Riverdale (provincial electoral district)

Riverdale
Ontario electoral district
Riverdale, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1914 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1914
District abolished1996
First contested1914
Last contested1995

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]

  1. ^ "Death of a member for Riverdale, speech by Bob Rae on the death of Jim Renwick". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 29 November 1984.