This page is for the federal electoral district named Greenwood. For the defunct British Columbia provincial electoral district of the same name please see Greenwood (provincial electoral district)

Greenwood (provincial electoral district)

Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was located in the Boundary Country west of Grand Forks around the city of Greenwood. It first appeared on the hustings in the large redistribution prior to the 1903 election...

.

Greenwood was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1935 to 1979. It was located in east end of the city of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto East

Toronto East

Toronto East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.East Toronto initially consisted of St. Lawrence, St. Davids and...

 and Toronto—Scarborough

Toronto—Scarborough

Toronto—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the east end of the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

It initially was bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by Woodbine Avenue, on the north by the city limits, and on the west by the eastern boundary of Broadview

Broadview (electoral district)

Broadview was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto East and Toronto—Scarborough ridings....

 riding.

In 1947, the western limit was redefined to be (from north to south) from the city limit south along Langford Avenue, east along Danforth Avenue, south along Jones Avenue, east along Queen Street East, south along Rushbrook Avenue, east along Eastern Avenue, and south along Leslie Street to Lake Ontario.

In 1966, it was redefined to be bounded on the east by the east limit of the City of Toronto and Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by a line drawn west along Danforth Avenue, north along Woodbine Avenue, west along Milverton Boulevard, on the west by Greenwood Avenue, and including the area south of Queen Street East between Greenwood and Leslie Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Beaches

Beaches (electoral district)

Beaches was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1967.-Federal electoral district:...

 and York East

York East

York East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons at different times, and a provincial electoral district. It was located in the province of Ontario.-Federal electoral district :...

 ridings.

Election results

|-

|MASSEY, Denton

Denton Massey

Denton Massey was a Canadian engineer, Anglican priest and politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of the founder of the Massey agricultural manufacturing company, Hart Massey, he attended St...

 
|align="right"| 11,183
|-

|BRAY, Ernest
|align="right"| 6,969
|-

|LEAVENS, Bertram Elijah
|align="right"| 4,813
|-

|HOUGHAM, George Springfield
|align="right"| 4,720
|}
|-

|MASSEY, Denton
|align="right"| 14,710
|-

|REILLY, Thomas
|align="right"| 7,397
|-

|LEAVENS, Bertram E.
|align="right"| 3,430
|}
|-

|MASSEY, Denton
|align="right"| 13,475
|-

|KELZ, Charles Joseph
|align="right"|7,143
|-

|HOTRUM, Harvey Angus
|align="right"|6,495
|-

|DAVIS, James
|align="right"|468
|}
|-

|MCMILLIN, J. Ernest

John Ernest McMillin

John Ernest McMillin was a Toronto building contractor who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons.McMillin was a building contractor working in the east end of Toronto for 20 years prior to his death and was also a partner in the Main Realty Company of Toronto and president of the Ontario...

 
|align="right"| 10,454
|-

|RYAN, Perry

Sylvester Perry Ryan

Sylvester Perry Ryan was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Ryan's federal political career began in 1949 when he ran, twice, for the Toronto seat of Greenwood...

 
|align="right"|10,291
|-

|HOTRUM, Harvey
|align="right"| 8,777
|}

On Mr. McMillin's death before taking his seat, 20 August 1949:

|-

|MACDONNELL, James MacKerras 
|align="right"| 9,399
|-

|RYAN, Perry

Sylvester Perry Ryan

Sylvester Perry Ryan was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Ryan's federal political career began in 1949 when he ran, twice, for the Toronto seat of Greenwood...

 
|align="right"| 7,230
|-

|HOTRUM, Harvey Angus
|align="right"| 6,580
|-

|WATSON, Louise
|align="right"| 189
|}
|-

|MACDONNELL, James MacKerras
|align="right"| 9,702
|-

|SOMERS, Inez
|align="right"| 6,404
|-

|PUNSHON, Maurice Charles
|align="right"| 5,334
|-

|SMITH, Stewart
|align="right"| 610
|}
|-

|MACDONNELL, James MacKerras
|align="right"| 12,422
|-

|PUMSHON, Maurice C.
|align="right"| 6,035
|-

|SOMERS, Inez
|align="right"| 4,803
|}
|-

|MACDONNELL, James MacKerras
|align="right"| 16,284
|-

|PUNSHON, Maurice Charles
|align="right"| 5,626
|-

|SOMERS, Inez
|align="right"| 4,320
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew

Andrew Brewin

Francis Andrew Brewin was a lawyer and Canadian politician.Brewin was a stalwart in the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and ran numerous times at the federal and provincial levels in the 1940 and 1950s...

 
|align="right"| 9,238
|-

|MACDONNELL, James M.
|align="right"| 8,694
|-

|REILLY, Thomas Edgar
|align="right"| 6,338
|-

|MCLENON, George B.
|align="right"| 233
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew
|align="right"| 9,421
|-

|HILTON, John
|align="right"| 7,221
|-

| REILLY, T. Edgar
|align="right"| 7,207
|-

|LONSDALE, Peter
|align="right"| 224
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew
|align="right"| 10,590
|-

|O'CONNELL, Martin P.
|align="right"| 5,952
|-

|BEACH, Mike
|align="right"| 5,573
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew
|align="right"| 12,117
|-

|JAMES, Walter
|align="right"|11,755
|-

|STEWART, Gordon
|align="right"| 8,268
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew F.
|align="right"| 14,261
|-

|TAYLOR, William E.
|align="right"| 11,190
|-

|GLASS, Larry
|align="right"| 7,722
|-

|LESLIE, George Alexander
|align="right"| 117
|-

|BLASHILL, Carl
|align="right"| 79
|}
|-

|BREWIN, Andrew
|align="right"| 11,038
|-

|JAMES, Joe
|align="right"| 10,922
|-

|BARK, Chad
|align="right"| 9,589
|-

|LAUDER, Alex
|align="right"| 91
|-

|LESLIE, Geo A.
|align="right"| 76
|-

|MCKIBBIN, Jim R.
|align="right"| 64
|-

|SMILEY, Bret
|align="right"| 4
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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