# Bellwoods

Bellwoods was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1987, when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt, and Fort York districts.

## Boundaries

The district was named after Trinity Bellwoods Park, where the original Trinity College campus was located. It was created in 1926 from the Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings. The boundaries varied over its 61 years, with its most northern boundary being the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue. The eastern boundary went as far as Bathurst Street, and its western boundary eventually ended at Dovercourt Road. Bellwoods was demographically a mainly working class district, with a significant immigrant population. As of 2011, the area that Bellwoods represented is divided among the current Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina electoral districts.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Bellwoods :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created in 1926 from parts of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William Edwards | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Thomas Bell | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Arthur Roebuck | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Arthur Roebuck | Liberal |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | A. A. MacLeod | Labor–Progressive |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | A. A. MacLeod | Labor–Progressive |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | A. A. MacLeod | Labor–Progressive |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Ross McClellan | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Ross McClellan | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Ross McClellan | New Democratic |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Ross McClellan | New Democratic |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Dovercourt and Fort York after 1987 |||||

## Election results
### 1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | W.H. Edwards | 6870 | 75.3 |
| Liberal-Prohibitionist | Arthur Frost | 2248 | 24.7 |
| | Total | 9,118 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Thomas H. Bell | 5,056 | 74.6 |
| Labour | George Watson | 1,334 | 19.7 |
| Communist | T. Buck | 392 | 5.8 |
| | Total | 6,782 | |

### 1934 boundaries

1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 8,172 | 52.6 |
| Conservative | T.H. Bell | 5,167 | 33.3 |
| Independent | J. Smith | 1,172 | 7.5 |
| Communist | T. Buck | 1,016 | 6.5 |
| | Total | 15,527 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 12,052 | 69.1 |
| Conservative | John Noble | 5,094 | 29.2 |
| Socialist-Labour | Carl Neilson | 305 | 1.7 |
| | Total | 17,451 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Labour | A.A. MacLeod | 4,232 | 30.3 |
| Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 3,714 | 26.6 |
| Liberal | George Bagwell | 3,491 | 25.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lou Isaacs | 2,538 | 18.2 |
| | Total | 13,975 | |
1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Labor–Progressive | A.A. MacLeod | 6,632 | 35.2 |
| Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 5,699 | 30.2 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | A.V. Russell | 3,626 | 19.2 |
| Liberal | A. Farmer | 2,896 | 15.4 |
| | Total | 18,853 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Labor–Progressive | A.A. MacLeod | 7,704 | 37.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | George Renison | 6,467 | 31.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | J.S. Midanik | 4,363 | 20.9 |
| Liberal | John Ryan | 2,293 | 11.0 |
| | Total | 20,827 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,546 | 33.6 |
| Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,187 | 31.4 |
| Labor–Progressive | A.A. MacLeod | 3,321 | 20.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Marvin Gordon | 2,453 | 14.9 |
| | Total | 16,507 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,324 | 38.4 |
| Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,090 | 36.7 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Groves | 1,882 | 13.6 |
| Labor–Progressive | Stewart Smith | 1,567 | 11.3 |
| | Total | 13,863 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,234 | 54.6 |
| Liberal | Nick Manfredo | 2,629 | 23.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Nick Rudisi | 1,788 | 15.7 |
| Labor–Progressive | Michael Lucas | 765 | 6.7 |
| | Total | 11,416 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,038 | 51.0 |
| Liberal | James Mizzoni | 4,008 | 33.9 |
| New Democrat | Herbert Hyman | 1,792 | 15.1 |
| | Total | 11,838 | |

### 1966 boundaries

1967 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,646 | 47.4 |
| Liberal | William Bassel | 4,217 | 30.1 |
| New Democrat | Frank Parrill | 2,674 | 19.1 |
| Independent | Ernest Barr | 490 | 3.5 |
| | Total | 14,027 | |
1971 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 7,831 | 51.1 |
| New Democrat | Helen Roedde | 3,957 | 25.8 |
| Liberal | Frank Kennedy | 3,523 | 23.0 |
| | Total | 15,311 | |

### 1974 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 4,921 | 38.2 |
| Liberal | Millie Caccia | 4,482 | 34.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Elio Madonia | 3,249 | 25.2 |
| Communist | R.J. Orlandini | 247 | 1.9 |
| | Total | 12,899 | |
1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 6,377 | 48.6 |
| Liberal | Millie Caccia | 3,332 | 25.4 |
| Progressive Conservative | Maria Sgro | 2,925 | 22.3 |
| Communist | Scarth Heap | 194 | 1.5 |
| Independent | Ronald Rogers | 156 | 1.2 |
| Libertarian | Grace-Ann Paulson | 150 | 1.1 |
| | Total | 13,134 | |
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 5,101 | 40.9 |
| Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 4,766 | 38.2 |
| Progressive Conservative | Tina Gabriel | 2,166 | 17.4 |
| Communist | S. Baillargeon | 250 | 2.0 |
| Independent | Ronald Rogers | 179 | 1.4 |
| | Total | 12,462 | |
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 8,051 | 47.9 |
| Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 6,527 | 38.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bento De Sao Jose | 1,926 | 11.5 |
| Independent | Ronald Rogers | 316 | 1.8 |
| | Total | 16,820 | |