Toronto South (provincial electoral district)

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

Toronto South, also known as South Toronto, was a 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 South was one. It occupied the southern part of the old city of Toronto. From 1908 to 1914 it elected two members to the legislature.

Toronto South

Ontario electoral district
Toronto South 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

In 1914 the Toronto South district was abolished. The districts of Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West were replaced by Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto Southwest and Toronto Southeast, which were constituted as two-member districts. Parkdale and Riverdale were created as single-member constituencies.

Boundaries

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

In 1914, the riding was split between the new ridings of Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created in 1894 from the riding of Toronto
8th	1894–1898		Oliver Howland	Conservative
9th	1898–1902		J.J.Foy[nb 1]	Conservative
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
Seat A
12th	1908–1911		J.J.Foy	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Edward Owens	Conservative
Seat B
12th	1908–1911		George Gooderham	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Split into Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest ridings after 1914

Election results

1894 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3]	Vote %
	Conservative	Oliver Howland	6,032	60.2
	Liberal	Mr. Moss	3,892	39.8
		Total	10,014

1898 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	Conservative	J.J. Foy	4,273	51.7
	Liberal	W.B. Rogers	3,996	48.3
		Total	8,269

1902 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	J.J. Foy	4,983	52.8
	Liberal	W.B. Rogers	4,192	44.4
	Socialist	Mr. Corner	170	1.8
	Socialist-Labour	Mr. James	101	1.1
		Total	9,446

1905 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6][7]	Vote %
	Conservative	J.J. Foy	5,375	68.3
	Liberal	John J. Hunter	2,319	29.5
	Socialist	Thomas Phillips Thompson	172	2.2
		Total	7,866

Seat A

1908 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8][9]	Vote %
	Conservative	J.J. Foy	5,167	85.6
	Labour	Mr. Kennedy	519	8.6
	Socialist	Mr. Deinegon	347	5.8
		Total	6,033

1911 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10][11]	Vote %
	Conservative	Edward Owens	2,358	77.3
	Labour	W.R. James	693	22.7
		Total	3,051

Seat B

1908 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8][9]	Vote %
	Conservative	George Gooderham	4,996	68.1
	Liberal	G.E. Gibbard	2,068	28.2
	Socialist	Mr. Tredler	270	3.7
		Total	7,334

1911 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[10][11]	Vote %
	Conservative	George Gooderham	2,421	78.2
	Liberal	E. Fielding	673	21.8
		Total	3,094

References

Notes

1. On 21 February 1905, Foy resigned in order to recontest the seat due to his appointment as Commissioner of Crown Lands. This was known as a ministerial by-election.

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 Oliver Howland's Legislative Assembly information see "Oliver Aiken Howland, 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.
   • For Edward Owens's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward William James Owens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
   • For George Gooderham's Legislative Assembly information see "George Horace Gooderham, 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.