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High Park (also known as High Park—Humber Valley) was a federal electoral district in the west end of the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979.
The High Park area was also represented as a provincial electoral district of the same name electing members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial riding was created in 1926.
[edit] Federal electoral district
The federal riding was created in 1933 from the former riding of Toronto—High Park.
It was initially defined to consist of ward seven of the city of Toronto 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.
In 1966, it was redefined 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.
The name of the electoral district was changed in 1972 to High Park—Humber Valley.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Davenport, Etobicoke Centre, Parkdale—High Park and Etobicoke—Lakeshore ridings.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] High Park
- Alexander James Anderson, Conservative, (1935-1945)
- William Alexander McMaster, Progressive Conservative, (1945-1949)
- Alan John Patrick Cameron, Liberal, (1949-1957)
- John W. Kucherepa, Progressive Conservative, (1957-1962)
- Alan John Patrick Cameron, Liberal, (1962-1968)
- Walter Deacon, Liberal, (1968-1972)
[edit] High Park—Humber Valley
[edit] Provincial electoral district
The provincial electoral district of High Park is notable for having defeated sitting Premier George Drew in the 1948 provincial election over the issue of temperance despite the fact that Drew's Conservatives were returned with a majority government.
The provincial riding had a number of colourful Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) including Drew, his successor Rev. "Bible Bill" Temple, and Morton Shulman. In 1975, the riding was renamed High Park—Swansea. The riding was abolished in 1999, and merged with neighbouring Parkdale to become Parkdale—High Park.
[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament1
[edit] High Park
- William Alexander Baird, Conservative, (1926-1940)
- George Drew, Conservative/Progressive Conservative, (1943-1948)
- William Horace Temple, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, (1948-1951)
- Alfred Hozack Cowling, Progressive Conservative, (1951-1967)
- Morton Shulman, New Democratic Party, (1967-1975)
1 In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was changed to Member of Provincial Parliament.
[edit] High Park—Swansea
- Edward Ziemba, New Democratic Party, (1975-1981)
- Yuri Shymko, Progressive Conservative, (1981-1987)
- David Fleet, Liberal, (1987-1990)
- Elaine Ziemba, New Democratic Party, (1990-1995)
- Derwyn Shea, Progressive Conservative, (1995-1999)
[edit] Federal election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
DEAKON, Walter |
16,260 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
MCKAY, Win |
10,743 |
| |
New Democrat |
STEVENSON, Don |
8,131 |
| |
Independent Liberal |
COWAN, Ralph B. |
2,895 |
| |
Independent |
FORMOSA, Henry |
215 |
| Canadian federal election, 1974 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
JELINEK, Otto |
17,389 |
| |
Liberal |
MCBRIDE, Murray |
17,134 |
| |
New Democrat |
REYNOLDS, Bill |
5,811 |
| |
Communist |
HILL, Elizabeth |
213 |
| |
Independent |
BLAKE, Michael A. |
148 |
| |
Marxist-Leninist |
NUGENT, Jim |
73 |
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