Brockton (electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1925
Prov-Abolished:1934
Prov-Election-First:1926
Prov-Election-Last:1929
Demo-Electors:38,000

Brockton was an Ontario provincial electoral district in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1934, when it was abolished and redistributed into the Parkdale and Dovercourt districts. Its only Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was Fred McBrien.[1] When his district was abolished, he decided not to seek re-election in another district.

Boundaries

The northern boundary was the city's northern boundary with York Township, starting at Lavender Road, through the northern side of Rowntree Avenue, continuing just north of Innes Avenue, through Prospect Cemetery and ending at Morrison Avenue.[2] It then went southwards along its eastern border on the western edge of Dufferin Street to Lake Ontario. The western border picked up on land on Dowling Avenue and then jogged west on the north side of Queen Street West to the east side of Sorauren Avenue. It continued north on Sorauren to the south side of Dundas Street West, where it then ran east until the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) tracks. It then went north along the tracks and connected with the northern boundary at the city limits, just south of Lavender Road.

Election results

1926

PartyCandidateVotes[3] [4] Vote %
    ConservativeFred McBrien11,10658
    R. D. Stanley5,34828
    Independent ConservativeR. Stuart273214

1929

PartyCandidateVotes[5] Vote %
    ConservativeFred McBrien8,62571
    LiberalJames Gilchrist3,58029

References

Citations

Notes and References

  1. News: F. G. M'Brien is dead at 50. The Globe and Mail. 1938-07-04. Toronto. 5.
  2. News: Map of Toronto showing Provincial Ridings and city limits. The Toronto Daily Star. 1926-11-06. Toronto. 26.
  3. News: Result of ballot in the 112 Ontario constituencies. 2011-12-13. Ottawa Citizen. 1926-12-02. Ottawa. 15.
  4. Two polls missing from results.
  5. News: Provincial election results. The Globe. 1929-10-31. Toronto. 5.