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 an Ontario provincial electoral district 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 called 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.^[1]

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[nb 1]	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[2]
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

Ontario general election, 1914

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Owens	4,294	75.4
	Independent Liberal	J.C. Allen	1,402	24.6
		Total	5,696

Ontario general election, 1919^{[nb 2]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Liberal	John O'Neill	7,409	56.5
	Conservative	W.D. Robbins	5,693	43.5
		Total

By-election, 1922

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	John Currie	4,759	67.1
	Independent-Liberal	John Callahan	1,106	15.6
	Liberal	Claude Pearce	742	10.5
	Labour	Maguire[nb 3]	488	6.9
		Total	7,095

Ontario general election, 1923

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	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

Ontario general election, 1914

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Thomas Hook	4,390	70.6
	Liberal	Albert Dale	1,567	25.2
	Socialist	Isaac Brainbridge	262	4.2
		Total	6,219

Ontario general election, 1919^{[nb 2]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Liberal	James Curry	10,105	67.0
	Conservative	Schofield[nb 3]	4,987	33.0
		Total	15,092

Ontario general election, 1923

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	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

References

Notes

1. Died January 6, 1922 while in office.
2. 1919 was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.
3. Only last name of candidate given.

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 Edward Owens's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward William James Owens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Thomas Hook's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Hook, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For John O'Neill's Legislative Assembly information see "John O'Neill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For John Currie's Legislative Assembly information see "John Allister Currie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For James Curry's Legislative Assembly information see "James Walter Curry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
3. "Owens and Hook in Toronto S.E.". The Toronto World (Toronto). 1914-06-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
4. "Votes figures for city ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1919-10-21. p. 3.
5. "Conservatives gain Queen's Park seat in two by-elections". The Globe (Toronto). 1922-10-24. p. 1.
6. "The Vote in Toronto and the York ridings". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1923-06-26. p. 5.