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Bellwoods

{{Distinguish|Trinity-Bellwoods}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

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| image = Toronto_Provincial_Ridings_1926a.pdf

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| prov-created = 1925

| prov-abolished = 1987

| prov-election-first = 1926

| prov-election-last = 1985

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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,{{cite news|title=Map of Toronto showing Provincial Ridings and city limits|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1926-11-06|location=Toronto|page=26}} when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt, and Fort York districts.{{cite news|last=Sheppard|first=Robert|title=Redistribution of Ontario ridings expected to spark party infighting|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=1986-07-31|location=Toronto|page=A5}}

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

{{OntMPP|Bellwoods}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Riding created in 1926 from parts of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1926

| ToYr=1929

| Assembly#=17

| OntParty=Conservative

| RepName=William Edwards

| RepLink=William Henry Edwards (politician)

| PartyTerms#=1

| RepTerms#=1

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1929

| ToYr=1934

| Assembly#=18

| OntParty=Conservative

| RepName=Thomas Bell

| RepLink=Thomas Hamilton Bell

| PartyTerms#=1

| RepTerms#=1

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1934

| ToYr=1937

| Assembly#=19

| OntParty=Liberal

| RepName=Arthur RoebuckIn 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.Roebuck resigned March 08, 1940 in order to run for Federal Parliament. The seat remained vacant until the 1943 election.

| PartyTerms#=2

| RepTerms#=2

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1937

| ToYr=1943

| Assembly#=20

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1943

| ToYr=1945

| Assembly#=21

| OntParty=Labour-Progressive

| RepName=A. A. MacLeod

| PartyTerms#=3

| RepTerms#=3

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1945

| ToYr=1948

| Assembly#=22

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1948

| ToYr=1951

| Assembly#=23

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1951

| ToYr=1955

| Assembly#=24

| OntParty=Progressive Conservative

| RepName=John Yaremko

| PartyTerms#=6

| RepTerms#=6

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1955

| ToYr=1959

| Assembly#=25

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1959

| ToYr=1963

| Assembly#=26

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1963

| ToYr=1967

| Assembly#=27

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1967

| ToYr=1971

| Assembly#=28

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1971

| ToYr=1975

| Assembly#=29

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1975

| ToYr=1977

| Assembly#=30

| OntParty=NDP

| RepName=Ross McClellan

| PartyTerms#=4

| RepTerms#=4

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1977

| ToYr=1981

| Assembly#=31

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1981

| ToYr=1985

| Assembly#=32

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1985

| ToYr=1987

| Assembly#=33

}}

{{OntMPP NoData|

Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

  • For William Henry Edwards's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=William Henry Edwards, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1112|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012}}
  • For Thomas Hamilton Bell's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Thomas Hamilton Bell, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=886|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012}}
  • For Arthur Wentworth Roebuck's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Arthur Wentworth Roebuck, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1791|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012}}
  • For Albert Alexander MacLeod's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Albert Alexander MacLeod, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=2000|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902023816/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=2000|archive-date=2012-09-02|url-status=dead}}
  • For John Yaremko's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=John Yaremko, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1993|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012|archive-date=2010-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129055722/http://ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1993|url-status=dead}}
  • For Ross A. McClellan's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Ross A. McClellan, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=590|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|accessdate=2012-04-11|location=Toronto|year=2012}}}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Merged into Dovercourt and Fort York after 1987}}

{{OntMPP End}}

Election results

=1926 boundaries=

class="wikitable"

|+ 1926 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926|newspaper=The Globe |author=Canadian Press|date=1926-12-02 |location=Toronto|page=7}}{{cite news|title=Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition)|date=1926-12-01|location=Toronto|page=1}}64 out of 92 polls reporting.

