# Broadview (federal electoral district)

Broadview was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough ridings.
It initially consisted of the part of the city of Toronto bounded by a line drawn north from Lake Ontario along Leslie Avenue, west along Eastern Avenue, north along Rushbrook Avenue, west along Queen Street, north along Jones Avenue, west along Danforth Avenue, north along Langford Avenue, thence west along the city limits, and south and west along the Don River to Toronto Bay.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn north from Lake Ontario along Leslie Street, east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, west along Sammon Avenue, south along Pape Avenue, west along Fulton Avenue to Broadview Avenue, south along the Don River, west along Lake Shore Boulevard East, and south along Cherry Street to Lake Ontario.
Its provincial counterpart in elections to the Ontario Legislative Assembly was the riding of Riverdale which covered much of the same area.
Broadview was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Beaches, Broadview—Greenwood and Rosedale ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Thomas Langton Church | Conservative |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Thomas Langton Church | National Government |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Thomas Langton Church | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1950† | Thomas Langton Church | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1950–1953 | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | David Hahn | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | John Gilbert | New Democratic |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | John Gilbert | New Democratic |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | John Gilbert | New Democratic |
| 30th | 1974–1978 | John Gilbert | New Democratic |
| 30th | 1978–1979 | Bob Rae | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Beaches, Broadview—Greenwood and Rosedale |||||

## Election results
### 1935 boundaries

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Thomas Langton Church | 11,380 |
| Liberal | Harold P. Snelgrove | 7,527 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Graham Spry | 5,167 |
| Reconstruction | John C. MacCorkindale | 3,793 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| National Government | Thomas Langton Church | 14,474 |
| Liberal | George Gresswell | 7,866 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Grube | 2,613 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Langton Church | 13,011 |
| Liberal | Joseph McNamara | 6,362 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Grube | 5,414 |
| Labor–Progressive | Fred Collins | 694 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Langton Church | 10,507 |
| Liberal | Ruth Radford | 9,316 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Grube | 7,636 |
| Socialist Labour | William Blackwood Hendry | 271 |
On Mr. Church's death, 7 February 1950:
By-election on 15 May 1950 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 10,399 |
| Liberal | Ruth Elizabeth Radford | 6,055 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Grube | 4,975 |
| Socialist Labour | Charles Weir | 184 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 10,403 |
| Liberal | Joseph J. Carroll | 6,316 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Gargrave | 3,910 |
| Labor–Progressive | William Kashtan | 224 |
| Socialist Labour | Alan Sanderson | 130 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 12,815 |
| Liberal | Terrence R. Doidge | 4,664 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ron Burns | 4,078 |
vte1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 15,364 |
| Liberal | George A. Taylor | 4,738 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Alan Lee | 3,356 |
| Socialist | Ross Dowson | 447 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 8,929 |
| Liberal | David Hahn | 7,658 |
| New Democratic | Gerry Gallagher | 5,330 |
vte1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Hahn | 8,743 |
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Day | 6,684 |
| New Democratic | John Gilbert | 5,574 |
| Social Credit | Tom Comerford | 166 |
| Independent | Fred Graham | 149 |
| Socialist Labour | Alan Sanderson | 43 |
vte1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | John Gilbert | 8,232 |
| Liberal | David Hahn | 6,876 |
| Progressive Conservative | Richard H. Lyall | 5,481 |
| Socialist Labour | William B. Hendry | 147 |

### 1966 boundaries

vte1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | John Gilbert | 10,406 |
| Liberal | Bob Sutherland | 9,929 |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty M. Knight | 4,752 |
| Socialist Labour | William B. Hendry | 202 |
vte1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | John Gilbert | 11,063 |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Clifford | 7,903 |
| Liberal | Peter Murphy | 7,465 |
| No affiliation | Alfred Dewhurst | 123 |
| No affiliation | Ron Hall | 54 |
vte1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | New Democratic | John Gilbert | 9,392 |
| | Liberal | Lou Yankou | 8,158 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bob Jamieson | 5,617 |
| | Independent | Walter Belej | 137 |
| | Communist | Angelo E. Giannakopoulos | 128 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Susan Dennis | 101 |
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On Mr. Gilbert's resignation, 28 April 1978:
By-election on 16 October 1978 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Bob Rae | 8,388 |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Clifford | 7,968 |
| Liberal | Philipp Valeris | 3,466 |
| Communist | Tom Lianos | 204 |