Trinity (electoral district)

Trinity's boundaries from 1976 to 1987

Trinity's boundaries from 1966 to 1976

Trinity was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons, 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of western Toronto. Its name comes from the Trinity–Bellwoods area that was once home to Trinity College.

History

This district was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South ridings. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years; when created, it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion became more populated, it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were fairly consistent, stretching from Bathurst Street in the east to Atlantic Avenue in the West. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, this district was merged with Spadina to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the western riding of Davenport.

Members of Parliament

Trinity elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Hugh Plaxton, Liberal (1935-1940)
• Arthur Roebuck, Liberal (1940-1945)
• Larry Skey, Progressive Conservative (1945-1949)
• Lionel Conacher, Liberal (1949-1954)
• Donald Carrick, Liberal (1954-1957)
• Stanley Haidasz, Liberal (1957-1958)
• Edward Lockyer, Progressive Conservative (1958)
• Paul Hellyer, Liberal/Independent/Progressive Conservative (1958-1974)
• Aideen Nicholson, Liberal (1974-1988)

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh John Plaxton	10,472
	Conservative	G. Reginald Geary	9,607
	Reconstruction	William Alexander Gunn	3,266
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Carlo Lamberti	1,801
	Communist	Norman Freed	1,470

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Roebuck	14,901
	National Government	George Reginald Geary	11,617
	Independent	Douglas Stewart	1,071

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Skey	8,908
	Liberal	Ernest Charlton Bogart	8,817
	Labor–Progressive	Tim Buck	7,488
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,425

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Conacher	10,389
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Skey	8,423
	Labor–Progressive	Tim Buck	6,438
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman Voaden	4,522

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Conacher	8,056
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Frolick	6,019
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,877
	Labor–Progressive	Tim Buck	1,725

November 8, 1954 by-election following Conacher's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Carrick	5,589
	Progressive Conservative	Willson Woodside	4,237
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,700
	Labor–Progressive	William Kashtan	953

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	7,068
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfrid Gordon Pilsworth	6,564
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Ancevich	4,343
	Labor–Progressive	John Weir	764
	Social Credit	David Roland Milne	539

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Edward R. Lockyer	10,203
	Liberal	Stanley Haidasz	8,177
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Ancevich	3,170
	Labor–Progressive	Tim Buck	851

December 15, 1958 by-election following Lockyer's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	5,175
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Lesniak	4,404
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Elchuk	1,724
	Labor–Progressive	Sam Walsh	488

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	9,615
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Frolick	6,124
	New Democratic Party	Thomas Paton	3,740
	Communist	Leslie Morris	449
	Independent	Peter D'Agostino	295
	Social Credit	David E. Hartman	227

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	10,595
	Progressive Conservative	John Wasylenko	5,171
	New Democratic Party	Thomas Paton	3,512
	Communist	Leslie Morris	391

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	9,897
	Progressive Conservative	John Brazill	4,375
	New Democratic Party	Enzo Ragno	2,773

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Hellyer	13,126
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Robertson	5,360
	New Democratic Party	Jim De Candole	4,177

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hellyer	8,518
	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	8,334
	New Democratic Party	Edward Boucher	3,725
	Unknown	Norman Freed	330
	Unknown	Rae Greig	134

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	10,683
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hellyer	6,537
	New Democratic Party	Jonathan Cohen	2,637
	Communist	William Kashtan	234
	Marxist–Leninist	Jim Turnbull	90
	Independent	Martin K. Weiche	64

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	10,206
	New Democratic Party	Manuel Azevedo	5,504
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Lacka	4,843
	Libertarian	Maureen Cain	482
	Communist	William Kashtan	192
	Marxist–Leninist	Aili Waldman	65

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	12,628
	New Democratic Party	Manuel Azevedo	5,005
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Boraks	3,695
	Libertarian	Vijay Basdeo	412
	Communist	William Kashtan	159
	Marxist–Leninist	Aili Waldman	57

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aideen Nicholson	9,811
	New Democratic Party	David English	6,712
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Rekai	5,120
	Green	Susan Berlin	341
	Libertarian	Peter W. Ring	255
	Communist	William Kashtan	195
	Commonwealth of Canada	Ted Ma	73

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada