Beaches (electoral district)

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Beaches was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1967.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1976, from parts of Broadview, Greenwood and York East ridings.

It consisted of that part of the City of Toronto east of a line drawn from south to north along Leslie Street, west along Queen Street East, north along Jones Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, and north along Greenwood Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

• Robin Richardson, Progressive Conservative, (1979-1980)
• Neil Young, New Democratic Party, (1980-1988)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The Beaches provincial riding was created in 1926. It was merged in 1967 with the neighbouring riding of Woodbine to become Beaches—Woodbine.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

• Thomas Alexander Murphy, Conservative/Progressive Conservative, (1926-1948)
• Reid Scott, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, (1948-1951)
• William Henry Collings, Progressive Conservative, (1951-1963)
• Robert John Harris, Progressive Conservative, (1963-1967)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	RICHARDSON, Robin	12,840
	New Democrat	YOUNG, Neil	12,322
	Liberal	FULLERTON, Brian	11,232
	Libertarian	ANDERSON, David	388
	Independent	DALEY, Donald A.	129
	Rhino	SKUCE, Judi	111
	Marxist-Leninist	MCKIBBIN, Jim	91
	Independent	MCMILLAN, Jim	69

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	YOUNG, Neil	12,675
	Liberal	O'REILLY, Terry	11,179
	Progressive Conservative	RICHARDSON, Robin	11,179
	Libertarian	CORRIGAN, Dennis	272
	Rhino	REID, David	214
	Marxist-Leninist	MCKIBBIN, Jim	60
	Independent	CORRIERO, Vince	45

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	YOUNG, Neil	14,914
	Progressive Conservative	JONES, Jack	12,443
	Liberal	KELLY, Terry	8,155
	Green	HANCOCK, Trevor	581
	Libertarian	CORRIGAN, Dennis	353
	Independent	KENNEDY, Terrence	132
	Independent	TURMEL, John C.	112
	Commonwealth	THORSEN, Ron	27

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament