Toronto Southeast was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, 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: 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.
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'NeillDied January 6, 1922 while in office. 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 ConservativeSourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing
of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below: For Edward Owens's Legislative Assembly information see For Thomas Hook's Legislative Assembly information see For John O'Neill's Legislative Assembly information see For John Currie's Legislative Assembly information see For James Curry's Legislative Assembly information see 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
+ 1914 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Conservative Edward Owens 4,296 75.2 Liberal J.C. Allen 1,420 24.8 Total 5,716
+ 1919 Ontario general election1919 was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.PartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal John O'Neill 7,409 56.5 ConservativeW.D. Robbins 5,693 43.5 Total
+ By-election, 1922PartyCandidate Votes Vote % Conservative John Currie 4,759 67.1 Independent-Liberal John Callahan 1,106 15.6 Liberal Claude Pearce 742 10.5 Labour MaguireOnly last name of candidate given. 488 6.9 Total 7,095
+ 1923 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes 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 + 1914 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Conservative Thomas Hook 4,390 70.6 Liberal Albert Dale 1,567 25.2 Socialist Isaac Brainbridge 262 4.2 Total 6,219
+ 1919 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote % Liberal James Curry 10,105 67.0 ConservativeHarry Schofield 4,987 33.0 Total 15,092
+ 1923 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes 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
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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