Spadina (electoral district)

Spadina was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988.^[1] It covered a portion of the western-central Toronto, Ontario. The district name came from Spadina Avenue, which ran through the heart of the riding.

The electoral district was created through the 1933 Representation Act.^[2] This legislation was passed by the Parliament of Canada to readjust the representation of the House of Commons in response to the 1931 census results.

Spadina itself was built from from portions of Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South. At the time, this meant it stretched to the very northern edges of the city. As this northern portion became more populated, boundaries changed and parts were split off into other ridings. The eastern and western boundaries remained more consistent, set from John Street in the east to Bathurst Street in the west.

By 1987, the population of downtown Toronto had decreased relative to other areas. As a result, Spadina was merged with Trinity to form Trinity—Spadina (along with other dicennial redistributions falling under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act).^[3] Some portions merged into the eastern riding of Rosedale.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada