Danforth was a federal
electoral district
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represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the
province
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of
Ontario
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.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of
Toronto—Scarborough
Toronto—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the east end of the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from par ...
riding. It initially consisted of the eastern part of the city of
Toronto
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, bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north and east by the Toronto city limits, on the west by Woodbine Avenue.
In 1952, it was redefined to include the part of Scarborough township south of St. Clair Avenue between the western limit of Scarborough and Midland Avenue. Danforth represented what is now the
Greektown
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History
The oldest Greek dominated neighborhood outside of Greece were probably the Fener in Istan ...
area of Toronto.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between
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People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
...
,
Scarborough West
Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
Geography
It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stre ...
and
York East ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
External links
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario
Federal electoral districts of Toronto
Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1933
1933 establishments in Ontario
1968 disestablishments in Ontario
Constituencies disestablished in 1968