Bracondale

Bracondale was the name of a former Toronto suburb that was annexed by the city in 1909;{{cite news|title=Bracondale and Wychwood given special terms by the City Council--West Toronto Annexation passed--Legislature asked to help re street railway lines|newspaper=Toronto Daily Star|date=1908-12-15|location=Toronto|page=7}} and north of Davenport Road, constituted the northern part of what eventually became the provincial electoral district. It was part of the northwestern expansion of the city that included Wychwood Park, and the City of West Toronto (now known as The Junction). The constituency was first contested during Ontario's 17th general election on 1 December 1926.{{cite web|title=All Members serving in Parliament: 17 -- December 01, 1926 - September 17, 1929|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?locale=en&ord=Riding_Name&dir=ASC&parlID=17|work=Past and Present MPPs|publisher=Ontario Legislative Assembly|accessdate=2011-08-29|location=Toronto|year=2011}} Arthur Russell Nesbitt, was elected its first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).{{cite web|title=Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1649|work=Past and Present MPPs|publisher=Ontario Legislative Assembly|accessdate=2011-08-29|location=Toronto|year=2011}} He was a member of Ontario Conservative Party.

The constituency's first Ontario Liberal MLA was Lionel Conacher, a famous Canadian athlete that retired from the National Hockey League to start a career in politics.{{cite news|title=Lionel Conacher quits sports for a career in politics|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nPMuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5dsFAAAAIBAJ&dq=conacher%20bracondale&pg=5155%2C3432512|accessdate=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|date=1937-09-02|author=The Canadian Press|location=Ottawa|page=24}} He was elected on 6 October 1937 in a very close race with the constituency's incumbent MLA, Nesbitt.{{cite news|title='Big Train' elected: Lionel Conacher forsook puck for Ontario political career|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ujBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GokNAAAAIBAJ&dq=conacher%20bracondale&pg=1232%2C910555|accessdate=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1937-10-07|location=Vancouver|page=7}} Nesbitt claimed that two ballot boxes were missing and one was filled with fraudulent ballots.{{cite news|title=Hepburn takes 67 seats|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OJlTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QzgNAAAAIBAJ&dq=bracondale&pg=1692%2C3650156|accessdate=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Leader-Post|date=1937-10-07|author=The Canadian Press|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|page=1}} The constituency's returning officer was arrested, and denied bail because he had a quantity of ballots stuffed in his pockets. Soon after Conacher was elected as an MLA, the legislature changed the designation for its members to Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in 1938.

Bracondale's most notable event came in 1943. Its residents elected Rae Luckock, one of two Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) female MPPs to share the title "first-female MPP"; the other was Agnes Macphail in York East.{{cite news|title=Ontario precedent set as 2 women elected|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=4580%2C679100|accessdate=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=1943-08-05|author=The Canadian Press|location=Montreal|page=12}} Luckock lost the 4 June 1945 provincial election to Conservative Harry Hyland Hyndman, which saw the Conservatives sweep into a majority government, by gaining most of the extra seats from the CCF.{{cite news|title=How Ontario's electors voted in all 90 ridings|accessdate=2011-08-30|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1945-06-05|author=Star Staff|location=Toronto|page=5|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbE7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=876%2C12828009}}

File:Bracondale Boundary Map 1926.pdf

Bracondale was a long and narrow constituency, ranging from the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds in the south to the city limits at St. Clair Avenue in the north, in Toronto's west-end. It included parts of the present-day neighbourhoods of Bracondale Hill, Davenport, Dovercourt Park, Dufferin Grove, Little Portugal, and Liberty Village. Its southern boundary was Lake Ontario. Its eastern boundary started on the west side of Strachan Avenue. It went north on Strachan to Queen Street West and jogged westward along Queen's south side to Crawford Avenue. It then went north on Crawford's west side until Dundas Street West, where it went eastward along the northern section of Dundas to Beatrice Street. It went north on Beatrice's west side straight through to Bloor Street West. It then jogged east on Bloor's north side to Christie Avenue. It then went along Christie to the northern boundary, the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue West. It jogged westward along the city limits to Oakwood Avenue. It then went south along Oakwood's eastside to Davenport Road. It then jogged along Davenport's south-side to Dovercourt Road. It then went south on Dovercourt's east-side to Atlantic Avenue. On Atlantic's east-side to Lake Ontario.{{cite news|author=Star Staff|title=Candidates and their balliwicks for next Monday's provincial election: 69 run, 17 can win|date=1945-05-29|page=3|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|location=Toronto|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H7E7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2285%2C11209439}}{{cite news|last=Forsyth|first=Robert|title=The Province of Ontario general election 1963 the Voters' List ACT III: Bracondale|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=1963-09-11|agency=Elections Ontario|location=Toronto|page=31}}

File:Toronto Provincial Ridings 1926a.pdf

Bracondale was a long and narrow constituency, ranging from the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds in the south to the city limits immediately north of St. Clair Avenue, in Toronto's west-end. It included parts of the present-day neighbourhoods that belong to Bracondale Hill, Davenport, Dovercourt Park, Dufferin Grove, Little Portugal, and Liberty Village. Its southern boundary was Lake Ontario. Its eastern boundary started on the west-side of Strachan Avenue. It went north on Strachan to Queen Street West and jogged westward along Queen's south side to Crawford Avenue. It then went north on Crawford's westside until Bloor Street West. It then jogged east on Bloor's north side to Christie Avenue. It then went along Christie to the northern boundary, the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue West. It jogged westward along the city limits to Oakwood Avenue. It then went south along Oakwood's eastside to Davenport Road. It then jogged along Davenport's south-side to Dovercourt Road. It then went south on Dovercourt's east-side to Atlantic Avenue. On Atlantic's east-side to Lake Ontario.{{cite news|last=Forsyth|first=Robert|title=The Province of Ontario general election 1963 the Voters' List ACT III: Bracondale|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=1963-09-11|agency=Elections Ontario|location=Toronto|page=31}}

In 2012, the historic boundaries are approximately part of the south-east portion of the present-day Davenport constituency,{{cite web |title=Davenport |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/015.pdf |work=2011 Electoral District Maps |publisher=Elections Ontario |accessdate=2011-08-30 |location=Toronto |year=2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/63AOwposw?url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/015.pdf |archivedate=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead }} a portion of the southern section of St. Paul's constituency,{{cite web |title=St. Paul's |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/077.pdf |work=2011 Electoral District Maps |publisher=Elections Ontario |accessdate=2011-08-30 |year=2011 |location=Toronto |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/63AQGAcqs?url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/077.pdf |archivedate=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead }} and most of the western portion of the Trinity–Spadina constituency.{{cite web |title=Trinity–Spadina |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/096.pdf |work=2011 Electoral District Maps |publisher=Elections Ontario |accessdate=2011-08-30 |location=Toronto |year=2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/63AOo3Eyk?url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/en/maps/8.5X11/096.pdf |archivedate=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

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{{OntMPP NoData|Prior to 1926 part of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings}}

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

• For Arthur Russell Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1649|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Lionel Conacher's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Lionel Conacher, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1013|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Rae Luckock's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Rae Luckock, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1428|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Harry Hyndman's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Harry Hyland Hyndman, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1323|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Harry Walters' Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Harry Lindley Walters, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1943|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Arthur Frost's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Arthur George Frost, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1176|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For Joseph Gould's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=Joseph M. Gould, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1215|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}
• For George Ben's Legislative Assembly information see {{cite web|title=George Ben, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=887|work=Parliamentary History|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|location=Toronto|year=2016}}}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Merged into Bellwoods and Dovercourt ridings after 1967}}

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