Eglinton (federal electoral district)

Eglinton

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1976
First contested	1935
Last contested	1974

Eglinton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto Northeast riding.

It initially consisted of Ward Nine of the city of Toronto.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded as follows: from the intersection of the Canadian National Railway line and Yonge Street, north along Yonge Street, west along Cameron Avenue, north along Easton Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southwest along Highway 401, south along the Spadina Expressway, Beechmount Avenue and Benner Avenue, east along Briar Hill Avenue, south along Castlewood Road, east along Eglinton Avenue, south along Elmsthorpe Avenue, and southeast along the C.N.R. line to Yonge Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Eglinton—Lawrence, St. Paul's and Willowdale ridings.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

On Mr. Sharp's resignation, 2 May 1978:

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

• Land, Brian (1965). Eglinton: the election study of a federal constituency. Toronto: P. Martin Associates.

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament