Etobicoke (electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke (provincial electoral district).
Etobicoke in relation to the other Metro Toronto ridings of that era

Etobicoke was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of York—Humber riding.

It consisted of that part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded as follows: from the intersection of Dundas Street West and Jane Street, north along Jane Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, northwest along the Humber River, west along Dixon Side Road, north along Islington Avenue North, west along Rexdale Boulevard, north along Kipling Avenue North, northwest along the West Branch of the Humber River, south along the boundary between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto, northeast along the Queen Elizabeth Way, north along Kipling Avenue South, and northeast along Dundas Street West to Jane Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Etobicoke Centre, Etobicoke North, Etobicoke—Lakeshore, York South—Weston and York West ridings.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAlastair Gillespie 32,066 55.96
Progressive ConservativeArthur Harnett 17,799 31.06
New DemocraticRobert Sydney Young 7,432 12.97
Total valid votes 57,297100.00
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlastair Gillespie 32,008 44.82 -11.14
Progressive ConservativeJohn van den Heuvel 28,896 40.46 +9.40
New DemocraticDave H. Hammond 10,299 14.42 +1.45
IndependentHoward Ramson 214 0.30
Total valid votes 71,417100.00
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlastair Gillespie 37,847 51.34 +6.52
Progressive ConservativeJohn Thomson 28,193 38.24 -2.22
New DemocraticDenis Prinold 7,337 9.95 -4.47
CommunistNicholas Hrynchyshyn 181 0.25
Marxist–LeninistBarbara Biley 166 0.23
Total valid votes 73,724100.00

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