Toronto Northwest (provincial electoral district)

Toronto Northwest

Ontario electoral district
Toronto Northwest 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 Northwest was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1914 to 1926. It occupied an area north of College and Gerrard between Lansdowne and Spadina. In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northwest being split between five new ridings called from west to east, Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick.

The riding was a dual riding in that it elected two members to the Ontario provincial legislature.

Boundaries

In 1914 the riding was parts of the Toronto North and Toronto West ridings. It bordered College Street, Lansdowne Avenue on the west, Spadina Avenue on the east and the city limits to the north.^[1]

In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northwest being split between the new ridings of Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prior to 1914 part of Toronto North and Toronto West ridings
Seat A
14th	1914–1918		Thomas Crawford[nb 1]	Conservative
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1924
	1924–1926		William Edwards	Conservative
Seat B
14th	1914–1919		William McPherson	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Henry Cooper	Liberal
16th	1923–1926		Arthur Nesbitt	Conservative
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and 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

Ontario general election, 1914

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3][nb 2]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Crawford	4,430	61.0
	Liberal	Farmer[nb 3]	2,838	39.0
		Total	7,268

Ontario general election, 1919^{[nb 4]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4][5][nb 5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Crawford	17,759	53.8
	Liberal	James G. Cane	15,223	46.2
		Total	32,982

Ontario general election, 1923

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Crawford	17,088	85.4
	Liberal	H.S. Mullowney	2,917	14.6
		Total	20,005

By-election 7 July 1924

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Conservative	William Edwards	7,640	81.9
	Labour	J.A. Young	1,683	18.1
		Total	9,323

Seat B

Ontario general election, 1914

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3][nb 2]	Vote %
	Conservative	William McPherson	4,383	59.4
	Liberal	McTaggart[nb 3]	2,649	35.9
	Socialist	James[nb 3]	341	4.6
		Total	7,373

Ontario general election, 1919^{[nb 4]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4][5][nb 5]	Vote %
	Liberal	Henry Cooper	17,515	51.9
	Conservative	William McPherson	16,203	48.1
		Total	33,718

Ontario general election, 1923

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	Arthur Nesbitt	11,154	65.0
	Progressive	W.E. Groves	3,706	20.9
	Liberal	Henry Cooper	2,506	14.1
	Total	17,726

References

Notes

1. Resigned May 15, 1924 (no reason given).
2. 116 out of 152 polls reporting.
3. Only last name of candidate given.
4. This was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.
5. 257 out of 271 polls.

Citations

1. "Toronto ridings as they are now - how 10 seats are distributed". Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1914-06-12. p. 5.
2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Thomas Crawford's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Crawford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For William Edwards' Legislative Assembly information see "William Henry Edwards, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For William McPherson's Legislative Assembly information see "William David McPherson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Henry Cooper's Legislative Assembly information see "Henry Sloane Cooper, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Arthur Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur Russell Nesbitt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
3. "Large Majorities in all Toronto Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (3rd extra edition) (Toronto). 1914-06-29. p. 1.
4. "Votes figures for city ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1919-10-21. p. 3.
5. "Tory stronghold routed, five Liberals in Toronto". The Globe (Toronto). 1919-10-21. p. 8.
6. "The Vote in Toronto and the York ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1923-06-26. p. 5.
7. "W.H. Edwards elected by a large majority". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1924-07-08. p. 12.