | 3,698 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Spence | 10,705 |
| Liberal | William Douglas | 5,487 |
| Labour | James Simpson | 2,723 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Spence | 14,483 |
| | Liberal | Kenneth A. Christie | 5,299 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Spence | 11,897 |
| | Liberal | Bertram Tipping | 4,133 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Spence | 11,713 |
| | Liberal | Angus Gillies | 5,823 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Spence | 9,619 |
| Liberal | John Leslie Prentice | 7,761 |
| Reconstruction | Clinton A. Hurlbut | 3,572 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Rose Henderson | 3,249 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | National Government | Herbert Alexander Bruce | 13,605 |
| | Liberal | Jack Travers | 12,487 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Herbert Alexander Bruce | 11,588 |
| Liberal | Jack Travers | 9,981 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ford Brand | 4,188 |
| Labor–Progressive | Dewar Ferguson | 1,053 |
By-election: On Mr. Bruce's resignation, 21 October 1946 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Timmins | 8,212 |
| Liberal | John Hunter | 7,569 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ford Brand | 6,470 |
| Unknown | Elizabeth Morton | 966 |
| Unknown | Len Palmer | 64 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | John Hunter | 12,876 |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Timmins | 10,137 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur Waters | 6,242 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | John Hunter | 10,391 |
| Progressive Conservative | Irene McBrien | 6,788 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Archie A. Chisholm | 3,788 |
| Labor–Progressive | John Boychuk | 765 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Maloney | 9,882 |
| Liberal | John Hunter | 7,671 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Archie A. Chisholm | 3,979 |
| Independent PC | John Boland | 342 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Maloney | 13,640 |
| Liberal | John Hunter | 8,599 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Archie A. Chisholm | 3,492 |
| Labor–Progressive | Nelson Clarke | 344 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 10,780 |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Maloney | 8,946 |
| New Democratic | Tom Campbell | 5,759 |
| Social Credit | M. Watson Middleton | 224 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 12,694 |
| Progressive Conservative | William C. Dymond | 6,308 |
| New Democratic | Tom Campbell | 5,538 |
| Social Credit | Olive E. Calvert Sloan | 259 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 11,974 |
| Progressive Conservative | Felicity Cochrane | 6,104 |
| New Democratic | Ralph Dye | 5,194 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 14,717 |
| New Democratic | Bruce Rogers | 8,983 |
| Progressive Conservative | Kay Armstrong | 5,057 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 12,214 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lubor J. Zink | 8,990 |
| New Democratic | Mike Gurstein | 6,478 |
| No affiliation | Dennis Deveau | 201 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 13,134 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lubor J. Zink | 7,133 |
| New Democratic | Evelyn Cotter | 4,479 |
| Independent | Terence Young | 144 |
| Communist | Neil McLellan | 132 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Gordon MacLean | 95 |
By-election: Resignation of the Hon. S. Haidasz, 16 October 1978 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Yuri Shymko | 6,759 |
| Liberal | Art Eggleton | 5,721 |
| New Democratic | Doug Little | 4,806 |
| Communist | Anna Larsen | 190 |