Toronto—High Park

Toronto—High Park

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930

Toronto—High Park was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the west end of the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Parkdale riding.

It was defined as consisting of the part of the city of Toronto west of Sunnyside Avenue, Howard Park Avenue, Indian Road, Bloor Street and Lansdowne Avenue, up to the Canadian Pacific Railway, and from there to the northern division of the Canadian National Railway, and from there to the north boundary of the city.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between High Park, Parkdale, and York West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Parkdale
15th	1925–1926		Alexander James Anderson	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into High Park, Parkdale and York West

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto—High Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Anderson	15,809
	Liberal	Hon. James Murdock	5,465

1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto—High Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Anderson	12,366
	Liberal	Hon. James Murdock	4,167

1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto—High Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Anderson	11,807
	Liberal	Aubrey Albert Bond	5,765

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada