Toronto (provincial electoral district)

Toronto was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1886 to 1894. It was created by merging Toronto West and Toronto East ridings into one large riding covering the entire city.

Toronto East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1886
District abolished1894
First contested1886
Last contested1894

It was abolished prior to the 1894 election when it was split into four new ridings - Toronto North, Toronto South, Toronto East and Toronto West.

The Toronto district elected three members. In each election voters were allowed to cast two votes; they were allowed to vote for two candidates (Limited voting). The three candidates with the most votes were the winners. Parties did not run more than two candidates, for fear of splitting their votes, so mixed representation was produced in each contest in the Toronto district in 1886 and 1890.(No one party took all the seats.)

Members of Provincial Parliament
Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Toronto West and Toronto East in 1886
6th 1886-1890     Edward Frederick Clarke Conservative
    Henry Edward Clarke Conservative
    John Leys Liberal
7th 1890-1894     Edward Frederick Clarke Conservative
    Joseph Tait Liberal
1890-1892     Henry Edward Clarke[nb 1] Conservative
1892     Nelson Gordon Bigelow[nb 2] Liberal
1893-1894     George Ryerson Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Riding split into four new ridings:
Toronto North, Toronto South, Toronto East and Toronto West
in 1894

Election results

The first three candidates in the poll were elected to the legislature. Percentage of votes received does not indicate percentage of voters who favoured the candidate because most or all of the Toronto voters cast two votes.

1886 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Conservative Edward Clarke 7,015 26.2
    Conservative Henry Clarke 6,873 25.7
    Liberal John Leys 5,390 20.1
    Labour Charles March 4,082 15.2
    Labour John Roney 3,416 12.8
Total 26,776
1890 Ontario general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes Vote %
    Conservative Edward Clarke 5,862
    Conservative Henry Clarke 5,542
    Liberal Joseph Tait 5,359
    Liberal Alfred McDougall 5,197
    Cons-Equal Rights E.D. Armour 4,502
    Cons-Equal Rights Robert Bell 4,001
    Equal Rights Frank Moses 703
Total 31,166

By-elections

These by-elections were held to replace members who had died in office. In each case only one member was elected for replacement.

By-election to replace Henry Edward Clarke, April 29, 1892
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Conservative Nelson Bigelow 4,938 50.8
    Independent Conservative Mr. Kent 4,122 42.4
    Liberal Thomas Phillips Thompson 488 5.0
    Independent Liberal E.A. MacDonald 173 1.8
Total 9,721
By-election to replace Nelson Bigelow, February 28, 1893
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Conservative George Ryerson 5,797 34.7
    Independent Conservative W.W. Ogden 5,535 33.1
    Liberal Thomas Phillips Thompson 5,392 32.2
Total 16,724

References

Notes
  1. Died whilst speaking in the assembly, March 25, 1892.
  2. Died in office, November 4, 1892.

Citations
  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Edward Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Frederick Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
    • For Henry Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Henry Edward Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
    • For John Leys' Legislative Assembly information see "John Leys, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
    • For Joseph Tait's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Tait, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
    • For Nelson Bigelow's Legislative Assembly information see "Nelson Gordon Bigelow, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
    • For George Ryerson's Legislative Assembly information see "George Sterling Ansel Ryerson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  2. "Elections in Toronto: The Two Clarkes and John Leys the Successful Candidates". The Globe. Toronto. 1886-12-29. p. 8.
  3. results.elections.on.ca
  4. Gibson, J.M. (1892-04-30). "Toronto Falls Into Line: Bigelow Sweeps the City for Oliver Mowat". The Globe. Toronto. p. 16.
  5. "He Gets Into the Kitchen: Dr. Ryerson Attains His Great Ambition". The Globe. Toronto. 1893-01-01. p. 8.
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