Trinity (electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Trinity Ontario electoral district

Trinity's boundaries from 1976 to 1987

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1933
District abolished| 1987
First contested| 1935
Last contested| 1984
Trinity's boundaries from 1966 to 1976

Trinity was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada, 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of western Toronto, Ontario. Its name comes from the Trinity–Bellwoods area where Trinity College, Toronto was located.

## History

[edit]

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

## Members of Parliament

[edit]

Trinity elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

|
|
|

Riding created from Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre
and Toronto South
18th |  1935–1940 |  | Hugh Plaxton | Liberal
19th |  1940–1945 | Arthur Roebuck
20th |  1945–1949 |  | Larry Skey | Progressive Conservative
21st |  1949–1953 |  | Lionel Conacher | Liberal
22nd |  1953–1954†
1954–1957 | Donald Carrick
23rd |  1957–1958 | Stanley Haidasz
24th |  1958–1958† |  | Edward Lockyer | Progressive Conservative
1958–1962 |  | Paul Hellyer | Liberal
25th |  1962–1963
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
28th |  1968–1971
1971–1972 |  | Independent
29th |  1972–1974 |  | Progressive Conservative
30th |  1974–1979 |  | Aideen Nicholson | Liberal
31st |  1979–1980
32nd |  1980–1984
33rd |  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Trinity—Spadina and Davenport

## Federal election results

[edit]

1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Hugh John Plaxton | 10,472
| Conservative | G. Reginald Geary | 9,607
| Reconstruction | William Alexander Gunn | 3,266
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Carlo Lamberti  | 1,801
| Communist | Norman Freed | 1,470
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Arthur Roebuck | 14,901
| National Government | George Reginald Geary | 11,617
| Independent  | Douglas Stewart  | 1,071
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Skey | 8,908
| Liberal | Ernest Charlton Bogart  | 8,817
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 7,488
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herman A. Voaden  | 3,425
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Lionel Conacher | 10,389
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Skey | 8,423
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 6,438
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herman Voaden  | 4,522
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Lionel Conacher | 8,056
| Progressive Conservative | Stanley Frolick  | 6,019
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herman A. Voaden  | 3,877
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 1,725
November 8, 1954 by-election following Conacher's death

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Donald Carrick | 5,589
| Progressive Conservative | Willson Woodside | 4,237
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herman A. Voaden  | 3,700
| Labor–Progressive | William Kashtan | 953
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 7,068
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfrid Gordon Pilsworth  | 6,564
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Ancevich  | 4,343
| Labor–Progressive | John Weir | 764
| Social Credit | David Roland Milne | 539
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Edward R. Lockyer | 10,203
| Liberal | Stanley Haidasz | 8,177
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Ancevich  | 3,170
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 851
December 15, 1958 by-election following Lockyer's death

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 5,175
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Lesniak  | 4,404
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Elchuk  | 1,724
| Labor–Progressive | Sam Walsh | 488
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 9,615
| Progressive Conservative | Stanley Frolick  | 6,124
| New Democratic Party | Thomas Paton  | 3,740
| Communist | Leslie Morris | 449
| Independent  | Peter D'Agostino  | 295
| Social Credit | David E. Hartman | 227
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 10,595
| Progressive Conservative | John Wasylenko  | 5,171
| New Democratic Party | Thomas Paton  | 3,512
| Communist | Leslie Morris | 391
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 9,897
| Progressive Conservative | John Brazill  | 4,375
| New Democratic Party | Enzo Ragno  | 2,773
1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 13,126
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Robertson  | 5,360
| New Democratic Party | Jim De Candole  | 4,177
1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Hellyer | 8,518
| Liberal | Aideen Nicholson | 8,334
| New Democratic Party | Edward Boucher  | 3,725
| Unknown  | Norman Freed  | 330
| Unknown  | Rae Greig  | 134
1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Aideen Nicholson | 10,683
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Hellyer | 6,537
| New Democratic Party | Jonathan Cohen  | 2,637
| Communist | William Kashtan | 234
| Marxist–Leninist | Jim Turnbull | 90
| Independent  | Martin K. Weiche | 64
1979 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Aideen Nicholson | 10,206
| New Democratic Party | Manuel Azevedo  | 5,504
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Lacka  | 4,843
| Libertarian | Maureen Cain | 482
| Communist | William Kashtan | 192
| Marxist–Leninist | Aili Waldman | 65
1980 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Aideen Nicholson | 12,628
| New Democratic Party | Manuel Azevedo  | 5,005
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Boraks  | 3,695
| Libertarian | Vijay Basdeo | 412
| Communist | William Kashtan | 159
| Marxist–Leninist | Aili Waldman | 57
1984 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Aideen Nicholson | 9,811
| New Democratic Party | David English  | 6,712
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Rekai  | 5,120
| Green | Susan Berlin | 341
| Libertarian | Peter W. Ring | 255
| Communist | William Kashtan | 195
| Commonwealth of Canada | Ted Ma | 73

