# Spadina (electoral district)

Spadina was a Canadian electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of the western-central Toronto, Ontario. Its name comes from the Spadina Avenue, which runs through the heart of the riding.
It was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years, when it created it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion of became more populated it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were more consistent, with it stretching from John Street in the east to Bathurst Street in the west. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, it was merged with Trinity to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the eastern riding of Rosedale.

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Samuel Factor | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Samuel Factor | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | David Croll | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | David Croll | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1955 | David Croll | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1955–1957 | Charles Edward Rea | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Charles Edward Rea | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Charles Edward Rea | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1969 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Liberal |
| 28th | 1969–1970 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Independent |
| 28th | 1970–1972 | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Peter Stollery | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Peter Stollery | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Peter Stollery | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1981 | Peter Stollery | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | Dan Heap | New Democratic |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Dan Heap | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Trinity—Spadina and Rosedale |||||

## Election results

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Samuel Factor | 14,768 |
| Conservative | Nathan Phillips | 10,047 |
| Communist | Joseph Salsberg | 3,646 |
| Reconstruction | D.A. Balfour | 3,432 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jacob Romer | 1,866 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Samuel Factor | 20,506 |
| National Government | George Gooderham Blackstock | 14,148 |
| Communist | Stewart Smith | 2,922 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Croll | 17,978 |
| Progressive Conservative | George Hees | 10,846 |
| Labor–Progressive | Sam Carr | 10,050 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kay Montague Morris | 2,769 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Croll | 23,652 |
| Progressive Conservative | Willard M. Box | 9,407 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Andrew White | 5,969 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Croll | 15,496 |
| Progressive Conservative | Averell Robinson | 6,554 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Elgin Ferguson Blair | 3,270 |
| Labor–Progressive | Joshua Gershman | 1,938 |
By-election, after Croll was appointed to the Senate, 24 October 1955 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles E. Rea | 6,740 |
| Liberal | Samuel Godfrey | 6,096 |
| Labor–Progressive | Joseph Salsberg | 3,894 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Waisglass | 2,873 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles E. Rea | 10,348 |
| Liberal | Philip Givens | 9,496 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jack Kedzierzykowski | 3,031 |
| Labor–Progressive | Annie Buller Guralnick | 668 |
| Social Credit | Dorothy Cureatz | 464 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles E. Rea | 14,616 |
| Liberal | Philip G. Givens | 10,596 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jack Kedzierzykowski | 3,040 |
| Labor–Progressive | Sam Walsh | 652 |
| Social Credit | Dorothy Cureatz | 233 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Perry Ryan | 11,982 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Bassett | 9,088 |
| New Democratic Party | Robert Beardsley | 5,026 |
| Independent | Stanley Taube | 415 |
| Social Credit | James Audy | 227 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Perry Ryan | 14,850 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Chambers | 6,094 |
| New Democratic Party | Robert Beardsley | 5,888 |
| Social Credit | Angelo Tomasini | 332 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Perry Ryan | 12,005 |
| New Democratic Party | Robert Beardsley | 5,604 |
| Progressive Conservative | Burt Richardson | 5,337 |
| New Capitalist | L. Ferris Kendall-Leicester | 174 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Perry Ryan | 9,379 |
| New Democratic Party | Dan Heap | 3,943 |
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Bagnato | 3,353 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Peter Stollery | 8,334 |
| New Democratic Party | Bob Beardsley | 5,622 |
| Progressive Conservative | Perry Ryan | 5,616 |
| No affiliation | Maggie Bizzell | 226 |
| No affiliation | Syd Stern | 145 |
| No affiliation | Mitchell Bornstein | 114 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Peter Stollery | 9,393 |
| Progressive Conservative | June Marks | 3,989 |
| New Democratic Party | Jack Shapiro | 3,536 |
| Communist | Maggie Bizzell | 156 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Maureen K. Cruise | 96 |
| Independent | Ann Noble | 87 |
| No affiliation | Mashel Teitelbaum | 75 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Peter Stollery | 12,542 |
| New Democratic Party | John Foster | 8,765 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alan Pope | 7,213 |
| Libertarian | Paul Wakfer | 192 |
| Communist | Mike Gidora | 158 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Barbara Seed | 108 |
| Independent | Ronald Rodgers | 76 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Peter Stollery | 13,280 |
| New Democratic Party | John Foster | 8,232 |
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Jackman | 5,929 |
| Rhinoceros | John Douglas | 250 |
| Libertarian | Don Redekop | 227 |
| Rhinoceros | Salvatore Pileggi | 146 |
| Communist | Mike Gidora | 91 |
| No affiliation | Nick Decarlo | 77 |
| No affiliation | Wayne Elliott | 60 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Barbara Seed | 59 |
| Independent | Ronald G. Rodgers | 34 |
vteCanadian federal by-election, August 17, 1981 Appointment of Peter Stollery to the Senate :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Dan Heap | 7,586 |
| Liberal | Jim Coutts | 7,372 |
| Progressive Conservative | Laura Sabia | 6,581 |
| Rhinoceros | Decriminalized Douglas | 233 |
| Libertarian | Robert Champlin | 162 |
| Independent | Anne McBride | 84 |
| Independent | John Turmel | 69 |
| Independent | Ronald Rodgers | 41 |
vte1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Dan Heap | 13,241 |
| Liberal | Jim Coutts | 11,880 |
| Progressive Conservative | Ying Hope | 8,061 |
| Libertarian | William E. Burt | 358 |
| Rhinoceros | Mara Maria Proussaefs | 289 |
| Independent | Sam Guha | 98 |