Toronto South (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Toronto South (provincial electoral district). For the correctional facility, see Toronto South Detention Centre.

Toronto South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Toronto Centre, Toronto East, West Toronto and York East ridings.

Toronto South

Ontario electoral district
A map of the Toronto ridings of 1904
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1933
First contested	1904
Last contested	1930

It initially consisted of the portion of the city of Toronto, including Toronto Island, lying west of the River Don and south of Queen Street. In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto south of Dundas Street, west of Jarvis Street, and east of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road, together with Toronto Island.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto Centre, Toronto East, West Toronto and York East
10th	1904–1908		Angus Claude Macdonell	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Charles Sheard	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926		George Reginald Geary
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Spadina, St. Paul's and Trinity

Election history

1904 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. C. Macdonell	3,501
	Liberal	H. H. Dewart	3,092

1908 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. C. Macdonell	2,771
	Labour	John G. O'Donoghue	1,722

1911 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. C. Macdonell	4,473
	Liberal	John Joseph Ward	2,110

1917 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government	Charles Sheard	7,469
	Opposition–Labour	David Arthur Carey	2,365

1921 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Sheard	4,056
	Liberal	James Murdock	3,475

1925 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reginald Geary	5,895
	Liberal	Claude Bereford Pearce	2,442
	Independent	Norman Charles McEachren	289

1926 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reginald Geary	4,909
	Liberal	Thomas Henry Shipway	1,606

1930 Canadian federal election: Toronto South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reginald Geary	4,635
	Liberal	Adam Gordon McIntyre	2,244
	Labour	Jacob Romer	730

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada