Bellwoods Explained
| Province: | Ontario |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1925 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1987 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1926 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1985 |
Bellwoods was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1987,[1] when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt, and Fort York districts.[2]
Boundaries
The district was named after Trinity Bellwoods Park, where the original Trinity College campus was located. It was created in 1926 from the Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings. The boundaries varied over its 61 years, with its most northern boundary being the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue. The eastern boundary went as far as Bathurst Street, and its western boundary eventually ended at Dovercourt Road. Bellwoods was demographically a mainly working class district, with a significant immigrant population. As of 2011, the area that Bellwoods represented is divided among the current Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina electoral districts.
Election results
1926 boundaries
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[3] [4] [5] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Conservative | W.H. Edwards | 6870 | 75.3 |
| | Liberal-Prohibitionist | Arthur Frost | 2248 | 24.7 |
| | Total | 9,118 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[6] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Conservative | Thomas H. Bell | 5,056 | 74.6 |
| | Labour | George Watson | 1,334 | 19.7 |
| | | Total | 6,782 | | |
1934 boundaries
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[7] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 8,172 | 52.6 |
| | Conservative | T.H. Bell | 5,167 | 33.3 |
| | Independent | J. Smith | 1,172 | 7.5 |
| | | Total | 15,527 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[8] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 12,052 | 69.1 |
| | Conservative | John Noble | 5,094 | 29.2 |
| | Socialist-Labour | Carl Neilson | 305 | 1.7 |
| | Total | 17,451 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[9] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Labour | A.A. MacLeod | 4,232 | 30.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 3,714 | 26.6 |
| | Liberal | George Bagwell | 3,491 | 25.0 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Lou Isaacs | 2,538 | 18.2 |
| | Total | 13,975 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[10] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 5,699 | 30.2 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | A.V. Russell | 3,626 | 19.2 |
| | Liberal | A. Farmer | 2,896 | 15.4 |
| | Total | 18,853 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[11] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | George Renison | 6,467 | 31.1 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | J.S. Midanik | 4,363 | 20.9 |
| | Liberal | John Ryan | 2,293 | 11.0 |
| | Total | 20,827 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[12] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,546 | 33.6 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,187 | 31.4 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Marvin Gordon | 2,453 | 14.9 |
| | Total | 16,507 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[13] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,324 | 38.4 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,090 | 36.7 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Groves | 1,882 | 13.6 |
| | Total | 13,863 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[14] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,234 | 54.6 |
| | Liberal | Nick Manfredo | 2,629 | 23.0 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Nick Rudisi | 1,788 | 15.7 |
| | Total | 11,416 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[15] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,038 | 51.0 |
| | Liberal | James Mizzoni | 4,008 | 33.9 |
| | New Democrat | Herbert Hyman | 1,792 | 15.1 |
| | | Total | 11,838 | | |
1966 boundaries
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[16] |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,646 | 47.4 |
| | Liberal | William Bassel | 4,217 | 30.1 |
| | New Democrat | Frank Parrill | 2,674 | 19.1 |
| | | Independent | Ernest Barr | 490 | 3.5 |
| | | Total | 14,027 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[17] | Vote % |
|---|
| | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 7,831 | 51.1 |
| | New Democrat | Helen Roedde | 3,957 | 25.8 |
| | | Liberal | Frank Kennedy | 3,523 | 23.0 |
| | Total | 15,311 | | |
1974 boundaries
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[18] | Vote % |
|---|
| | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 4,921 | 38.2 |
| | | Liberal | Millie Caccia | 4,482 | 34.7 |
| | | Progressive Conservative | Elio Madonia | 3,249 | 25.2 |
| | Total | 12,899 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[19] | Vote % |
|---|
| | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 6,377 | 48.6 |
| | | Liberal | Millie Caccia | 3,332 | 25.4 |
| | | Progressive Conservative | Maria Sgro | 2,925 | 22.3 |
| | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 156 | 1.2 |
| | | Total | 13,134 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[20] | Vote % |
|---|
| | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 5,101 | 40.9 |
| | | Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 4,766 | 38.2 |
| | | Progressive Conservative | Tina Gabriel | 2,166 | 17.4 |
| | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 179 | 1.4 |
| | | Total | 12,462 | | |
Party! scope="col" width="150" | Candidate | Votes[21] | Vote % |
|---|
| | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 8,051 | 47.9 |
| | | Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 6,527 | 38.8 |
| | | Progressive Conservative | Bento De Sao Jose | 1,926 | 11.5 |
| | | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 316 | 1.8 |
| | | Total | 16,820 | | |
References
Citations
Notes and References
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- 64 out of 92 polls reporting.
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