# Beaches (provincial electoral district)

Beaches was a provincial riding in Toronto, Ontario represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1967. It was carved completely out of the existing riding of York East. Its boundaries remained the same until 1967 when it was merged with the neighbouring riding of Woodbine to become Beaches—Woodbine. Other than a single session in the 1940s, the riding was steadfastly Conservative in its voting preference.

## Boundaries

The riding was created out of the East York riding just before the 1926 election. Its western boundary consisted of Woodbine Avenue from Lake Ontario north to the city limits. Its eastern boundary followed Victoria Park Avenue from the lake to the city limits. The northern boundary was the city limits and the southern boundary was Lake Ontario. The boundaries remained unchanged until it was abolished in 1967.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Beaches :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Prior to 1926 part of York East |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | Reid Scott | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | William Collings | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | William Collings | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1961 | William Collings | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1961–1963 | Jack Harris | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Jack Harris | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into the Beaches—Woodbine after 1966 |||||

## Election results

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 9,606 | 73.5 |
| Better Citizenship (Prohibitionist) | Arthur Hawkes | 3,467 | 26.5 |
| | Total | 13,073 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 7,985 | 75.2 |
| Liberal | William A. Ford | 2,639 | 24.8 |
| | Total | 10,624 | |
1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 7,928 | 44.0 |
| Liberal | Norman Wilkes | 5,047 | 28.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stanley Elliot (Reverend) | 5,042 | 28.0 |
| | Total | 18,017 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 7,777 | 42.0 |
| Liberal | Fred Sturgeon | 7,105 | 38.4 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stanley Elliott | 3,629 | 19.6 |
| | Total | 18,511 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 6,719 | 43.9 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gordon Ferguson | 6,639 | 43.4 |
| Liberal | Ernest Bray | 1,947 | 12.7 |
| | Total | 15,305 | |
1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 10,907 | 53.6 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Garden | 6,087 | 29.9 |
| Liberal | W.E.J. Ryan | 3,366 | 16.5 |
| | Total | 20,360 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Reid Scott | 9,910 | 44.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Alexander Murphy | 9,471 | 42.1 |
| Liberal | W. Earl Upper | 3,125 | 13.9 |
| | Total | 22,506 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | William Henry Collings | 9,573 | 49.4 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Reid Scott | 6,958 | 35.9 |
| Liberal | W. Earl Upper | 2,864 | 14.8 |
| | Total | 19,395 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | William Henry Collings | 7,835 | 48.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Reid Scott | 5,887 | 36.1 |
| Liberal | E.R. Hoolans | 2,566 | 15.8 |
| | Total | 16,288 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | William Henry Collings | 7,310 | 46.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stanley T. Bullock | 4,396 | 27.7 |
| Liberal | Ronald Pickering | 4,157 | 26.2 |
| | Total | 15,863 | |
By-election January 18, 1962 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Harris | 5,199 | 40.5 |
| New Democrat | Stanley Bullock | 4,795 | 36.2 |
| Liberal | Donald MacGregor | 4,943 | 23.3 |
| | Total | 25,114 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Harris | 7,221 | 40.5 |
| New Democrat | Stanley Bullock | 6,444 | 36.2 |
| Liberal | Donald Deacon | 4,158 | 23.3 |
| | Total | 17,823 | |