Beaches (electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district
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Beaches in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1988 |
| Demographics | |
| Census divisions | Toronto |
| Census subdivisions | Toronto |
Beaches was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.
The riding was created in 1976, from parts of Broadview, Greenwood and York East ridings.
It was created in 1976 with the following boundaries - from Leslie Street where it meets Lake Ontario, the boundary proceeded north along Leslie to Queen Street East. It went west along Queen to Jones Avenue then north along Jones to Gerrard Street East, east along Gerrard and then north on Greenwood Avenue to the city limits. It followed the city limits east to Victoria Park Avenue and then south following Victoria Park back to the lake.
The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Beaches—Woodbine and Broadview—Greenwood ridings.
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