Toronto Centre

Toronto Centre (French: Toronto-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto (1872–1903), Toronto Centre (1903–1925, and since 2004), Rosedale (1935–1997), and Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1997–2004).

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Toronto Centre (provincial electoral district).

Toronto Centre

Ontario electoral district
Toronto Centre in relation to other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Vacant
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	103,805
Electors (2015)	66,351
Area (km²)[1]	5.84
Pop. density (per km²)	17,774.8
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of Toronto Centre

Toronto Centre covers the heart of Downtown Toronto. The riding contains areas such as Regent Park (Canada's first social housing development), St. James Town (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada), Cabbagetown, Church and Wellesley (an historic LGBTQ2 neighbourhood), Ryerson University, The Toronto Eaton Centre and part of the city's financial district (the east side of Bay Street).

From 2015 to 2020, the riding was represented by Bill Morneau.[2] On August 17, 2020, Morneau announced that he will be resigning as MP.[2]

History

Centre Toronto riding was first created in 1872 from portions of West Toronto and East Toronto. In 1903, the name was changed to Toronto Centre. In 1924, the riding was broken into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South.

A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named "Rosedale" after the wealthy neighbourhood of Rosedale. This riding was replaced with "Toronto Centre—Rosedale" in 1996, but the quickly growing population resulted in large areas being shaved off on all sides. In 2003, Toronto Centre—Rosedale was abolished, and a new riding somewhat to the east was created named "Toronto Centre".

Each of the four major national political parties (the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Green Party, and the NDP), have active federal and provincial riding associations which act as the local party organizations in the riding. Since the early 1990s, however, most contests have been between the Liberals and NDP.

This riding lost territory to University—Rosedale and Spadina—Fort York, and gained a small fraction of territory from Trinity—Spadina during the 2012 electoral redistribution. This made Toronto Centre the smallest size riding in the country, beating Papineau in Montreal by 3 km².

Historically, the riding was one of the few in central Toronto where the Progressive Conservatives usually did well. The PCs held the riding for 34 of the 58 years from 1935 to 1993. However, it has been in Liberal hands without interruption since 1993. The 2012 federal electoral redistribution shifted much of the wealthier northern part of the riding, which included Rosedale, to the new riding of University—Rosedale.[3]

The riding was represented by former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae after the federal by-elections of March 17, 2008. Rae resigned from Parliament on July 31, 2013.[4][5]

Former boundaries

• 
  1903-1914
• 
  1933 to 1966
• 
  1966 to 1976
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  1976 to 1987
• 
  1987 to 1996
• 
  1996 to 2003
• 
  2003 to 2015

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 58.1% White, 9.0% South Asian, 8.3% Chinese, 7.7% Black, 4.6% Filipino, 2.1% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Korean, 1.3% Arab, 1.2% West Asian, 1.1% Aboriginal
Languages: 62.6% English, 6.6% Chinese, 3.3% French, 2.4% Spanish, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.6% Bengali 1.5% Arabic, 1.4% Russian, 1.4% Tamil, 1.4% Korean, 1.1% Persian
Religions: 47.2% Christian (22.9% Catholic, 6.0% Anglican, 3.3% United Church, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Presbyterian), 7.7% Muslim, 3.9% Hindu, 3.7% Jewish, 2.3% Buddhist, 34.0% None.
Median income: $32,027 (2010)[6]
Average income: $62,774 (2010) [6]

According to the Canada 2016 Census

Languages: (2016) 79.9% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.4% French, 1.3% Tamil, 1.3% Bengali, 1.2% Spanish, 1.0% Korean, 0.9% Arabic, 0.8% Farsi, 0.7% Russian, 0.5% Urdu, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Amharic, 0.5% Nepali[7]

