Toronto (provincial electoral district)
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| prov-created = 1886
| prov-abolished = 1894
| prov-election-first = 1886
| prov-election-last = 1894
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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.
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
| class="wikitable"
! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |
| colspan="5" align="center" | Riding created from Toronto West and Toronto East in 1886 |
| rowspan="3" |6th
| rowspan="3" |1886-1890 | {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} | |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} |
| Conservative |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
| Liberal |
| rowspan="5" |7th
| rowspan="2" |1890-1894 | {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} | | Edward Frederick Clarke | Conservative |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
| Liberal |
| rowpsan="1"|1890-1892
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} | | Henry Edward ClarkeDied whilst speaking in the assembly, March 25, 1892. | Conservative |
| rowspan="1" |1892
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} | | Nelson Gordon BigelowDied in office, November 4, 1892. | Liberal |
| rowspan="1" |1893-1894
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} | | Conservative |
| |
| |Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
accessdate=2014-11-11 |location=Toronto|year=2014}}
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| colspan="5" align="center" | 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.
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|+ 1886 Ontario general election ! ! scope="col" width="175" |Party ! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate ! Vote % |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | Edward Clarke |align=right| 7,015 |align=right| 26.2 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | Henry Clarke |align=right| 6,873 |align=right| 25.7 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Liberal | John Leys |align=right| 5,390 |align=right| 20.1 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|background}} |
|Labour | Charles March |align=right| 4,082 |align=right| 15.2 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|background}} |
|Labour | John Roney |align=right| 3,416 |align=right| 12.8 |
| |
|Total |align=right| 26,776 | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ 1890 Ontario general electionresults.elections.on.ca ! ! scope="col" width="175" |Party ! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate ! Votes ! Vote % |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | Edward Clarke |align=right| 5,862 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | Henry Clarke |align=right| 5,542 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Liberal | Joseph Tait |align=right| 5,359 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Liberal | Alfred McDougall |align=right| 5,197 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Cons-Equal Rights | E.D. Armour |align=right| 4,502 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Cons-Equal Rights | Robert Bell |align=right| 4,001 |align=right| |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Equal Rights | Frank Moses |align=right| 703 |align=right| |
| |
|Total |align=right| 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.
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|+ By-election to replace Henry Edward Clarke, April 29, 1892 ! ! scope="col" width="175" |Party ! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate ! Vote % |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | Nelson Bigelow |align=right| 4,938 |align=right| 50.8 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Independent Conservative | Mr. Kent |align=right| 4,122 |align=right| 42.4 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Liberal |align=right| 488 |align=right| 5.0 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Independent Liberal | E.A. MacDonald |align=right| 173 |align=right| 1.8 |
| |
|Total |align=right| 9,721 | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ By-election to replace Nelson Bigelow, February 28, 1893 ! ! scope="col" width="175" |Party ! scope="col" width="150" |Candidate ! Vote % |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Conservative | George Ryerson |align=right| 5,797 |align=right| 34.7 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative (historical)|background}} |
|Independent Conservative | W.W. Ogden |align=right| 5,535 |align=right| 33.1 |
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |
|Liberal |align=right| 5,392 |align=right| 32.2 |
| |
|Total |align=right| 16,724 | |
References
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