Don Valley (Canadian electoral district)

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ridings.

It consisted of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line beginning where the Don River would meet Donlands Avenue, east along the Don River, north along the West Branch of the Don River, east along Eglinton Avenue East, north along the Don River, west along Lawrence Avenue East, north along Don Mills Road, west along Bond Avenue, north along Leslie Street, west along York Mills Road, north along Bayview Avenue, southwest along Highway 401, south along Yonge Street, east along Merton Street, south along Bayview Avenue, east and south along the northern limit of the Township of East York, and east along the Don River to Donlands Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between

Rosedale and York East
ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

members of Parliament
:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Eglinton, York East and York—Scarborough
28th  1968–1972     Bob Kaplan Liberal
29th  1972–1974     James Gillies Progressive Conservative
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into
Rosedale and York East

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Bob Kaplan 27,335
Progressive Conservative Dalton Camp 22,359
New Democratic Margaret Murray 3,863
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative James Gillies 30,764
Liberal Bob Kaplan 24,629
New Democratic Jean Smith 5,110
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative James Gillies 30,764
Liberal W. Grant Ross 23,802
New Democratic Jean Smith 4,104
Independent Vincent H. Miller 271
Communist Norman Brudy 75
Marxist–Leninist Jeanne Deadman 70

See also

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