Members of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Centre Toronto Riding created from West Toronto and East Toronto
2nd	1872–1874		Robert Wilkes	Liberal
3rd	1874–1875
	1875–1878		John Macdonald	Independent Liberal
4th	1878–1882		Robert Hay	Liberal
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		George Ralph Richardson Cockburn	Conservative
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1897		William Lount	Liberal
	1897–1900		George Hope Bertram
9th	1900–1904		William Rees Brock	Conservative
Toronto Centre
10th	1904–1905		Edward Frederick Clarke	Conservative
	1905–1908		Edmund James Bristol
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South
Rosedale Riding re-created from Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South
18th	1935–1940		Harry Gladstone Clarke	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		Harry Jackman	National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Charles Henry	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		David James Walker	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1978
	1978–1979		David Crombie	Progressive Conservative
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		David MacDonald
35th	1993–1997		Bill Graham	Liberal
Toronto Centre—Rosedale
36th	1997–2000		Bill Graham	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Toronto Centre
38th	2004–2006		Bill Graham	Liberal
39th	2006–2007
	2008–2008		Bob Rae
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2013
	2013–2015		Chrystia Freeland
42nd	2015–2019		Bill Morneau
43rd	2019–2020
43rd	2020–present		Vacant	Vacant

Election results

Toronto Centre, 2003–present

Graph of election results in Toronto Centre (2013 boundaries, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Morneau	31,271	57.37	-0.53	$95,538.84
	New Democratic	Brian Chang	12,142	22.27	-4.34	$58.656.81
	Conservative	Ryan Lester	6,613	12.13	-0.06
	Green	Annamie Paul	3,852	7.07	+4.47	$34,903.20
	Animal Protection	Rob Lewin	182	0.33	–	$2,171.71
	Rhinoceros	Sean Carson	147	0.27	–	–
	Independent	Jason Tavares	126	0.23	–	–
	Communist	Bronwyn Cragg	125	0.23	-0.03
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	54	0.10	-0.05	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,512	100.0	–	$107,308.65
Total rejected ballots			384
Turnout			54,896	68.55
Eligible voters			80,087
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Morneau	29,297	57.90	+8.52	$170,325.26
	New Democratic	Linda McQuaig	13,467	26.61	-9.69	$198,294.34
	Conservative	Julian Di Battista	6,167	12.19	+3.56	$22,625.73
	Green	Colin Biggin	1,315	2.60	-0.37	$3,964.97
	Independent	Jordan Stone	147	0.29	–	–
	Communist	Mariam Ahmad	133	0.26	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	76	0.15	+0.03	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,602	100.0		$203,952.21
Total rejected ballots			266	–	–
Turnout			50,868	–	–
Eligible voters			66,351
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,828	39.42
	New Democratic	13,617	36.20
	Conservative	6,746	17.93
	Green	1,942	5.16
	Others	487	1.29

Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre (1968-2013, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	17,194	49.38	+8.37	$ 97,609.64
	New Democratic	Linda McQuaig	12,640	36.30	+6.09	99,230.30
	Conservative	Geoff Pollock	3,004	8.63	−14.01	75,557.39
	Green	John Deverell	1,034	2.97	−2.05	21,521.10
	Progressive Canadian	Dorian Baxter	453	1.30		–
	Libertarian	Judi Falardeau	236	0.68	+0.18	–
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	84	0.24		560.00
	Independent	John "The Engineer" Turmel	56	0.16		–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	51	0.15		633.30
	Online	Michael Nicula	43	0.12		200.00
	Independent	Bahman Yazdanfar	26	0.07	−0.12	1,134.60
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,821	100.0	–	$ 101,793.06
Total rejected ballots			177	0.51	+0.12
Turnout			34,998	38.20	−24.73
Eligible voters			91,612
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.94
By-election due to the resignation of Bob Rae.
Source(s) "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013. "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved May 9, 2014.

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Rae	22,832	41.01	-12.52	$ 51,672.12
	New Democratic	Susan Wallace	16,818	30.21	+15.12	18,904.44
	Conservative	Kevin Moore	12,604	22.64	+4.31	63,141.66
	Green	Ellen Michelson	2,796	5.02	-6.83	44,006.84
	Libertarian	Judi Falardeau	277	0.50		–
	Communist	Cathy Holliday	159	0.29	-0.09	502.10
	Independent	Bahman Yazdanfar	108	0.19		653.91
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	76	0.14	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total expenditures			55,670	100.0	$ 92,663.68	$ 178,881.07
Total rejected ballots			220	0.39
Turnout			55,890	62.93
Eligible voters			88,810
	Liberal hold		Swing	-13.82

2008 general election

On September 21, 2008, Conservative candidate Chris Reid resigned because he said he couldn't commit to four years in government. However, blog entries were discovered that linked him to controversial musings on guns and the murder of Tim McLean aboard a Greyhound bus.[13] Chris Reid was replaced by David Gentili as the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre.[14] Expenditures listed for Gentili include expenditures reported by Reid.

