Toronto Southeast

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Toronto Southeast
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Toronto Southeast in relation to other Toronto ridings in 1914
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1914
District abolished1926
First contested 1914
Last contested 1923

Toronto Southeast was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1914 to 1926. It occupied an area south of College and Gerrard between University and Logan Ave. In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Southeast being split between three new ridings called St. George, St. David, and Riverdale.

Contents

The riding was a dual riding in that it elected two members to the Ontario provincial legislature.

Boundaries

In 1914 the riding was created out of parts of the Toronto South and Toronto East ridings. It bordered Toronto Harbour on the south. From the western border it followed Simcoe Street north to Queen Street West where it jogged a block east to University Avenue. It went north along University to College Street. It then went east following College until it turned into Carlton Street at Yonge Street. It continued east along Carlton until it reached Parliament Street. It turned south until Gerrard Street East and then went east along Gerrard until it reached Logan Avenue. From here it went south back to Lake Ontario. [1]

In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Southeast being split between the new ridings of St. George, St. David, and Riverdale.

Members of Provincial Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
prior to 1914 part of the Toronto South and Toronto East ridings
Seat A
14th 1914–1919   Edward Owens Conservative
15th 1919–1922   John O'Neill [nb 1] Liberal
1922–1923   John Currie Conservative
16th 1923–1926
Seat B
14th 1914–1919   Thomas Hook Conservative
15th 1919–1923   James Walter Curry Liberal
16th 1923–1926  Edward OwensConservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [2]
merged into the St. George, St. David, and Riverdale after 1926

Election results

Elections were run as separate races for Seat A and Seat B rather than a combined race.

Seat A

1914 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [3] Vote %
   Conservative Edward Owens4,29675.2
  LiberalJ.C. Allen1,42024.8
Total5,716
1919 Ontario general election [nb 2]
PartyCandidateVotes [4] Vote %
  LiberalJohn O'Neill7,40956.5
  ConservativeW.D. Robbins5,69343.5
Total
By-election, 1922
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  ConservativeJohn Currie4,75967.1
  Independent-LiberalJohn Callahan1,10615.6
  LiberalClaude Pearce74210.5
   Labour Maguire [nb 3] 4886.9
Total7,095
1923 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  ConservativeJohn Currie7,14781.5
   Labour John Donahue6507.4
  LiberalFred Hogg6357.2
  Independent-ConservativeA.E. Burgess3393.9
Total8,771

Seat B

1914 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [3] Vote %
   Conservative Thomas Hook4,39070.6
  LiberalAlbert Dale1,56725.2
   Socialist Isaac Brainbridge2624.2
Total6,219
1919 Ontario general election [nb 2]
PartyCandidateVotes [4] Vote %
  LiberalJames Curry10,10567.0
  ConservativeHarry Schofield [nb 3] 4,98733.0
Total15,092
1923 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  ConservativeEdward Owens6,58576.6
  LiberalJohn Callahan1,16513.5
  LabourJ.T. Gunn8519.9
Total8,601

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References

Notes

  1. Died January 6, 1922 while in office.
  2. 1 2 1919 was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.
  3. 1 2 Only last name of candidate given.

Citations

  1. "Toronto Ridings as they are now - how 10 seats are distributed". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1914-06-12. p. 5.
  2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Edward Owens's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward William James Owens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
    • For Thomas Hook's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Hook, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
    • For John O'Neill's Legislative Assembly information see "John O'Neill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
    • For John Currie's Legislative Assembly information see "John Allister Currie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
    • For James Curry's Legislative Assembly information see "James Walter Curry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  3. 1 2 "Owens and Hook in Toronto S.E." The Toronto World. Toronto. 1914-06-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  4. 1 2 "Votes figures for city ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1919-10-21. p. 3.
  5. "Conservatives gain Queen's Park seat in two by-elections". The Globe. Toronto. 1922-10-24. p. 1.
  6. 1 2 "The Vote in Toronto and the York ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1923-06-26. p. 5.