Toronto West Centre was a federal
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the
province of
Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of
Toronto Centre and
Toronto West
Toronto West was a federal electoral district in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. This riding was created in 1903 when West Toronto riding was renamed, and reduced fr ...
ridings.
It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by Bloor Street, on the west by Dovercourt Road, on the south by Dundas Street, and on the east by Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent and University Avenue.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between
Spadina,
St. Paul's and
Trinity ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election history
, -
,
Conservative
,
Horatio Clarence Hocken
, align="right", 10,514
,
Liberal
,
Joseph Singer
, align="right", 7,495
,
Independent
, Francis Herbert Murphy
, align="right", 247
, -
,
Conservative
,
Horatio Clarence Hocken
, align="right", 7,956
,
Liberal
, Frederick Graham Johnston
, align="right", 5,388
,
Labour
, John MacDonald
, align="right", 1,193
, -
,
Liberal
,
Samuel Factor
Samuel ("S. D.") Factor (Faktor) (22 September 1883,His birth year is sometimes given as 1892. According to the Szachowa Vistula article about Factor, his obituary in the 1949 New York Times gave his age as 65, which would support the 1883 bir ...
, align="right", 8,367
,
Conservative
,
Thomas Langton Church
, align="right", 7,803
,
Labour
, James McArthur Conner
, align="right", 264
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
External links
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
{{Ridings in Ontario
Former federal electoral districts of Ontario
Federal electoral districts of Toronto