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Rae	27,462	53.53	-5.94	$ 48,353.21
	Conservative	David Gentili	9,402	18.33	+6.01	39,290.89
	New Democratic	El-Farouk Khaki	7,743	15.09	+1.21	21,305.27
	Green	Ellen Michelson	6,081	11.85	-1.56	23,041.16
	Communist	Johan Boyden	193	0.38		432.31
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	187	0.36	-0.16	685.91
	Independent	Gerald Derome	146	0.28		2,063.60
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	92	0.18		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit/Total Expenditures			51,306	100.00	$ 92,067.97	$ 135,172.35
Total rejected ballots			257	0.50
Turnout			51,563	57.39

2008 by-election

A by-election, held on March 17, 2008 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Bill Graham was won by Liberal Bob Rae, a former Ontario NDP Premier.

The nominated Conservative candidate in the by-election, Mark Warner, was dropped by the party's national council on October 31, 2007.[15] Don Meredith was nominated as the Conservative candidate in December 2007.[16]

Activist El-Farouk Khaki ran for the NDP and Chris Tindal was the Green Party of Canada candidate. Liz White was the Animal Alliance Environmental Voters Party of Canada candidate, and Doug Plumb represented the Canadian Action Party.

By-election on March 17, 2008 On Bill Graham's resignation, July 2, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Rae	14,187	59.47	+7.24
	New Democratic	El-Farouk Khaki	3,312	13.88	-9.86
	Green	Chris Tindal	3,199	13.41	+8.20
	Conservative	Donald Meredith	2,939	12.32	-5.89
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	123	0.52	+0.40
	Canadian Action	Doug Plumb	97	0.41
Total valid votes			23,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96	0.40
Turnout			23,953	27.86
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.5

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	30,874	52.23	-4.30
	New Democratic	Michael Shapcott	14,036	23.74	-0.01
	Conservative	Lewis Reford	10,763	18.21	+3.42
	Green	Chris Tindal	3,080	5.21	+1.30
	Communist	Johan Boyden	120	0.2	-0.05
	Independent	Michel Prairie	101	0.2
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	72	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	66	0.11	-0.01
Total valid votes			59,112	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	30,336	56.53	+1.26
	New Democratic	Michael Shapcott	12,747	23.75	+12.39
	Conservative	Megan Harris	7,936	14.79	−13.00
	Green	Gabriel Draven	2,097	3.91
	Marijuana	Jay Wagner	313	0.58	−0.94
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	106	0.20	−0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	65	0.12	−0.12
	Canadian Action	Kevin Peck	63	0.12	−2.97
Total valid votes			53,663	100.00
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Toronto Centre—Rosedale, 1996–2003

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	26,264	55.27	+6.08
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Pearce	8,150	17.15	-2.13
	New Democratic	David Berlin	5,398	11.36	-9.22
	Alliance	Richard Walker	5,057	10.64	+2.83
	Canadian Action	Paul Hellyer	1,466	3.09	+2.44
	Marijuana	Neev Tapiero	722	1.52
	Natural Law	David Gordon	224	0.47	-0.11
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	121	0.25
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	116	0.24	-0.11
Total valid votes			47,518	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	22,945	49.19	-0.80
	New Democratic	David MacDonald	9,597	20.58	+9.80
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Probyn	8,993	19.28	-1.96
	Reform	John Stewart	3,646	7.82	-4.65
	Green	Jim Harris	577	1.24	+0.30
	Canadian Action	Anthony Robert Pedrette	303	0.65
	Natural Law	Ron Parker	270	0.58	-1.01
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	166	0.36	+0.25
	Independent	Ted W. Culp	145	0.31
Total valid votes			46,642	100.00

