St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)


St. George was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that returned Members of Provincial Parliament to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen's Park. It was created in downtown Toronto in 1926 and was merged into the riding of St. George—St. David in 1987. The seat covered much of the city's central core, roughly similar to the current riding of Toronto Centre. At its dissolution it stretched from University Avenue to Parliament Street and from the waterfront north past St. Clair.

Boundaries

The riding was formed in 1926 from parts of the old Toronto Northeast and Toronto Southeast ridings. Its western boundary starting at Toronto Harbour went north following the line of Simcoe Street. At Queen Street West it jogged east a block to University Avenue. It followed this street north continuing along Queen's Park Crescent East and Avenue Road north to St. Clair Avenue West. At St. Clair it turned east and went to Yonge Street. At Yonge it turned south and followed this street to Bloor Street. It then turned east following Bloor until it reached Sherbourne Street. It then followed Sherbourne back south until it met the harbour.
Prior to the 1934 election, the riding boundaries were changed. The western boundary was moved east to Bay Street. The boundary followed Bay Street north from the harbour until it curved northwest to meet Davenport Road. It followed Davenport until it met Avenue Road. It turned north following Avenue Road north skirting Upper Canada College on the east side until it met the old Belt Line Railway right-of-way. It then headed southeast following the right-of-way until it reached Yonge Street. From here it turned south following a line through the Mount Pleasant cemetery and through a ravine called the Vale of Avoca. It followed the ravine until it reached the CPR right-of-way. It headed east along this right-of-way until it reached MacLennan Avenue. It then turned south following this street and continued south on the same line when it turned into Sherbourne Street at Bloor. It continued along Sherbourne Street until it reached the harbour.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

1926 boundaries

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
ConservativeHenry Scholfield6,49768.9
LiberalG. Needham2,92731.1
Total9,424

1934 boundaries

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalIan Strachan8,28645.3
ConservativeHenry Scholfield7,90143.2
Co-operative CommonwealthI.W. Grant1,88310.3
IndependentJ.J. Carrick2071.1
Total18,277

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalIan Strachan10,91552.4
ConservativeC.A. Maguire8,46540.6
LabourJean Laing1,4607.0
Total20,840

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeDana Porter6,76647.3
Co-operative CommonwealthFrancis Andrew Brewin4,04028.3
LiberalWalter Thomson3,10421.7
Independent-SoldierGeorge Black2411.7
Independent-LiberalDouglas Bell1481.0
Total14,299

1945 boundaries

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeDana Porter11,82649.2
Co-operative CommonwealthFrank Frier7,28530.3
LiberalJohn A. MacVicar4,90720.4
Total24,018

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeDana Porter10,00456.9
Co-operative CommonwealthFrank Frier4,34124.7
LiberalHarvey Lynes3,23818.4
Total17,583

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeDana Porter7,29855.6
LiberalJoseph Keenan3,28225.0
Co-operative CommonwealthFrank Frier2,55019.4
Total13,130

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeAllan Lawrence5,51858.4
LiberalJean Brown2,99631.7
Co-operative CommonwealthIona Samis8519.0
Social CreditDorothy Cureatz780.8
Total9,443

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeAllan Lawrence7,95954.4
LiberalJean Brown4,90033.5
Co-operative CommonwealthIona Samis1,78112.2
Total14,640

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeAllan Lawrence9,14454.1
LiberalVincent Reid5,50732.6
New DemocratKenneth Hamilton1,92711.4
Social CreditNeil Carmichael3131.9
Total1,891

1967 boundaries

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeAllan Lawrence14,52556.1
LiberalPeter Maloney6,51425.2
New DemocratDavid Middleton4,84718.7
Total25,886

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMargaret Campbell8,39042.7
Progressive ConservativeRoy McMurtry7,03935.8
New DemocratEllen Adams3,95020.1

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMargaret Campbell10,67741.8
Progressive ConservativeFrank Vasilkioti8,50533.3
New DemocratLukin Robinson5,85822.9
IndependentMarshall Evoy2481.0
Total25,560-

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
LiberalMargaret Campbell10,28937.0
Progressive ConservativeFrank Vasilkioti9,80735.3
New DemocratLukin Robinson6,17122.2
IndependentD.M. Campbell1,0833.9
Total27,781

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeSusan Fish12,40643.2
LiberalBruce McLeod8,12528.3
New DemocratDan Leckie4,88217.0
IndependentGeorge Hislop2,6589.3
IndependentRhino Mils1910.7
IndependentGary Weagle560.2
Total28,685

PartyCandidateVotesVote %
Progressive ConservativeSusan Fish10,73634.7
New DemocratDiana Hunt10,03132.4
LiberalJoe Mifsud8,84428.6
IndependentKarol Birczy3271.1
Total30,953

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