# Woodbine (electoral district)

Woodbine was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1926 to 1967. It covered a section of the eastern city of Toronto east of Jones Avenue and west of Woodbine Avenue. In 1966 there was a major redrawing of the riding boundaries in Toronto and the riding was split. The portion east of Greenwood Avenue was merged into the Beaches—Woodbine and the portion west went into the Riverdale riding.

## Boundaries

In 1926 the riding was carved out of the existing riding of Riverdale with the following boundaries. The southern boundary was Lake Ontario. Going north along the west side it formed a line following Knox Avenue all the way to Queen Street East. After short jog east it continued north along Greenwood Avenue until it reached the city limits at Milverton Blvd. The boundary went east following the city limit between Milverton Blvd. and Springdale Blvd. which was in East York. The boundary line turned south at Woodbine Avenue which was followed all the way back to the lake.
Prior to the 1934 election, the riding of Greenwood was dissolved and split between Woodbine to the east and Riverdale to the west. The new western boundary became Jones Avenue from Queen Street East to Danforth Avenue. North of Danforth Avenue the boundary continued along Dewhurst Blvd. and south of Queen Street East the boundary continued along Berkshire Avenue and south to the lake. The boundaries remained until the riding was dissolved prior to the 1967 election.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Woodbine :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Created from part of Riverdale |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | George Sylvester Shields | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | George Sylvester Shields | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Goldwin Corlett Elgie | Conservative |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Goldwin Corlett Elgie | Conservative |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Bert Leavens | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Goldwin Corlett Elgie | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | Bert Leavens | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | Harold Fishleigh | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Harold Fishleigh | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Ken Bryden | New Democratic |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Ken Bryden | New Democratic |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into the Beaches—Woodbine and Riverdale |||||

## Election results
### 1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | George Shields | 8,860 | 78.6 |
| Liberal | Florabel Dilworth | 2,405 | 21.4 |
| | Total | 11,265 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | George S. Shields | 6,885 | 79.4 |
| Liberal | J. A. Kinsella | 1,783 | 20.6 |
| | Total | 8,668 | |

### 1934 boundaries

1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | G.C. Elgie | 9,334 | 41.8 |
| Liberal | F.M. Walker | 7,144 | 32.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred C. Copp | 5,666 | 25.4 |
| Independent | W.E. Turley | 205 | 0.9 |
| | Total | 22,349 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | G.C. Elgie | 9,756 | 43.7 |
| Liberal | Fred Sturgeon | 7,425 | 33.3 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | B.E. Leavens | 5,152 | 23.1 |
| | Total | 22,333 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Leavens | 8,848 | 47.9 |
| Conservative | G.C. Elgie | 7,232 | 39.2 |
| Liberal | A. Roy Brown | 2,385 | 12.9 |
| | Total | 18,465 | |
1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | G.C. Elgie | 12,083 | 43.8 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Leavens | 9,821 | 35.6 |
| Liberal | Perry Ryan | 4,199 | 15.2 |
| Independent | William MacPhee | 938 | 3.4 |
| Labor–Progressive | David Crichton | 459 | 1.7 |
| Socialist Labour | G.M. Thompson | 69 | 0.3 |
| | Total | 27,569 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Leavens | 12,986 | 47.4 |
| Conservative | G.C. Elgie | 10,694 | 39.0 |
| Liberal | John Feeley | 3,516 | 12.8 |
| Socialist Labour | E. Cook | 222 | 0.8 |
| | Total | 27,418 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Harold Fishleigh | 10,480 | 44.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Leavens | 9,347 | 39.2 |
| Liberal | Gus Faux | 4,013 | 16.8 |
| | Total | 23,480 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Harold Fishleigh | 8,755 | 43.7 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ken Bryden | 7,450 | 37.2 |
| Liberal | Raymond Brawley | 3,372 | 16.7 |
| Labor–Progressive | James Davis | 465 | 2.4 |
| | Total | 20,058 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ken Bryden | 7,882 | 41.9 |
| Conservative | Harold Fishleigh | 7,616 | 40.5 |
| Liberal | Donald Kennedy | 3,330 | 17.7 |
| | Total | 18,829 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ken Bryden | 9,020 | 45.9 |
| Conservative | George Hogan | 7,739 | 39.4 |
| Liberal | John P. Hamilton | 2,898 | 14.7 |
| | Total | 19,657 | |