Toronto West Centre

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

Toronto West Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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 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:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Toronto Centre and Toronto West
15th	1925–1926	Horatio Clarence Hocken	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Horatio Clarence Hocken	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	Samuel Factor	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Horatio Clarence Hocken	10,514
Liberal	Joseph Singer	7,495
Independent	Francis Herbert Murphy	247

1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Horatio Clarence Hocken	7,956
Liberal	Frederick Graham Johnston	5,388
Labour	John MacDonald	1,193

1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto West Centre
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Samuel Factor	8,367
Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	7,803
Communist	Charles Sims	621
Labour	James McArthur Conner	264

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

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—Kawartha
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
(federal electoral district)|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