St. Andrew (provincial electoral district)

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St. Andrew
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Toronto Provincial Ridings 1926a.pdf
St. Andrew, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1925
District abolished1967
First contested 1926
Last contested 1963

St. Andrew was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was established to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and then Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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It was located in downtown Toronto, and was made up of the area to the east of Bathurst Street and west of Yonge Street, including Spadina Avenue and Kensington Market. The population of St. Andrew was largely immigrant, working class and Jewish. For many years it was one of the few electoral districts in North America to elect a Communist. J.B. Salsberg of the Labor-Progressive Party represented the riding from the 1943 election until his defeat in the 1955 election.

The riding was created in 1926, and existed until the 1967, when redistribution resulted in St. Andrew being merged with a neighbouring riding to form St. Andrew—St. Patrick.

St. Andrew riding took its name from the former "St. Andrew's ward" of the City of Toronto.

Members of Provincial Parliament

St. Andrew
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created from parts of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest in 1926
17th  1926–1929  William Robertson Flett Conservative
18th  1929–1934   Ephraim Frederick Singer Conservative
19th  1934–1937   J.J. Glass [nb 1] Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945   J.B. Salsberg Labor–Progressive
22nd  1945–1948
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959   Allan Grossman Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into St. Andrew—St. Patrick after 1967

Election results

1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [2] [3] Vote %
  ConservativeW.R. Flett4,53744.0
  Independent-Conservative Louis M. Singer 3,38032.8
  ProhibitionistOliver Hezzelwood2,09920.4
  LiberalA.G. McIntyre2970.9
Total10,313
1929 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [4] Vote %
  ConservativeE. Frederick Singer3,17763.6
  LiberalJ.J. Glass1,81636.4
Total4,993

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution 1934TorontoRidings.jpg
Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution
1934 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  LiberalJ.J. Glass5,84142.4
  ConservativeE. Frederick Singer4,44132.3
Communist Meyer Klig1,95914.2
  Independent-LiberalClaude Pierce1,3389.7
  Independent-ConservativeJ.N. Day1861.4
Total13,765
1937 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  LiberalJ.J. Glass6,48138.6
  Labour Joseph B. Salsberg 6,30237.6
  Conservative Nathan Phillips 3,09718.5
  Co-operative CommonwealthHarry Simon8905.3
Total16,770
1943 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [7] Vote %
Labor–Progressive Joseph B. Salsberg7,43453.6
  ConservativeJohn Grudeff2,45217.7
  LiberalJ.J. Glass2,28416.5
  Co-operative Commonwealth Murray Cotterill 1,68912.2
Total13,859
1945 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [8] [nb 2] Vote %
Labor–Progressive Joseph B. Salsberg9,58053.2
  Conservative E.A Goodman 3,87021.5
  Co-operative CommonwealthPercy Easser2,37313.2
  LiberalThomas Harcourt2,18612.1
Total18,009
1948 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [9] Vote %
Labor–Progressive J. B. Salsberg9,85149.6
  Conservative Nathan Phillips 4,90324.7
  Co-operative CommonwealthJ. Friedman3,34016.8
  LiberalFrank R. Mills1,7708.9
Total19,864
1951 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [10] Vote %
Labor–Progressive J. B. Salsberg5,16439.6
  ConservativeLouis Herman3,85429.5
  LiberalAlfred Green2,18316.7
  Co-operative CommonwealthSam Resnick1,85414.2
Total13,055
1955 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [11] Vote %
  ConservativeAllan Grossman5,06041.2
Labor–Progressive J. B. Salsberg4,38035.7
  Co-operative CommonwealthBoris Mather1,44611.8
  LiberalL.S. Lockhart1,23110.0
  IndependentElizabeth Langfield1501.2
Total12,267
1959 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [12] Vote %
  ConservativeAllan Grossman3,77342.1
  LiberalSamuel Kelner2,99633.4
  Co-operative CommonwealthJames Robertson1,66418.6
Labor–Progressive Bruce Magnuson 4024.5
Social Credit Dorothy Cureatz1321.5
Total8,967
1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [13] Vote %
  ConservativeAllan Grossman4,30943.9
Liberal Donald Catalano3,47635.4
New Democratic Ellen Adams1,63816.7
Independent Sam Sherman1942.0
Independent Dorothy Cureatz1031.0
Social Credit (National Order) Ross Taylor 1021.0
Total9,822

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References

Notes

  1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
  2. 179 out of 200 polls.

Citations

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For William Robertson Flett's Legislative Assembly information see "William Robertson Flett, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For Ephraim Frederick Singer's Legislative Assembly information see "Ephraim Frederick Singer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For John Judah Glass's Legislative Assembly information see "John Judah Glass, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For J.B. Salsberg's Legislative Assembly information see "J.B. Salsberg, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For Allan Grossman's Legislative Assembly information see "Allan Grossman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe. Toronto. p. 7.
  3. "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition). Toronto. 1926-12-01. p. 1.
  4. "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1929-10-31. p. 43.
  5. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
  6. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
  7. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
  8. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  9. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
  10. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  11. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  12. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  13. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.