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Toronto East Centre

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Toronto East Centre
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1933
First contested1925
Last contested1930

Toronto East Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Toronto Centre, Toronto East and Toronto South ridings.

It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto south of Bloor Street, north of Toronto Harbour, west of the Don River and the Canadian National Railway line, and east of Avenue Road, Queen's Park Crescent, University Avenue. The area north of Dundas Street and east of Jarvis was excluded from the riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Rosedale and St. Paul's ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto Centre, Toronto East and Toronto South
15th  1925–1926     Edmund James Bristol Conservative
16th  1926–1930 Robert Charles Matthews
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Rosedale and St. Paul's

Election history

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1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto East Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Hon. Edmund Bristol 8,898
  Independent Conservative Cecil William Armstrong 4,935
  Liberal John Harold Cascaden 4,682
  Independent Liberal John Callahan 410
1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto East Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Robert Charles Matthews 6,603
  Independent Conservative Cecil William Armstrong 4,509
  Liberal Alexander Smirle Lawson 4,429
1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto East Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Robert Charles Matthews 10,949
  Liberal Patrick Donnelly 5,461

See also

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