Toronto East (provincial electoral district)

Toronto East

Ontario electoral district
Toronto East riding, created in 1894
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

Toronto East, also known as East Toronto, was an provincial riding that was created in Toronto, Ontario when the country of Canada was established in 1867. At the time Toronto was divided into two ridings, East Toronto and West Toronto. In 1886, these ridings were dissolved and a combined riding of the entire city was created which elected three members. In 1894 this riding was split into four parts of which Toronto East was one. It occupied the eastern part of the old city of Toronto. From 1908 to 1914 it elected two members to the legislature. In 1914 the riding was abolished and reformed into two new ridings called Toronto Southeast and Riverdale.

Boundaries

In 1867, when the province of Ontario was established, two ridings were created to represent the city of Toronto. Toronto East was created from the city wards of St. Lawrence, St. Davids and St. James.

In 1886 the riding was abolished and a single riding representing the entire city was created which elected three members to the legislature.

The riding was re-formed in 1894. In the second incarnation, the boundaries were Lake Ontario to the south and Danforth Avenue to the north. The western boundary consisted of Sherbourne Street north to Carlton Street, east along Carlton to Sumach Street and north along Sumach to the Danforth. Its eastern border consisted of Coxwell Avenue north to Queen Street East, west along Queen to Greenwoods Avenue (now Greenwood Avenue) and north along Greenwoods to the Danforth.^[1]

In 1914, the riding was split between the new ridings of Toronto Southeast and Riverdale.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding established in 1867
1st	1867–1871		Matthew Cameron[nb 1]	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1878
	1878–1879		Alexander Morris	Conservative
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
Riding dissolved into combined Toronto riding in 1886
Riding reestablished in 1894
8th	1894–1898		George Ryerson	Protestant Protective Association
9th	1898–1902		Robert Pyne[nb 2]	Conservative
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
Seat A
12th	1908–1911		Robert Pyne	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
Seat B
12th	1908–1911		Thomas Richard Whitesides	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Toronto Southeast and Riverdale ridings after 1911

Election results

1867-1886

Ontario general election, 1875

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Matthew Cameron	1,919	54.7
	Liberal	Mr. Crooks	1,592	45.3
		Total	3,511

1894-1914

Ontario general election, 1894

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	George Ryerson	8,224	82.7
	Liberal	Mr.Armstrong	1,719	17.3
		Total	9,943

Ontario general election, 1898

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	3,097	67.6
	Liberal	Mr. Caldwell	1,487	32.4
		Total	4,584

Ontario general election, 1902

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	3,136	51.9
	Liberal	L.V. McBrady	2,214	37.0
	Socialist	J. Simpson	375	9.5
	Socialist-Labour	C.A. Kemp	75	1.5
		Total	5,970

Ontario general election, 1905

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7][8]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	3,567	72.1
	Liberal	W.L. Edmonds	1,198	24.2
	Socialist	W.G. Gribble	184	3.7
		Total	4,949

Seat A

Ontario general election, 1908

	Party	Candidate	Votes[9][10]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	4,730	77.7
	Labour	Mr. Bruce	1,013	16.6
	Socialist	W.G. Gribble	344	5.7
		Total	6,087

Ontario general election, 1911

	Party	Candidate	Votes[11][12]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	3,428	78.7
	Labour	D. Bullock	927	21.3
		Total	4,355

Seat B

Ontario general election, 1908

	Party	Candidate	Votes[9][10]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Whitesides	2,811	43.6
	Independent Conservative	Joseph Russell	2,471	38.3
	Liberal	Mr. Bryans	979	15.2
	Socialist	Mr. Drury	190	2.9
		Total	6,451

Ontario general election, 1911

	Party	Candidate	Votes[11][12]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Whitesides	2,788	63.8
	Labour	J.B. Reid	1,076	24.6
	Liberal	James Stevenson	509	11.6
		Total	4,373

References

Notes

1. Resigned in 1878 to accept appointment as a judge.
2. On 21 February 1905, Pyne resigned in order to recontest the seat due to his appointment as Minister of Education. This was known as a ministerial by-election.

Citations

1. "The Registration Divisions". The Globe. 2 June 1894. p. 16.
2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Matthew Cameron's Legislative Assembly information see "Matthew Crooks Cameron, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For Alexander Morris's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Morris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For George Ryerson's Legislative Assembly information see "George Sterling Ansel Ryerson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For Robert Pyne's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Allan Pyne, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For Thomas Whitesides's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Richard Whitesides, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
3. "General Election: For the province of Ontario the polling". The Globe (Toronto). January 19, 1875. p. 1.
4. "Mowat Seven Times a Conqueror". The Evening Star (Toronto). 1894-06-27. p. 1.
5. "Liberals Wield an Axe". The Evening Star (Toronto). 1898-03-02. p. 2.
6. "Toronto is still Tory". The Globe (Toronto). 1902-05-30. p. 8.
7. "Toronto Leads the Van in Conservative Sweep". The Globe (Toronto). 1905-01-26. p. 8.
8. "Conservatives Roll up 10,000 Majority". Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1905-01-26. p. 4.
9. "The City Returns Came in Quickly, The Vote in Toronto". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1908-06-09. p. 10.
10. "Toronto Yet Tory; A Straight Eight: Liberals and Independents Were All Defeated". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 1908-06-09. p. 4.
11. "Toronto is Totally Tory Again". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1911-12-12. p. 3.
12. "Only 41,000 Votes in City Ridings". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 1911-12-12. p. 8.