Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
District created | 1914 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1914 |
Last contested | 1995 |
Riverdale was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada that existed from 1914 to 1999. It occupied an area east of the Don River from the city limits just north of Danforth Avenue south to Lake Ontario. It was named after the neighbourhood of Riverdale. In 1999 a major reduction in Ontario seats resulted in Riverdale being merged with part of East York into a larger riding called Broadview-Greenwood.
The 1964 by-election in this riding is well known for being among the first elections in Canadian history where a party (the NDP) used door to door canvassing and a get out the vote effort.[1]