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Conservative

| W.H. Edwards

|align=right| 6870

|align=right| 75.3

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal-Prohibitionist

| Arthur Frost

|align=right| 2248

|align=right| 24.7

|

|Total

|align=right|9,118

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1929 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1929-10-31|location=Toronto|page=43}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Conservative

| Thomas H. Bell

|align=right| 5,056

|align=right| 74.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|background}} |    

|Labour

| George Watson

|align=right| 1,334

|align=right| 19.7

{{CANelec|ON|Communist|T. Buck| 392| 5.8}}

|

|

|Total

|align=right|6,782

|

=1934 boundaries=

File:1934TorontoRidings.jpg

class="wikitable"

|+ 1934 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=Detailed Election Results|newspaper=The Globe|date=1934-06-21|location=Toronto|page=3}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| A.W. Roebuck

|align=right| 8,172

|align=right| 52.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Conservative

| T.H. Bell

|align=right| 5,167

|align=right| 33.3

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |    

|Independent

| J. Smith

|align=right| 1,172

|align=right| 7.5

{{CANelec|ON|Communist| T. Buck| 1,016| 6.5}}

|

|

|Total

|align=right|15,527

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1937 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|title=Ontario Voted By Ridings|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1937-10-07|location=Toronto|page=5}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| A.W. Roebuck

|align=right| 12,052

|align=right| 69.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Conservative

| John Noble

|align=right| 5,094

|align=right| 29.2

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|background}} |    

|Socialist-Labour

| Carl Neilson

|align=right| 305

|align=right| 1.7

|

|Total

|align=right|17,451

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1943 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Ontario Election Results|newspaper=The Gazette|date=1943-08-05|location=Montreal|page=12|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=3097%2C672685}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|background}} |    

|Labour

| A.A. MacLeod

|align=right| 4,232

|align=right| 30.3

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| J.P.E. Williams

|align=right| 3,714

|align=right| 26.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| George Bagwell

|align=right| 3,491

|align=right| 25.0

{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| Lou Isaacs

|align=right| 2,538

|align=right| 18.2

|

|Total

|align=right|13,975

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1945 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1945-06-05|location=Toronto|page=5|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbE7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=876%2C12828009|accessdate=2012-03-03}}

! Vote %

{{CANelec|ON|Labor-Progressive| A.A. MacLeod| 6,632| 35.2}}
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| J.P.E. Williams

|align=right| 5,699

|align=right| 30.2

{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| A.V. Russell

|align=right| 3,626

|align=right| 19.2

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| A. Farmer

|align=right| 2,896

|align=right| 15.4

|

|Total

|align=right|18,853

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1948 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1948-06-08|location=Toronto|page=24}}

! Vote %

{{CANelec|ON|Labor-Progressive| A.A. MacLeod| 7,704| 37.0}}
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| George Renison

|align=right| 6,467

|align=right| 31.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| J.S. Midanik

|align=right| 4,363

|align=right| 20.9

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| John Ryan

|align=right| 2,293

|align=right| 11.0

|

|Total

|align=right|20,827

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1951 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Complete Ontario Vote|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=1951-11-22|location=Montreal|page=4|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l6gtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7192%2C3337413|accessdate=2012-04-22}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 5,546

|align=right| 33.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Joseph Gould

|align=right| 5,187

|align=right| 31.4

{{CANelec|ON|Labor-Progressive| A.A. MacLeod| 3,321| 20.1}}
{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| Marvin Gordon

|align=right| 2,453

|align=right| 14.9

|

|Total

|align=right|16,507

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1955 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|date=1955-06-10|location=Ottawa|page=4|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vCAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TN0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4268%2C2256424|accessdate=2012-04-22}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 5,324

|align=right| 38.4

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Joseph Gould

|align=right| 5,090

|align=right| 36.7

{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| Bert Groves

|align=right| 1,882

|align=right| 13.6

{{CANelec|ON|Labor-Progressive| Stewart Smith| 1,567| 11.3}}
|

|Total

|align=right|13,863

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1959 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|date=1959-06-12|location=Ottawa|page=26|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yh0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6095%2C2812390|accessdate=2012-04-22}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 6,234

|align=right| 54.6

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Nick Manfredo

|align=right| 2,629

|align=right| 23.0

{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|background}} |    

|Co-operative Commonwealth

| Nick Rudisi

|align=right| 1,788

|align=right| 15.7

{{CANelec|ON|Labor-Progressive| Michael Lucas| 765| 6.7}}
|

|Total

|align=right|11,416

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1963 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved|newspaper=The Windsor Star|date=1963-09-26|location=Windsor, Ontario|page=25|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=T1EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134%2C3886120|accessdate=2012-04-24}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 6,038

|align=right| 51.0

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| James Mizzoni

|align=right| 4,008

|align=right| 33.9

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

| New Democrat

| Herbert Hyman

|align=right| 1,792

|align=right| 15.1

|

|

|Total

|align=right|11,838

|

=1966 boundaries=

class="wikitable"

|+ 1967 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Tories win, but...|newspaper=The Windsor Star|date=1967-10-18|location=Windsor, Ontario|page=B2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VVEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673%2C2835192|accessdate=2012-04-30}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 6,646

|align=right| 47.4

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| William Bassel

|align=right| 4,217

|align=right| 30.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

|New Democrat

| Frank Parrill

|align=right| 2,674

|align=right| 19.1

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |    

|Independent

| Ernest Barr

|align=right| 490

|align=right| 3.5

|

|

|Total

|align=right|14,027

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1971 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Here's who won on the Metro ridings|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1971-10-22|location=Toronto|page=12}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| John Yaremko

|align=right| 7,831

|align=right| 51.1

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

|New Democrat

| Helen Roedde

|align=right| 3,957

|align=right| 25.8

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Frank Kennedy

|align=right| 3,523

|align=right| 23.0

|

|Total

|align=right|15,311

|

=1974 boundaries=

class="wikitable"

|+ 1975 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Results from the 29 ridings in Metro |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=1975-09-19|location=Toronto|page=A18}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

| New Democrat

| Ross McClellan

|align=right| 4,921

|align=right| 38.2

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Millie Caccia

|align=right| 4,482

|align=right| 34.7

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| Elio Madonia

|align=right| 3,249

|align=right| 25.2

{{CANelec|ON|Communist| R.J. Orlandini| 247| 1.9}}

|

|Total

|align=right|12,899

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1977 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=How they voted in Metro area |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=1977-06-10|location=Toronto|page=A10}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

| New Democrat

| Ross McClellan

|align=right| 6,377

|align=right| 48.6

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Millie Caccia

|align=right| 3,332

|align=right| 25.4

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| Maria Sgro

|align=right| 2,925

|align=right| 22.3

{{CANelec|ON|Communist| Scarth Heap| 194| 1.5}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |    

| Independent

| Ronald Rogers

|align=right| 156

|align=right| 1.2

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian| Grace-Ann Paulson| 150| 1.1}}

|

|

|Total

|align=right|13,134

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1981 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=Election results for Metro Toronto ridings|newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429 |date=1981-03-20|location=Windsor, Ontario|page=22|accessdate=2012-05-10}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

| New Democrat

| Ross McClellan

|align=right| 5,101

|align=right| 40.9

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Walter Bardyn

|align=right| 4,766

|align=right| 38.2

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| Tina Gabriel

|align=right| 2,166

|align=right| 17.4

{{CANelec|ON|Communist| S. Baillargeon| 250| 2.0}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |    

| Independent

| Ronald Rogers

|align=right| 179

|align=right| 1.4

|

|

|Total

|align=right|12,462

|

class="wikitable"

|+ 1985 Ontario general election

!

! scope="col" width="175" |Party

! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate

! Votes{{cite news|author=Canadian Press|title=The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gzc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hvUIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464%2C1195068 |date=1985-05-03|location=Toronto|page=43|accessdate=2012-05-10}}

! Vote %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |    

| New Democrat

| Ross McClellan

|align=right| 8,051

|align=right| 47.9

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |    

|Liberal

| Walter Bardyn

|align=right| 6,527

|align=right| 38.8

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |    

|Progressive Conservative

| Bento De Sao Jose

|align=right| 1,926

|align=right| 11.5

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |    

| Independent

| Ronald Rogers

|align=right| 316

|align=right| 1.8

|

|

|Total

|align=right|16,820

|

References

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