Bellwoods

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]

Not to be confused with Trinity-Bellwoods.

Bellwoods

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1987
First contested	1926
Last contested	1985

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Sault Ste. Marie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created in 1926 from parts of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest
17th	1926–1929		William Edwards	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Thomas Bell	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Arthur Roebuck[nb 1][nb 2]	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		A. A. MacLeod	Labor–Progressive
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		John Yaremko	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Ross McClellan	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Dovercourt and Fort York after 1987

Election results

1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4][5][nb 3]	Vote %
	Conservative	W.H. Edwards	6870	75.3
	Liberal-Prohibitionist	Arthur Frost	2248	24.7
		Total	9,118

1929 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas H. Bell	5,056	74.6
	Labour	George Watson	1,334	19.7
	Communist	T. Buck	392	5.8
		Total	6,782

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

1934 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Communist	T. Buck	1,016	6.5
		Total	15,527

1937 Ontario general election

	Party	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

1943 Ontario general election

	Party	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

1945 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10]	Vote %
	Labor–Progressive	A.A. MacLeod	6,632	35.2
	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

1948 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[11]	Vote %
	Labor–Progressive	A.A. MacLeod	7,704	37.0
	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

1951 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[12]	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	John Yaremko	5,546	33.6
	Liberal	Joseph Gould	5,187	31.4
	Labor–Progressive	A.A. MacLeod	3,321	20.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Marvin Gordon	2,453	14.9
		Total	16,507

1955 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Labor–Progressive	Stewart Smith	1,567	11.3
		Total	13,863

1959 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Labor–Progressive	Michael Lucas	765	6.7
		Total	11,416

1963 Ontario general election

	Party	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

1967 Ontario general election

	Party	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

1971 Ontario general election

	Party	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

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Communist	R.J. Orlandini	247	1.9
		Total	12,899

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Communist	Scarth Heap	194	1.5
	Independent	Ronald Rogers	156	1.2
	Libertarian	Grace-Ann Paulson	150	1.1
		Total	13,134

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	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
	Communist	S. Baillargeon	250	2.0
	Independent	Ronald Rogers	179	1.4
		Total	12,462

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	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

Notes

1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
2. Roebuck resigned March 08, 1940 in order to run for Federal Parliament. The seat remained vacant until the 1943 election.
3. 64 out of 92 polls reporting.

Citations

1. "Map of Toronto showing Provincial Ridings and city limits". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1926-11-06. p. 26.
2. Sheppard, Robert (1986-07-31). "Redistribution of Ontario ridings expected to spark party infighting". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A5.
3. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For William Henry Edwards's Legislative Assembly information see "William Henry Edwards, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Thomas Hamilton Bell's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Hamilton Bell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Arthur Wentworth Roebuck's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur Wentworth Roebuck, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Albert Alexander MacLeod's Legislative Assembly information see "Albert Alexander MacLeod, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For John Yaremko's Legislative Assembly information see "John Yaremko, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
   • For Ross A. McClellan's Legislative Assembly information see "Ross A. McClellan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
4. Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe. Toronto. p. 7.
5. "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition). Toronto. 1926-12-01. p. 1.
6. "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1929-10-31. p. 43.
7. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
8. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
9. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
10. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
11. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
12. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
13. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
14. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
15. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
16. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
17. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
18. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
19. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
20. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
21. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.