right|thumb|215px|Spadina's boundaries from 1966 to 1976
Spadina was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988. 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. 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 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). Some portions merged into the eastern riding of Rosedale.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1935 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Samuel Factor
|align="right"|14,768
|Conservative
|Nathan Phillips
|align="right"| 10,047
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Jacob Romer
|align="right"|1,866
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1940 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Samuel Factor
|align="right"| 20,506
|National Government
|George Gooderham Blackstock
|align="right"| 14,148
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1945 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|David Croll
|align="right"| 17,978
|Progressive Conservative
|George Hees
|align="right"| 10,846
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Kay Montague Morris
|align="right"| 2,769
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1949 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|David Croll
|align="right"| 23,652
|Progressive Conservative
|Willard M. Box
|align="right"| 9,407
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|William Andrew White
|align="right"| 5,969
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1953 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|David Croll
|align="right"| 15,496
|Progressive Conservative
|Averell Robinson
|align="right"| 6,554
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Elgin Ferguson Blair
|align="right"| 3,270
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|By-election, after Croll was appointed to the Senate, 24 October 1955
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Charles E. Rea
|align="right"| 6,740
|Liberal
|Samuel Godfrey
|align="right"|6,096
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Harry Waisglass
|align="right"| 2,873
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1957 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Charles E. Rea
|align="right"| 10,348
|Liberal
|Philip Givens
|align="right"| 9,496
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Jack Kedzierzykowski
|align="right"| 3,031
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1958 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Charles E. Rea
|align="right"| 14,616
|Liberal
|Philip G. Givens
|align="right"| 10,596
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Jack Kedzierzykowski
|align="right"| 3,040
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1962 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Perry Ryan
|align="right"| 11,982
|Progressive Conservative
|John Bassett
|align="right"| 9,088
|New Democratic Party
|Robert Beardsley
|align="right"| 5,026
|Independent
|Stanley Taube
|align="right"| 415
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1963 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Perry Ryan
|align="right"| 14,850
|Progressive Conservative
|Frank Chambers
|align="right"| 6,094
|New Democratic Party
|Robert Beardsley
|align="right"| 5,888
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1965 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Perry Ryan
|align="right"| 12,005
|New Democratic Party
|Robert Beardsley
|align="right"| 5,604
|Progressive Conservative
|Burt Richardson
|align="right"| 5,337
|New Capitalist
| L. Ferris Kendall-Leicester
|align="right"|174
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1968 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Perry Ryan
|align="right"|9,379
|New Democratic Party
|Dan Heap
|align="right"| 3,943
|Progressive Conservative
|Victor Bagnato
|align="right"| 3,353
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1972 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Peter Stollery
|align="right"| 8,334
|New Democratic Party
|Bob Beardsley
|align="right"| 5,622
|Progressive Conservative
|Perry Ryan
|align="right"|5,616
|No affiliation
|Maggie Bizzell
|align="right"| 226
|No affiliation
|Syd Stern
|align="right"| 145
|No affiliation
|Mitchell Bornstein
|align="right"| 114
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1974 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Peter Stollery
|align="right"| 9,393
|Progressive Conservative
|June Marks
|align="right"| 3,989
|New Democratic Party
|Jack Shapiro
|align="right"| 3,536
|Independent
|Ann Noble
|align="right"| 87
|No affiliation
|Mashel Teitelbaum
|align="right"|75
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1979 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Peter Stollery
|align="right"| 12,542
|New Democratic Party
|John Foster
|align="right"|8,765
|Progressive Conservative
|Alan Pope
|align="right"| 7,213
|Independent
|Ronald Rodgers
|align="right"| 76
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="6"|1980 Canadian federal election
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
|-
|Liberal
|Peter Stollery
|align="right"|13,280
|New Democratic Party
|John Foster
|align="right"| 8,232
|Progressive Conservative
|Eric Jackman
|align="right"| 5,929
|No affiliation
|Nick Decarlo
|align="right"| 77
|No affiliation
|Wayne Elliott
|align="right"| 60
|Independent
|Ronald G. Rodgers
|align="right"|34
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada