Toronto Southwest

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Toronto Southwest
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
1914TorontoRidings.jpg
Toronto Southwest 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 Southwest was an Ontario provincial electoral district in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 until 1926, when it was abolished and redistributed into the Brockton, Dovercourt, Bracondale, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick districts. [1] It had two seats in the Legislature: Seat A and Seat B.

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Boundaries

Toronto Southwest's boundaries remained the same for the three elections that it was contested; and gaining a significant boost in eligible voters in 1919, when women and underage soldiers were given the right to vote for the first time. [2] The northern boundary was College Street, starting at Lansdowne Avenue, across. It then went southwards along its eastern border on the western edge of University Avenue to Simcoe Street and then to Lake Ontario. It also included the Toronto Islands. The western border picked up on land on Dunn Avenue and then jogged west on the north side of Queen Street West to the east side of Lansdowne Avenue. It continued north on Lansdowne to the south side of College Street. [3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
prior to 1914 part of Toronto South and Toronto West ridings
Seat A
14th 1914–1916   J.J. Foy [nb 1] Conservative
1916–1919   Hartley Dewart Liberal
15th 1919–1923
16th 1923–1926  James Arthur McCauslandConservative
Seat B
14th 1914–1919   George Horace Gooderham Conservative
15th 1919–1923  John Carman RamsdenLiberal
16th 1923–1926   Frederick George McBrien Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [4]
merged into
Brockton, Dovercourt, Bracondale, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, St. Patrick
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 [5] Vote %
  ConservativeJ.J. Foy3,63158.1
  LiberalMaybee [nb 2] 2,22835.7
  IndependentColumbo [nb 2] 3896.2
Total6,248
By-election 21 August 1916
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  LiberalHubert Hartley Dewart2,70550.6
  ConservativeJ.A. Norris2,06238.6
  SocialistJ.M. Conner4458.3
  Independent-LiberalGordon Waldron1312.5
Total5,343
1919 Ontario general election [nb 3]
PartyCandidateVotes [7] [8] [nb 4] Vote %
  LiberalHubert Hartley Dewart15,47163.8
  ConservativeGeorge Horace Gooderham8,76036.2
Total24,231
1923 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [9] [nb 5] Vote %
  ConservativeJames Arthur McCausland7,96758.0
  LiberalHubert Hartley Dewart3,21123.4
  LabourMalcolm L. Bruce2,56218.6
Total13,740

Seat B

1914 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  ConservativeGeorge Horace Gooderham5,69571.2
  Liberal William Raney 2,30128.8
Total
1919 Ontario general election [nb 3]
PartyCandidateVotes [7] [8] [nb 4] Vote %
  LiberalJohn Carman Ramsden11,64546.9
  Conservative William C. McBrien 7,22829.1
  LabourJohn McDonald5,96024.0
Total24,833
1923 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [9] Vote %
  ConservativeFrederick George McBrien7,41552.8
  Independent-Liberal Joseph Singer 2,30616.4
  LiberalJohn MacDonald2,20915.7
  LiberalJohn Carman Ramsden2,11515.1
Total14,045

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References

Notes

  1. Foy died in office 13 June 1916
  2. 1 2 Only last name of candidate given.
  3. 1 2 This was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.
  4. 1 2 13 polls unreported.
  5. 138 out of 146 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. "Map of Toronto showing Provincial election ridings and City Limits". The Toronto Daily Star. 1926-11-06. p. 26. For a map based on this citation, look at this file {{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
  2. "The Voters' Lists of Ontario Have Doubled". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1919-09-20. p. 5.
  3. "Toronto Ridings As They Are Now–How Ten Seats Are Distributed". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1914-06-12. p. 5.
  4. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For James Foy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Joseph Foy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For Hubert Dewart's Legislative Assembly information see "Hubert Hartley Dewart, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For James McCausland's Legislative Assembly information see "James Arthur McCausland, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For George Gooderham's Legislative Assembly information see "George Horace Gooderham, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For John Ramsden's Legislative Assembly information see "John Carman Ramsden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
    • For Frederick McBrien's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick George McBrien, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  5. 1 2 "Large Majorities in all Toronto Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (3rd extra edition). Toronto. 1914-06-29. p. 1.
  6. "Tory Toronto deals heavy blow at sleepers in Queen's Park". The Globe. Toronto. 1916-08-22. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 "Votes figures for city ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1919-10-21. p. 3.
  8. 1 2 "Tory stronghold routed, five Liberals in Toronto". The Globe. Toronto. 1919-10-21. p. 8.
  9. 1 2 "The Vote in Toronto and the York ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1923-06-26. p. 5.