Toronto North (provincial electoral district)

Toronto North

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

Toronto North, also known as North Toronto, was an provincial riding that was created in Toronto, Ontario in 1894. In 1886, Toronto was represented as one entire riding that elected three members. In 1894 this riding was split into four parts of which Toronto North was one. It occupied the northern 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 Northeast and Toronto Northwest.

Boundaries

The riding was established in 1894. The boundaries were College Street and Carlton Street to the south, Sumach Street to the east and Palmerston Avenue to the west. It was bounded on the north by the city limits.^[1]

In 1914, the riding was split between the new ridings of Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding established in 1894 from the riding of Toronto
8th	1894–1898		George Marter	Conservative
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905		Beattie Nesbitt[nb 1]	Conservative
11th	1905–1906
	1906–1908		William McNaught	Conservative
Seat A
12th	1908–1911		William McNaught	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
Seat B
12th	1908–1911		John Shaw	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		J.J. Foy	Conservative
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Split into Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest ridings after 1914

Election results

Ontario general election, 1894

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	George Marter	4,008	56.0
	Liberal	Joseph Tait	3,154	44.0
		Total	7,162

Ontario general election, 1898

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	George Marter	3,493	50.1
	Liberal	Hartley Dewart	3,476	49.9
		Total	6,969

Ontario general election, 1902

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Beattie Nesbitt	3,693	51.0
	Independent	George Marter	3,461	47.8
	Canadian Socialist League	Margaret Haile	74	1.0
	Liberal	Mr. Tripp	20	0.3
		Total	7,248

Ontario general election, 1905

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6][7]	Vote %
	Conservative	Beattie Nesbitt	5,163	56.4
	Liberal	Hugh Blain	3,780	41.3
	Socialist	James Simpson	211	2.3
		Total	4,949

Seat A

Ontario general election, 1908

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8][9]	Vote %
	Conservative	William McNaught	6,346	88.0
	Labour	Mr. Hevey	519	7.2
	Socialist	Mr. Lindala	347	4.8
		Total	7,212

Ontario general election, 1911

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10][11]	Vote %
	Conservative	William McNaught	5,110	79.8
	Labour	W. Stephenson	1,295	20.2
		Total	6,405

Seat B

Ontario general election, 1908

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8][9]	Vote %
	Conservative	John Shaw	4,176	52.1
	Liberal	Mr. Hossack	3,643	45.5
	Socialist	Mr. Simpson	190	2.4
		Total	8,008

Ontario general election, 1911

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10][11]	Vote %
	Conservative	J.J. Foy	3,754	53.6
	Liberal	Joseph Oliver	3,070	43.9
	Socialist	James Richards	174	2.5
		Total	6,998

References

Notes

1. Resigned in 1906, reason unknown.

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 George Marter's Legislative Assembly information see "George Frederick Marter, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For Beattie Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see "William Beattie Nesbitt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For William McNaught's Legislative Assembly information see "William Kirkpatrick McNaught, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For John Shaw's Legislative Assembly information see "John Shaw, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For J.J. Foy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Joseph Foy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
3. "Mowat Seven Times a Conqueror". The Evening Star (Toronto). 1894-06-27. p. 1.
4. "Liberals Wield an Axe". The Evening Star (Toronto). 1898-03-02. p. 2.
5. "Toronto is still Tory". The Globe (Toronto). 1902-05-30. p. 8.
6. "Toronto Leads the Van in Conservative Sweep". The Globe (Toronto). 1905-01-26. p. 8.
7. "Conservatives Roll up 10,000 Majority". Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1905-01-26. p. 4.
8. "The City Returns Came in Quickly, The Vote in Toronto". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1908-06-09. p. 10.
9. "Toronto Yet Tory; A Straight Eight: Liberals and Independents Were All Defeated". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 1908-06-09. p. 4.
10. "Toronto is Totally Tory Again". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1911-12-12. p. 3.
11. "Only 41,000 Votes in City Ridings". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 1911-12-12. p. 8.