Spadina (electoral district)

Spadina's boundaries from 1976 to 1987

Spadina's boundaries from 1966 to 1976

Spadina was a Canadian electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of the western-central Toronto. Its name comes from the Spadina Avenue, which runs through the heart of the riding.

It was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years, when it created it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion of became more populated it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were more consistent, with it stretching from John Street in the east to Bathurst Street in the west. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, it was merged with Trinity to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the eastern riding of Rosedale.

Members of Parliament

Members of Parliament for Spadina:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
18th	1935-1940		Samuel Factor	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949		David Croll	Liberal
21st	1949-1953
22nd	1953-1955
	1955-1957		Charles Rea	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963		Perry Ryan	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1969
	1969-1970			Independent
	1970-1972			Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974		Peter Stollery	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1981
	1981-1984		Daniel Heap	New Democratic
33rd	1984-1988

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Factor	14,768
	Conservative	Nathan Phillips	10,047
	Communist	Joseph Salsberg	3,646
	Reconstruction	D.A. Balfour	3,432
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jacob Romer	1,866

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Factor	20,506
	National Government	George Gooderham Blackstock	14,148
	Communist	Stewart Smith	2,922

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Croll	17,978
	Progressive Conservative	George Hees	10,846
	Labor–Progressive	Sam Carr	10,050
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kay Montague Morris	2,769

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Croll	23,652
	Progressive Conservative	Willard M. Box	9,407
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Andrew White	5,969

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Croll	15,496
	Progressive Conservative	Averell Robinson	6,554
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Elgin Ferguson Blair	3,270
	Labor–Progressive	Joshua Gershman	1,938

By-election, after Croll was appointed to the Senate, 24 October 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	6,740
	Liberal	Samuel Godfrey	6,096
	Labor–Progressive	Joseph Salsberg	3,894
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Waisglass	2,873

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	10,348
	Liberal	Philip Givens	9,496
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Kedzierzykowski	3,031
	Labor–Progressive	Annie Buller Guralnick	668
	Social Credit	Dorothy Cureatz	464

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles E. Rea	14,616
	Liberal	Philip G. Givens	10,596
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Kedzierzykowski	3,040
	Labor–Progressive	Sam Walsh	652
	Social Credit	Dorothy Cureatz	233

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Perry Ryan	11,982
	Progressive Conservative	John Bassett	9,088
	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,026
	Independent	Stanley Taube	415
	Social Credit	James Audy	227

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Perry Ryan	14,850
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Chambers	6,094
	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,888
	Social Credit	Angelo Tomasini	332

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Perry Ryan	12,005
	New Democratic Party	Robert Beardsley	5,604
	Progressive Conservative	Burt Richardson	5,337
	New Capitalist	L. Ferris Kendall-Leicester	174

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Perry Ryan	9,379
	New Democratic Party	Dan Heap	3,943
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Bagnato	3,353

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Stollery	8,334
	New Democratic Party	Bob Beardsley	5,622
	Progressive Conservative	Perry Ryan	5,616
	No affiliation	Maggie Bizzell	226
	No affiliation	Syd Stern	145
	No affiliation	Mitchell Bornstein	114

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Stollery	9,393
	Progressive Conservative	June Marks	3,989
	New Democratic Party	Jack Shapiro	3,536
	Communist	Maggie Bizzell	156
	Marxist–Leninist	Maureen K. Cruise	96
	Independent	Ann Noble	87
	No affiliation	Mashel Teitelbaum	75

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Stollery	12,542
	New Democratic Party	John Foster	8,765
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Pope	7,213
	Libertarian	Paul Wakfer	192
	Communist	Mike Gidora	158
	Marxist–Leninist	Barbara Seed	108
	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	76

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Stollery	13,280
	New Democratic Party	John Foster	8,232
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Jackman	5,929
	Rhinoceros	John Douglas	250
	Libertarian	Don Redekop	227
	Rhinoceros	Salvatore Pileggi	146
	Communist	Mike Gidora	91
	No affiliation	Nick Decarlo	77
	No affiliation	Wayne Elliott	60
	Marxist–Leninist	Barbara Seed	59
	Independent	Ronald G. Rodgers	34

Canadian federal by-election, 17 August 1981 called after Stollery was appointed to the Senate
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Dan Heap	7,586
	Liberal	Jim Coutts	7,372
	Progressive Conservative	Laura Sabia	6,581
	Rhinoceros	Decriminalized Douglas	233
	Libertarian	Robert Champlin	162
	Independent	Anne McBride	84
	Independent	John Turmel	69
	Independent	Ronald Rodgers	41

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Dan Heap	13,241
	Liberal	Jim Coutts	11,880
	Progressive Conservative	Ying Hope	8,061
	Libertarian	William E. Burt	358
	Rhinoceros	Mara Maria Proussaefs	289
	Independent	Sam Guha	98