Rosedale, 1933–1996

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Graham	25,726	50.00	+8.78
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	10,930	21.24	-20.12
	Reform	Daniel Jovkovic	6,413	12.46
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	5,547	10.78	-4.28
	National	Martin Lanigan	1,091	2.12
	Natural Law	Doug Henning	817	1.59
	Green	Leslie Hunter	483	0.94	+0.22
	Independent	Linda Dale Gibbons	350	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	57	0.11
	Abolitionist	Yann Patrice D'Audibert Garcien	40	0.08
Total valid votes			51,454	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	22,704	41.36	-11.44
	Liberal	Bill Graham	22,624	41.21	+15.08
	New Democratic	Doug Wilson	8,266	15.06	-2.77
	Libertarian	Chris Blatchly	411	0.75	+0.09
	Green	Frank de Jong	397	0.72	-1.15
	Rhinoceros	Liane McLarty	265	0.48
	Independent	Mike Constable	102	0.19
	Independent	Harry Margel	91	0.17
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paul Therrien	33	0.06	-0.27
Total valid votes			54,893	100.00

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	23,211	52.80	+8.84
	Liberal	Bill Graham	11,488	26.13	-12.95
	New Democratic	Dell Wolfson	7,836	17.82	+2.97
	Green	Shirley Ruth Farlinger	821	1.87
	Libertarian	Clarke Slemon	291	0.66	+0.30
	Communist	Sylvie Baillargeon	172	0.39	+0.17
	Commonwealth of Canada	David Dube	144	0.33
Total valid votes			43,963	100.00

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	16,862	43.96	-3.30
	Liberal	Anne Cools	14,993	39.08	+6.07
	New Democratic	Jim Hockley	5,698	14.85	-2.69
	Rhinoceros	Geoff Yates	319	0.83
	Libertarian	Harry J. Nelson	140	0.36	-0.42
	Independent	Frank Sommers	125	0.33
	Independent	Ann Ladas	104	0.27	-0.18
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	85	0.22	+0.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Alan Miller	34	0.09	+0.01
Total valid votes			38,360	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	18,594	47.26	-10.69
	Liberal	Anne Cools	12,987	33.01	+1.72
	New Democratic	Ron B. Thomson	6,902	17.54	+8.24
	Libertarian	Alex W. Eaglesham	305	0.78
	Independent	Hans Blumenfeld	196	0.50
	Independent	Ann Ladas	176	0.45
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	80	0.20	-0.17
	Independent	Joanne Pritchard	49	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Alan Miller	32	0.08
	Independent	Sean Howes	27	0.07	–
Total valid votes			39,348	100.00

By-election on October 16, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	18,732	57.95	+17.68
	Liberal	John Robert Evans	10,114	31.29	-17.84
	New Democratic	Ron B. Thomson	3,008	9.31	-0.06
	Independent	Donald M. Campbell	196	0.61
	Independent	Linda Cain	155	0.48
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	120	0.37	-0.02
Total valid votes			32,325	100.00

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	17,227	49.13	+5.11
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	14,119	40.27	-0.42
	New Democratic	Maurice Desjardins	3,285	9.37	-3.22
	Independent	Marshall Bruce Evoy	220	0.63
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	136	0.39
	Marxist–Leninist	Vern Harper	75	0.21
Total valid votes			35,062	100.00

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	16,073	44.02	-13.40
	Progressive Conservative	Warren Beamish	14,856	40.69	+11.44
	New Democratic	Ron Sabourin	4,598	12.59	+0.26
	Independent	Aline Gregory	892	2.44
	Independent	David Starbuck	95	0.26
Total valid votes			36,514	100.00

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	19,011	57.42	+12.58
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Bradley	9,683	29.25	-5.16
	New Democratic	John Chamard	4,083	12.33	-8.41
	Communist	F. Nelson Clarke	183	0.55
	Independent	Fred Reiner (New Canada Party)	148	0.45
Total valid votes			33,108	100.00

1933–1965

Graph of election results in Toronto Centre (1935-1963, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	9,757	44.84	-10.03
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	7,487	34.41	+5.38
	New Democratic	Harding E. Bishop	4,514	20.75	+5.67
Total valid votes			21,758	100.00

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	12,860	54.87	+12.06
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	6,803	29.03	-11.28
	New Democratic	Harding E. Bishop	3,534	15.08	-0.79
	Social Credit	George Leslie	240	1.02	+0.01
Total valid votes			23,437	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	10,191	42.81	+16.54
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	9,597	40.31	-22.89
	New Democratic	Desmond Sparham	3,778	15.87	+5.34
	Social Credit	John David Brunne	240	1.01
Total valid votes			23,806	100.00

