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title: "Bellwoods" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-provincial-electoral-districts-of-ontario", "provincial-electoral-districts-of-toronto"] topic_path: "general/former-provincial-electoral-districts-of-ontario" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellwoods" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| province = Ontario | image = Toronto_Provincial_Ridings_1926a.pdf | prov-status = defunct | prov-created = 1925 | prov-abolished = 1987 | prov-election-first = 1926 | prov-election-last = 1985 | demo-census-date = | demo-pop = | demo-electors = | demo-electors-date = | demo-area = | demo-cd = | demo-csd = 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, when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt, and Fort York districts.

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

| FromYr=1926 | ToYr=1929 | Assembly#=17 | OntParty=Conservative | RepName=William Edwards | RepLink=William Henry Edwards (politician) | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 | FromYr=1929 | ToYr=1934 | Assembly#=18 | OntParty=Conservative | RepName=Thomas Bell | RepLink=Thomas Hamilton Bell | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 | 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 | FromYr=1937 | ToYr=1943 | Assembly#=20 | FromYr=1943 | ToYr=1945 | Assembly#=21 | OntParty=Labour-Progressive | RepName=A. A. MacLeod | PartyTerms#=3 | RepTerms#=3 | FromYr=1945 | ToYr=1948 | Assembly#=22 | FromYr=1948 | ToYr=1951 | Assembly#=23 | FromYr=1951 | ToYr=1955 | Assembly#=24 | OntParty=Progressive Conservative | RepName=John Yaremko | PartyTerms#=6 | RepTerms#=6 | FromYr=1955 | ToYr=1959 | Assembly#=25 | FromYr=1959 | ToYr=1963 | Assembly#=26 | FromYr=1963 | ToYr=1967 | Assembly#=27 | FromYr=1967 | ToYr=1971 | Assembly#=28 | FromYr=1971 | ToYr=1975 | Assembly#=29 | FromYr=1975 | ToYr=1977 | Assembly#=30 | OntParty=NDP | RepName=Ross McClellan | PartyTerms#=4 | RepTerms#=4 | FromYr=1977 | ToYr=1981 | Assembly#=31 | FromYr=1981 | ToYr=1985 | Assembly#=32 | FromYr=1985 | ToYr=1987 | Assembly#=33 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
  • For Thomas Hamilton Bell's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Arthur Wentworth Roebuck's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Albert Alexander MacLeod's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For John Yaremko's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Ross A. McClellan's Legislative Assembly information see }}

Election results

1926 boundaries

::data[format=table title="'''[[1926 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | title=Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926|newspaper=The Globe |author=Canadian Press|date=1926-12-02 |location=Toronto|page=7}}64 out of 92 polls reporting. | Vote % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Conservative | W.H. Edwards | 6870 | | | | Liberal-Prohibitionist | Arthur Frost | 2248 | | | | Total | 9,118 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1929 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | title=Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1929-10-31|location=Toronto|page=43}} | Vote % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Conservative | Thomas H. Bell | 5,056 | | | | Labour | George Watson | 1,334 | | | | Total | 6,782 | ::

1934 boundaries

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/1934TorontoRidings.jpg" caption="Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution"] ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1934 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | title=Detailed Election Results|newspaper=The Globe|date=1934-06-21|location=Toronto|page=3}} | Vote % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 8,172 | | | | Conservative | T.H. Bell | 5,167 | | | | Independent | J. Smith | 1,172 | | | | Total | 15,527 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1937 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | title=Ontario Voted By Ridings|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1937-10-07|location=Toronto|page=5}} | Vote % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Liberal | A.W. Roebuck | 12,052 | | | | Conservative | John Noble | 5,094 | | | | Socialist-Labour | Carl Neilson | 305 | | | | Total | 17,451 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1943 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Labour | A.A. MacLeod | 4,232 | | | | Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 3,714 | | | | Liberal | George Bagwell | 3,491 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | Lou Isaacs | 2,538 | | | | Total | 13,975 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1945 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | J.P.E. Williams | 5,699 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | A.V. Russell | 3,626 | | | | Liberal | A. Farmer | 2,896 | | | | Total | 18,853 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1948 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | George Renison | 6,467 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | J.S. Midanik | 4,363 | | | | Liberal | John Ryan | 2,293 | | | | Total | 20,827 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1951 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,546 | | | | Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,187 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | Marvin Gordon | 2,453 | | | | Total | 16,507 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1955 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 5,324 | | | | Liberal | Joseph Gould | 5,090 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Groves | 1,882 | | | | Total | 13,863 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1959 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,234 | | | | Liberal | Nick Manfredo | 2,629 | | | | Co-operative Commonwealth | Nick Rudisi | 1,788 | | | | Total | 11,416 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1963 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 6,038 | | | | Liberal | James Mizzoni | 4,008 | | | | New Democrat | Herbert Hyman | 1,792 | | | | Total | 11,838 | ::

1966 boundaries

::data[format=table title="'''[[1967 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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}} | |---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | | | | Liberal | William Bassel | | | | New Democrat | Frank Parrill | | | | Independent | Ernest Barr | | | | Total | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1971 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | Progressive Conservative | John Yaremko | 7,831 | | | | New Democrat | Helen Roedde | 3,957 | | | | Liberal | Frank Kennedy | 3,523 | | | | Total | 15,311 | ::

1974 boundaries

::data[format=table title="'''[[1975 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 4,921 | | | | Liberal | Millie Caccia | 4,482 | | | | Progressive Conservative | Elio Madonia | 3,249 | | | | Total | 12,899 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1977 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | author=Canadian Press|title=How they voted in Metro area |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=1977-06-10|location=Toronto|page=A10}} | Vote % | |---|---|---|---| | | | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 6,377 | | | | Liberal | Millie Caccia | 3,332 | | | | Progressive Conservative | Maria Sgro | 2,925 | | | | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 156 | | | | Total | 13,134 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1981 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 5,101 | | | | Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 4,766 | | | | Progressive Conservative | Tina Gabriel | 2,166 | | | | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 179 | | | | Total | 12,462 | ::

::data[format=table title="'''[[1985 Ontario general election]]'''"] | Party | Candidate | 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 % | |---|---|---|---| | | | New Democrat | Ross McClellan | 8,051 | | | | Liberal | Walter Bardyn | 6,527 | | | | Progressive Conservative | Bento De Sao Jose | 1,926 | | | | Independent | Ronald Rogers | 316 | | | | Total | 16,820 | ::

References

Notes

Citations

References

  1. (1926-11-06). "Map of Toronto showing Provincial Ridings and city limits". The Toronto Daily Star.
  2. Sheppard, Robert. (1986-07-31). "Redistribution of Ontario ridings expected to spark party infighting". The Globe and Mail.
  3. Canadian Press. (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe.
  4. (1926-12-01). "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition).
  5. (1929-10-31). "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star.
  6. (1934-06-21). "Detailed Election Results". The Globe.
  7. (1937-10-07). "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  8. Canadian Press. (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette.
  9. Canadian Press. (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  10. Canadian Press. (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  11. Canadian Press. (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette.
  12. Canadian Press. (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen.
  13. Canadian Press. (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen.
  14. Canadian Press. (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star.
  15. Canadian Press. (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but...". The Windsor Star.
  16. Canadian Press. (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  17. Canadian Press. (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star.
  18. Canadian Press. (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star.
  19. Canadian Press. (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star.
  20. Canadian Press. (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen.

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