Toronto Northeast (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Toronto Northeast.

Toronto Northeast was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1914 to 1926. It occupied an area north of College and Gerrard between University and Logan Ave. The riding was a dual riding in that it elected two members to the Ontario provincial legislature. Elections were run as separate races for Seat A and Seat B rather than a combined race.

Toronto Northeast

Ontario electoral district
Toronto Northeast 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

In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northeast being split between four new ridings called St. Patrick, St. George, St. David, and Eglinton.

Boundaries

In 1914 the riding was created out of the old Toronto North riding. It bordered College Street, Carlton Street and Gerrard Street East on the south. The western boundary was Spadina Road from College Street north to the city limits. The eastern boundary was Logan Avenue from Gerrard Street East to the city limits. The northern boundary followed the city limits from Spadina to Logan.^[1]

In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northeast being split between the new ridings of St. Patrick, St. George, St. David, and Eglinton.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
prior to 1914 part of the Toronto North riding
Seat A
14th	1914–1918		Robert Pyne[nb 1]	Conservative
	1918-1919		Henry Cody[nb 2]	Conservative
15th	1919–1920
	1920-1923		Alexander Cameron Lewis	Conservative
16th	1923–1926
Seat B
14th	1914–1919		Mark Howard Irish	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Joseph Thompson	Conservative
16th	1923–1926
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
merged into the St. Patrick, St. George, St. David, and Eglinton 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 election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3][nb 3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Robert Pyne	5,768	58.6
	Independent Liberal	B.E. McKenzie	4,104	41.4
		Total	9,872

By-election August 19, 1918^{[nb 4]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4][nb 5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Henry John Cody	9,135	68.0
	Soldier-Labour	William Varley	4,297	32.0
		Total	13,432

1919 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Henry John Cody	Acclaimed

By-election November 8, 1920

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	Conservative	A.C. Lewis	7,914	56.0
	Liberal	W.H. Kippen	4,292	30.4
	Grand Army of the United Veterans	J.Higgins	1,839	13.0
	Independent	J. Galbraith	89	0.6
		Total	14,134

1923 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Conservative	Alex C. Lewis	7,147	57.4
	Liberal	William H. Shaw	2,864	23.0
	Progressive	N.S. Coyne	2,434	19.6
		Total	12,445

Seat B

1914 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Mark Irish	5,500	56.8
	Liberal	C.A. Moss	4,290	43.2
		Total	9,790

1919 Ontario general election^{[nb 4]}

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5][nb 6]	Vote %
	Conservative	Joseph Thompson	13,495	39.6
	Liberal	Henrietta Bundy	8.685
	Independent-Conservative	A.T. Kelly Evans	8,172
	Labour	John W. Buckley	2,910
		Total	33,262

1923 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Conservative	Joseph Thompson	13,930	77.5
	Progressive	Mary Becker	4,046	22.5
		Total	17,976

References

Notes

1. Resigned May 11, 1918 to accept an appointment as Clerk of York County.
2. Resigned March 3, 1920 (no reason given).
3. 118 out of 122 polls reporting.
4. This was the first election to allow women to vote, more than doubling the vote counts in each riding.
5. 7 polls not reported.
6. .

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 Robert Pyne's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Allan Pyne, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Henry Cody's Legislative Assembly information see "Henry John Cody, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Alexander Lewis' Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Cameron Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Mark Irish's Legislative Assembly information see "Mark Howard Irish, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
   • For Joseph Thompson's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Elijah Thompson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
3. "Pyne and Irish in Toronto N.E." The Toronto World. Toronto. 1914-06-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
4. "New ministers elected by handsome majorities". The Globe. Toronto. 1919-08-20. p. 1,8.
5. "Votes figures for city ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1919-10-21. p. 3.
6. "N.E. Toronto still Tory; majority cut". The Globe. Toronto. 1920-11-09. p. 1.
7. "The Vote in Toronto and the York ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1923-06-26. p. 5.