Beaches (electoral district)

Beaches

Ontario electoral district
Beaches in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1988
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Beaches was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.

The riding was created in 1976, from parts of Broadview, Greenwood and York East ridings.

Boundaries

It was created in 1976 with the following boundaries - from Leslie Street where it meets Lake Ontario, the boundary proceeded north along Leslie to Queen Street East. It went west along Queen to Jones Avenue then north along Jones to Gerrard Street East, east along Gerrard and then north on Greenwood Avenue to the city limits. It followed the city limits east to Victoria Park Avenue and then south following Victoria Park back to the lake.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
created in 1976 from parts of Greenwood and Danforth ridings
31st	1979-1980		Robin Richardson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984		Neil Young	New Democratic Party
33rd	1984-1988
			Sourced from the Parliament of Canada[1]
abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Richardson	12,840	34.5
	New Democratic	Neil Young	12,322	33.1
	Liberal	Brian Fullerton	11,232	30.2
	Libertarian	David Anderson	388	1.0
	Independent	Donald A. Daley	129	0.3
	Rhino	Judi Skuce	111	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Jim McKibbin	91	0.2
	Independent	Jim McMillan	69	0.2
Turnout			37,182	100.0
Parliament of Canada:[2]

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Neil Young	12,675	35.6
	Liberal	Terry O'Reilly	11,179	31.4
	Conservative	Robin Richardson	11,179	31.4
	Libertarian	Dennis Corrigan	272	0.8
	Rhino	David Reid	214	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Jim McKibbin	60	0.2
	Independent	Vince Corriero	45	0.1
Turnout			35,624	100.0
Parliament of Canada:[2]

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Neil Young	14,914	40.6
	Conservative	Jack Jones	12,443	33.9
	Liberal	Terry Kelly	8,155	22.2
	Green	Trevor Hancock	581	1.6
	Libertarian	Dennis Corrigan	353	1.0
	Independent	Terrence Kennedy	132	0.4
	Independent	John Turmel	112	0.3
	Commonwealth of Canada	Ron Thorsen	27	0.1
Turnout			36,177	100.0
Parliament of Canada:[2]

References

1. For a listing of each MP's Canadian curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Robin Richardson's Parliament of Canada information see "Robin Richardson". Parliamentary History. Ottawa: Parliament of Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
   • For Neil Young's Parliament of Canada information see "Neil Young". Parliamentary History. Ottawa: Parliament of Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
2. "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:Beaches, Ontario (1976-1987)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-21.