High Park (federal electoral district) explained

High Park
Province:Ontario
Coordinates:43.39°N -79.28°W
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1933
Fed-Abolished:1972
Fed-Election-First:1935
Fed-Election-Last:1968
Demo-Census-Date:1941
Demo-Pop:55656
Demo-Electors:41785
Demo-Electors-Date:1945
Demo-Cd:Toronto, Ontario
Demo-Csd:Toronto, Ontario

High Park was a federal electoral district in the west-end of the old City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1972. It was created in 1933 and abolished in 1972, when it was redistributed into the newly created High Park—Humber Valley electoral district, which shared the same boundaries as High Park's 1966 incarnation.

History of High Park

The federal riding was created in 1933 from the former riding of Toronto—High Park.[1] It was initially defined to consist of ward seven of the city of Toronto — that was the former City of West Toronto Junction — and the part of ward six lying west of a line drawn from north to south along Indian Road, east along Howard Park Avenue, and south along Sunnyside Avenue to Lake Ontario. In 1952, it was redefined to include the Ellis Court Apartments.[1]

In 1966, a major redistribution included the former village of Swansea and parts of Etobicoke for the first time, and not following just the old City of West Toronto Junction boundaries as it had previously.[2] It was defined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the east, north and west by a line drawn north along Parkside Drive, west along Bloor Street West, north on Pacific Avenue, east along Canadian Pacific Railway, north along Keele Street, west along Rogers Road, northwest along Weston Road, west along Black Creek, south along Jane Street, southwest along Dundas Street, southeast along Mimico Creek, east along The Queensway, and southeast along the Humber River to the shore of Lake Ontario.[1] [2]

The electoral district was abolished in 1972 when the name of the electoral district was changed to High Park—Humber Valley with the same borders as the 1966 redistribution.[3] [4]

High Park–Humber Valley

High Park—Humber Valley
Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1972
Fed-Abolished:1976
Fed-Election-First:1972
Fed-Election-Last:1974
Demo-Census-Date:1996
Demo-Cd:Toronto
Demo-Csd:Toronto

High Park—Humber Valley was a federal electoral district in the west-end of the old Metropolitan Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons from 1972 to 1979. It was created in 1972 from the High Park district, maintaining the same boundaries as the former district. It was abolished in 1976, but the next election did not occur until almost three-years later. Its only Member of Parliament was Otto Jelinek.

History

The federal riding was created in 1972 from the former High Park electoral district. It more or less contained the same boundaries as the former High Park riding.[2] [4] S.C. 1972, c.4 paragraph 25 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act substitute the word: "HIGH PARK", with the words: "HIGH PARK–HUMBER VALLEY" as the name of the district, with the same borders as the previously named one.[3]

It was defined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the east, north and west by a line drawn north along Parkside Drive, west along Bloor Street West, north on Pacific Avenue, east along Canadian Pacific Railway, north along Keele Street, west along Rogers Road, northwest along Weston Road, west along Black Creek, south along Jane Street, southwest along Dundas Street, southeast along Mimico Creek, east along The Queensway, and southeast along the Humber River to the shore of Lake Ontario.[2] [3]

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Davenport, Etobicoke Centre, Parkdale—High Park and Etobicoke—Lakeshore ridings.[3]

Federal election results: High Park

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Federal election results: High Park–Humber Valley

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Federal Ridings since 1867:HIGH PARK, Ontario (1933 -1972) . Parliament of Canada . . Ottawa . 2024 . 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923070222/https://bdp.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=3661 . 23 September 2024 . live.
  2. News: Barnes . Sally . What's your riding? Who's running? Who looks strong? . . 18 May 1968 . 8 . 23 September 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923064221/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-whats-your-riding-who/155835628/ . 23 September 2024 . live .
  3. Web site: History of Federal Ridings since 1867:HIGH PARK--HUMBER VALLEY, Ontario (1972 -1976). Parliament of Canada. The Queen's Printer for Canada. 23 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145001/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=285&Include=. 2 November 2012 . dead. Ottawa. 2011.
  4. News: Marshall . John . High Park:The race is close in a diverse riding . The Toronto Daily Star . 17 October 1972 . 5 . 23 September 2024 . Newspapers.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923061226/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-high-park-the-race-is/155835166/ . 23 September 2024 . live.