St. Andrew (provincial electoral district)
St. Andrew Ontario electoral district |
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St. Andrew, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution. |
Defunct provincial electoral district |
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Legislature |
Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
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District created |
1925 |
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District abolished |
1967 |
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First contested |
1926 |
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Last contested |
1963 |
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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.
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
Election results
1926 boundaries
1934 boundaries
Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution
Ontario general election, 1934
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[5] |
Vote % |
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Liberal |
J.J. Glass |
5,841 |
42.4 |
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Conservative |
Fred Singer |
4,441 |
32.3 |
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Communist | Meyer Klig | 1,959 | 14.2 |
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Independent-Liberal |
Claude Pierce |
1,338 |
9.7 |
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Independent-Conservative |
J.N. Day |
186 |
1.4 |
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Total |
13,765 |
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Ontario general election, 1955
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[11] |
Vote % |
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Conservative |
Allan Grossman |
5,060 |
41.2 |
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Labor–Progressive | J. B. Salsberg | 4,380 | 35.7 |
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Co-operative Commonwealth |
Boris Mather |
1,446 |
11.8 |
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Liberal |
L.S. Lockhart |
1,231 |
10.0 |
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Independent |
Elizabeth Langfield |
150 |
1.2 |
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Total |
12,267 |
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Ontario general election, 1963
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes[13] |
Vote % |
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Conservative |
Allan Grossman |
4,309 |
43.9 |
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Liberal |
Donald Catalano |
3,476 |
35.4 |
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New Democrat |
Ellen Adams |
1,638 |
16.7 |
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Independent |
Sam Sherman |
194 |
2.0 |
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Independent |
Dorothy Cureatz |
103 |
1.0 |
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Social Credit |
Ross Taylor |
102 |
1.0 |
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Total |
9,822 |
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References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe (Toronto). p. 7.
- ↑ "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition) (Toronto). 1926-12-01. p. 1.
- ↑ "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1929-10-31. p. 43.
- ↑ "Detailed Election Results". The Globe (Toronto). 1934-06-21. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1937-10-07. p. 5.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette (Montreal). p. 12.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. 24.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette (Montreal). p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa). p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ↑ Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa). p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ↑ 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.