Toronto South (provincial electoral district)

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

Toronto South

Ontario electoral district
File:SouthToronto1894.jpg 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

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. In 1914 the riding was abolished and reformed into two new ridings called Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest.

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.

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	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
Split into Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest ridings after 1914

Election results

Ontario general election, 1894

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

Ontario general election, 1898

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

Ontario general election, 1902

	Party	Candidate	Votes	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

Ontario general election, 1905

	Party	Candidate	Votes	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

Ontario general election, 1908

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

Ontario general election, 1911

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

Seat B

Ontario general election, 1908

	Party	Candidate	Votes	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

Ontario general election, 1911

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