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	15,429	63.21	+8.93
	Liberal	Tom O'Neill	6,412	26.27	-4.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom McAulay	2,570	10.53	-2.75
Total valid votes			24,411	100.00

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	12,415	54.28	+14.57
	Liberal	Charles Henry	7,122	31.14	-10.06
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom McAulay	3,038	13.28	-4.36
	Social Credit	Harvey Jamieson	299	1.31
Total valid votes			22,874	100.00

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry	8,702	41.20	+1.35
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	8,386	39.70	+2.23
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Dudley Bristow	3,727	17.64	-5.04
	Labor–Progressive	Janet M. Clark	308	1.46
Total valid votes			21,123	100.00

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry	10,835	39.84	+10.85
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Jackman	10,189	37.47	-11.37
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Dudley Bristow	6,170	22.69	+4.69
Total valid votes			27,194	100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1945 election.

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Jackman	11,784	48.84	+3.38
	Liberal	William Kearns	6,997	29.00	-20.80
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Cass-Beggs	4,342	17.99	+13.25
	Labor–Progressive	John Weir	1,006	4.17
Total valid votes			24,129	100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Government	Harry Jackman	12,519	52.36	+12.1
	Liberal	J. Louis Shannon	10,399	43.49	+8.25
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norah Dymond	991	4.14	-5.52
Total valid votes			23,909	100.00

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Clarke	9,491	40.26	-13.62
	Liberal	George Alexander Urquhart	8,306	35.24	-10.88
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dennison	2,765	11.73
	Reconstruction	Bert Watts	2,277	9.66
	Communist	Samuel Scarlett	733	3.11
Total valid votes			23,572	100.00

Toronto Centre, 1903–1924

Graph of general election results in Toronto Centre (1904-1925, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	5,985	53.88	-20.57
	Liberal	Norman McEachren	5,123	46.12	+21.91
Total valid votes			11,108	100.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Edmund Bristol	12,051	74.45	+11.19
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Charles MacGuire	3,918	24.21	-12.53
	Unknown	Archie Dramin	217	1.34
Total valid votes			16,186	100.00

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	5,156	63.26	+11.88
	Liberal	Charles MacGuire	2,994	36.74	-11.88
Total valid votes			8,150	100.00

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	3,482	51.38	-0.96
	Liberal	T.C. Robinette	3,295	48.62	0.96
Total valid votes			6,777	100.00

Note: vote compared to 1904 election.

By-election on April 11, 1905
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	acc.

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E.F. Clarke	4,321	52.34	+2.00
	Liberal	T.C. Robinette	3,935	47.66	+1.43
Total valid votes			8,256	100.00

Centre Toronto, 1872–1903

Graph of general election results in Centre Toronto (1872-1900, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rees Brock	2,625	50.34	+3.33
	Liberal	John Flett	2,411	46.23	-6.76
	Labour	Henry Hargrave	179	3.43
Total valid votes			5,215	100.00

By-election on September 30, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G.H. Bertram	2,212	52.99	+0.36
	Conservative	O.A. Howland	1,962	47.01	-0.36
Total valid votes			4,174	100.00

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lount	2,394	52.64	+8.44
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,154	47.36	-8.44
Total valid votes			4,548	100.00

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,414	55.80	+0.28
	Liberal	James Kirkpatrick Kerr	1,912	44.20	-0.28
Total valid votes			4,326	100.00

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,282	55.52
	Liberal	John Harvie	1,828	44.48	-8.78
Total valid votes			4,110	100.00

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Hay	1,620	53.25	-5.58
	Unknown	J.D. Edgar	1,422	46.75
Total valid votes			3,042	100.00

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Hay	1,631	58.84	+3.64
	Independent Liberal	John MacDonald	1,141	41.16
Total valid votes			2,772	100.00

Note: vote compared to 1874 election.

By-election on December 4, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John MacDonald	acc.

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Wilkes	1,509	55.19	-0.76
	Unknown	A. Morrison	1,225	44.81
Total valid votes			–	100.00

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Wilkes	1,509	55.95
	Unknown	Mr. Shanly	1,188	44.05
Total valid votes			2,697	100.00

See also

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

References

• "(Code 35093) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

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External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1872-1924
• 1933-1996
• 1996-2003
• 2003-present
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada