Toronto Southeast

Toronto Southeast

Ontario electoral district
Toronto Southeast in relation to other Toronto ridings in 1914
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1914
District abolished	1926
First contested	1914
Last contested	1923

Toronto Southeast was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, 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: St. George, St. David, and Riverdale.

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.

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
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	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 Owens	Conservative
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
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

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Owens	4,296	75.2
	Liberal	J.C. Allen	1,420	24.8
		Total	5,716

1919 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Liberal	John O'Neill	7,409	56.5
	Conservative	W.D. Robbins	5,693	43.5
		Total

By-election, 1922

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	John Currie	4,759	67.1
	Independent-Liberal	John Callahan	1,106	15.6
	Liberal	Claude Pearce	742	10.5
	Labour	Maguire	488	6.9
		Total	7,095

1923 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	John Currie	7,147	81.5
	Labour	John Donahue	650	7.4
	Liberal	Fred Hogg	635	7.2
	Independent-Conservative	A.E. Burgess	339	3.9
		Total	8,771

Seat B

1914 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Hook	4,390	70.6
	Liberal	Albert Dale	1,567	25.2
	Socialist	Isaac Brainbridge	262	4.2
		Total	6,219

1919 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Liberal	James Curry	10,105	67.0
	Conservative	Harry Schofield	4,987	33.0
		Total	15,092

1923 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Owens	6,585	76.6
	Liberal	John Callahan	1,165	13.5
	Labour	J.T. Gunn	851	9.9
		Total	8,601

See also

• List of Ontario provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References