Davenport (electoral district)

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Davenport

Ontario electoral district
Davenport in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Mario Silva Liberal
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001)	104,615
Electors (2001)	64,599
Area (km²)	13
Pop. density (per km²)	8,047.3
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

For the provincial electoral district, see Davenport (provincial electoral district).

Davenport is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. Its population in 2001 was 111,705.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Federal riding 3 Members of Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes parts of west-end Toronto, and includes the neighbourhoods of Fairbank, Oakwood, St. Clair Gardens, Corso Italia, Dovercourt Village, Bloordale Village, Bloorcourt Village, Brockton Village, and the eastern part of The Junction and the western part of Rua Acores.

[edit] History

The federal electoral district was created in 1933 from parts of Parkdale and Toronto Northwest ridings.

[edit] Federal riding

The federal riding of Davenport has been one of the most consistently Liberal ridings in Canada over the last century; in fact, the last non-Liberal to be elected for the constituency was Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Douglas Morton in 1958. Since then, Liberals Walter Gordon and Charles Caccia (who himself held the seat for nearly 40 years) managed to win the seat by increasing margins, finally culminating in a 17 500-vote majority in 1993. Meanwhile, the opposition parties in the constituency were shifting, and the NDP candidate has, despite never winning the seat, beaten the PC or Conservative candidate in every election since 1979.

After the election of Paul Martin to the Liberal Leadership, however, Mr. Caccia lost the nomination for the seat to local councillor Mario Silva, who had signed up sufficient new members to oust the incumbent; this was an unpopular situation and was deeply resented by many in the local Liberal party, which, combined with redistricting, led to an overnight tripling of the NDP vote total in the 2004 federal election. All the same, it is difficult to describe Davenport as "a marginal", as in all recent elections, the Liberal candidate has been elected with 50% of the vote or more regardless of what happens to the other parties. In 2006 Silva was the only GTA Liberal to have increased his margin of votes.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Parkdale and Toronto Northwest prior to 1933
Mount Royal
18th	1935-1940		John Ritchie MacNicol	Progressive Conservative
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953		Paul Hellyer	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958		Murray Douglas Morton	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963		Walter L. Gordon	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972		Charles Caccia	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-1999
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Mario Silva	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mario Silva	20,172	51.9%
	New Democratic Party	Gord Perks	12,681	32.6%
	Conservative	Theresa Rodrigues	4,202	10.8%
	Green	Mark O'Brien	1,440	3.7%
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	172	0.5%
	Canadian Action	Wendy Forrest	122	0.4%
	Marxist-Leninist	Sarah Thompson	103	0.3%
Total valid votes			38,892	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			240	0
Turnout			39,132 of 62,007	63.1%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mario Silva	16,773	50.68%
	New Democratic Party	Rui Pires	11,292	34.12%
	Conservative	Theresa Rodrigues	3,077	9.29%
	Green	Mark O'Brien	1,384	4.18%
	Communist	Elmer Gale	251	0.75%
	Communist	Johan Boyden	137	0.41%
	Canadian Action	John Riddell	97	0.29%
	Marxist-Leninist	Sarah Thompson	79	0.23%
Total valid votes			33,090	99.17%
Total rejected ballots			278	0.83%
Turnout			33,368 of 63,095	52.89%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	17,014
	New Democrat	Jordan Berger	3,457
	Canadian Alliance	Anthony Montenegrino	2,021
	Progressive Conservative	Eduardo Marcos	1,526
	Green	Mark O'Brien	642
	Marijuana	Elmer Gale	480
	Canadian Action	Ann Emmett	288
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	73

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	17,195
	New Democrat	Chris Masterson	4,807
	Progressive Conservative	Adele Pereira	2,628
	Green	Richard Procter	551
	Canadian Action	Ann Emmett	293
	Marxist-Leninist	Francesco Chilelli	250
	Independent	Miguel Figueroa	194
	Independent	John Munoro	190

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	20,100
	New Democrat	John Doherty	2,455
	Reform	Michael Jakubcak	2,107
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Samuel	1,251
	National	Sherelanne Purcell	448
	Natural Law	Bruce Hislop	283
	Green	Sat K. Singh Khalsa	255
	Libertarian	Nunzio Venuto	200
	Marxist-Leninist	Barbara Seed	64
	Abolitionist	Susan Lylliane Pennington	33

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	16,436
	New Democrat	Anna Menozzi	5,243
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Franco	5,179
	Libertarian	April Henderson	480
	Rhino	Barry Heidt	214
	Communist	George P. Hewison	196
	Not affiliated	Heather Robertson	150

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	13,248
	New Democrat	Manfred Netzel	5,548
	Progressive Conservative	Giovanni Rocca	5,217
	Green	Elgin Blair	256
	Libertarian	John Scott Hayes	252
	Communist	Gordon Massie	165

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	14,545
	New Democrat	Ed Brown	5,170
	Progressive Conservative	Italo Luci	3,167
	Libertarian	Richard Brooke	230
	Communist	Gail J. Phillips	117
	Marxist-Leninist	Richard Daly	72

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	12,760
	New Democrat	Ed Brown	5,579
	Progressive Conservative	Lilliana Edwards	4,090
	Libertarian	George J. Dance	156
	Communist	Gail J. Phillips	117
	Marxist-Leninist	Richard Daly	80
	Not affiliated	Steve Penner	48

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	12,294
	Progressive Conservative	Brownie Darubin	4,542
	New Democrat	Mairi McElhill	3,476
	Communist	Mike Phillips	123
	Independent	John Ross Taylor	102
	Marxist-Leninist	Richard Daly	95

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	9,366
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Gillespie	6,442
	New Democrat	Angelo Principe	5,272
	Not affiliated	William Kashtan	190
	Not affiliated	Richard Daly	160

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Caccia	10,736
	New Democrat	Otto Bresan	5,865
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Dear	4,688

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter L. Gordon	9,887
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Iannuzzi	3,907
	New Democrat	Nelson W. Abraham	2,918
	Communist	William Kashtan	224

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter L. Gordon	11,023
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Miles	4,520
	New Democrat	Vic Cathers	4,347
	Social Credit	Roland Ring	245

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter L. Gordon	9,101
	Progressive Conservative	M. Douglas Morton	6,713
	New Democrat	Bill Sefton	5,181
	Communist	Phyllis Clarke	231
	Social Credit	Raymond Bell	117

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	M. Douglas Morton	12,117
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	7,872
	Co-operative Commonwealth	F. Andrew Brewin	4,963

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	M. Douglas Morton	8,989
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	6,665
	Co-operative Commonwealth	F. Andrew Brewin	6,414

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	8,919
	Progressive Conservative	Harold McBride	6,998
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred Young	4,968
	Liberal-Progressive	Hector Harold MacArthur	802

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	11,431
	Progressive Conservative	John Ritchie MacNicol	10,476
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David B. Archer	7,366

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Ritchie MacNicol	13,110
	Liberal	William Alexander Gunn	7,682
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Eamon Park	4,931
	Liberal-Progressive	Richard W. Robertson	882
	Social Credit	David Ewald Hartman	346

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	John Ritchie MacNicol	14,890
	Liberal	Neil Cameron	11,140

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ritchie MacNicol	10,919
	Liberal	John P. Travers	7,675
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Williams Bruce	4,766
	Reconstruction	W. Harvey Brown	4,216

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament

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