## See also

[edit]

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

## References

[edit]

## External links

[edit]

* Website of the Parliament of Canada

* v
* t
* e

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central
Ontario|

* Barrie—Innisfil
* Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
* Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
* Dufferin—Caledon
* Durham
* Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
* Newmarket—Aurora
* Northumberland—Peterborough South
* Peterborough
* Simcoe—Grey
* Simcoe North
* York—Simcoe

Eastern
Ontario|

* Bay of Quinte
* Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
* Hastings—Lennox and Addington
* Kingston and the Islands
* Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
* Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
* Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
* Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

S Durham
& York|

| SW Durham|

* Ajax
* Oshawa
* Pickering—Uxbridge
* Whitby

|

S York|

* Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
* King—Vaughan
* Markham—Stouffville
* Markham—Thornhill
* Markham—Unionville
* Richmond Hill
* Thornhill
* Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)|

| Scarborough|

* Scarborough—Agincourt
* Scarborough Centre
* Scarborough-Guildwood
* Scarborough North
* Scarborough—Rouge Park
* Scarborough Southwest

|

* Beaches—East York
* Davenport
* Don Valley East
* Don Valley North
* Don Valley West
* Eglinton—Lawrence
* Humber River—Black Creek
* Parkdale—High Park
* Spadina—Fort York
* Toronto Centre
* Toronto—Danforth
* Toronto—St. Paul's
* University—Rosedale
* Willowdale
* York Centre
* York South—Weston

Etobicoke|

* Etobicoke Centre
* Etobicoke—Lakeshore
* Etobicoke North

Cities of
Brampton &
Mississauga|

| Brampton|

* Brampton Centre
* Brampton East
* Brampton North
* Brampton South
* Brampton West

|

Mississauga|

* Mississauga Centre
* Mississauga East—Cooksville
* Mississauga—Erin Mills
* Mississauga—Lakeshore
* Mississauga—Malton
* Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara|

| Southwestern Halton|

* Burlington
* Milton
* Oakville
* Oakville North—Burlington

|

City of Hamilton|

* Flamborough—Glanbrook
* Hamilton Centre
* Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
* Hamilton Mountain
* Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara|

* Niagara Centre
* Niagara Falls
* Niagara West
* St. Catharines

Midwestern
Ontario|

* Brantford—Brant
* Cambridge
* Guelph
* Haldimand—Norfolk
* Huron—Bruce
* Kitchener Centre
* Kitchener—Conestoga
* Kitchener South—Hespeler
* Oxford
* Perth Wellington
* Waterloo
* Wellington—Halton Hills

Northern
Ontario|

* Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
* Kenora
* Nickel Belt
* Nipissing—Timiskaming
* Parry Sound-Muskoka
* Sault Ste. Marie
* Sudbury
* Thunder Bay—Rainy River
* Thunder Bay—Superior North
* Timmins-James Bay

Southwestern
Ontario|

* Chatham-Kent—Leamington
* Elgin—Middlesex—London
* Essex
* Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
* London—Fanshawe
* London North Centre
* London West
* Sarnia—Lambton
* Windsor—Tecumseh
* Windsor West

Ottawa|

* Carleton
* Kanata—Carleton
* Nepean
* Orléans
* Ottawa Centre
* Ottawa South
* Ottawa—Vanier
* Ottawa West—Nepean

* See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
* Provincial ridings in Ontario

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template