Woodbine (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Beaches—Woodbine (federal electoral district) or Beaches—Woodbine (provincial 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.

Woodbine

Ontario electoral district
Woodbine, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1966
First contested	1926
Last contested	1967

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.^[1]

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.^[2] The boundaries remained until the riding was dissolved prior to the 1967 election.^[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Woodbine
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from part of Riverdale
17th	1926–1929		George Sylvester Shields	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Goldwin Corlett Elgie
20th	1937–1943
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
26th	1959–1963		Ken Bryden	New Democratic
27th	1963–1967
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4]
Merged into the Beaches—Woodbine and Riverdale

Election results

1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5][nb 1]	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[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	George S. Shields	6,885	79.4
	Liberal	J. A. Kinsella	1,783	20.6
		Total	8,668

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

1934 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	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[8]	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[9]	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[10]	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[11]	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[12]	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[13]	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[14]	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[15]	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

References

Notes

1. 64 out of 92 polls reporting.

Citations

1. "Map of Toronto showing Provincial election ridings and City Limits". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1926-11-06. p. 22.
2. "Toronto and Suburban Ridings in June 19th Election Fight". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1934-06-12. p. 3.
3. Forsyth, Robert (1963-09-12). "Province of Ontario General Election 1963 The Voter's List Act Part III: Woodbine". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 33.
4. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

   • For George Sylvester Shields's Legislative Assembly information see "George Sylvester Shields, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
   • For Goldwin Corlett Elgie's Legislative Assembly information see "Goldwin Corlett Elgie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For Bert Leavens' Legislative Assembly information see "Bertram Elijah Leavens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For Harold Fishleigh's Legislative Assembly information see "Harold Ferguson Fishleigh, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
   • For Ken Bryden's Legislative Assembly information see "Kenneth Bryden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
5. "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition). Toronto. 1926-12-01. p. 1.
6. "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1929-10-31. p. 43.
7. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
8. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
9. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
10. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
11. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
12. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
13. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
14. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
15. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.