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High Park (provincial electoral district)

High Park (provincial electoral district)
FieldValue
nameHigh Park
provinceOntario
imageToronto Provincial Ridings 1926a.pdf
captionHigh Park, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
prov-statusdefunct
prov-created1925
prov-abolished1975
prov-election-first1926
prov-election-last1971
demo-cdToronto, Ontario
demo-csdToronto, Ontario

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The High Park provincial electoral district was notable for its electors defeating the incumbent Premier, and their Member of Provincial Parliament, George Drew, in the 1948 provincial election. He lost his seat over the issue of temperance; even though his Conservatives were returned with a majority government. The old City of West Toronto Junction had been an alcohol-free area since even before it was annexed by Toronto back in 1909, and those "dry-laws" were still current at the time of the 1948 election. So when Drew's government passed a new law that allowed "cocktail bars" to open in the province, his local constituents were not pleased, allowing temperance movement activist, "Temperance Bill" Temple of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to win.

The provincial riding had a number of colourful Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) including Drew, and his successor William Horace Temple as well as the district's final representative, Doctor Morton Shulman. The district was abolished during the 1975 redistribution, placing most of it in the new High Park—Swansea district. As of 2024, the territory it represented belongs in the current Parkdale—High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport districts.

Members of Provincial Parliament

| Assembly#=17 | PartyTerms#=4 | RepTerms#=4 | Assembly#=18 | Assembly#=19 | Assembly#=20 | Assembly#=21 | PartyTerms#=2 | RepTerms#=2 | Assembly#=22 | Assembly#=23 | PartyTerms#=1 | RepTerms#=1 | Assembly#=24 | PartyTerms#=4 | RepTerms#=4 | Assembly#=25 | Assembly#=26 | Assembly#=27 | Assembly#=28 | PartyTerms#=2 | RepTerms#=2 | Assembly#=29 Sourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

  • For William Baird's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For George Drew's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For William Temple's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Alfred Cowling's Legislative Assembly information see
  • For Morton Shulman's Legislative Assembly information see }}

Election results

1926 boundaries

PartyCandidatetitle=Result of ballot in the 112 Ontario constituenciesurl=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GMUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6720%2C6746378accessdate=2011-12-13newspaper=Ottawa Citizendate=1926-12-02location=Ottawapage=15}}Vote %
ConservativeWilliam A. Baird10,563
ProhibitionistW.A. MacMaster6,809
Total17,372
PartyCandidatetitle=Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislaturenewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1929-10-31location=Torontopage=43}}Vote %
ConservativeWilliam A. Baird8,448
ProhibitionistMinerva Reid4,653
Total13,101

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution
PartyCandidatetitle=Detailed Election Resultsnewspaper=The Globedate=1934-06-21location=Torontopage=3}}Vote %
ConservativeWilliam A. Baird8,742
LiberalJ.O. Culnan7,908
Co-operative CommonwealthD.M. LeBourdais4,251
Total20,901
PartyCandidatetitle=Ontario Voted By Ridingsnewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1937-10-07location=Torontopage=5}}Vote %
ConservativeWilliam A. Baird9,442
LiberalB.A. Ritchie7,270
Co-operative CommonwealthCarroll Coburn3,305
Total20,840

1943 boundaries

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Ontario Election Resultsnewspaper=The Gazettedate=1943-08-05location=Montrealpage=12url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=3097%2C672685}}Vote %
ConservativeGeorge A. Drew7,729
Co-operative CommonwealthW.H. Temple7,210
LiberalL.A. Leslie3,366
W.E Hendry1510.8
Total18,456
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridingsnewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1945-06-05location=Torontopage=5url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbE7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=876%2C12828009accessdate=2012-03-03}}117 out of 130 polls reporting.Vote %
ConservativeGeorge A. Drew12,349
Co-operative CommonwealthLewis Duncan9,212
Total21,561
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridingsnewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1948-06-08location=Torontopage=24}}Vote %
Co-operative CommonwealthW.H. Temple11,561
ConservativeGeorge A. Drew10,546
LiberalH. Stephens5,358
Total27,465

1951 boundaries

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridingsnewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1951-11-23location=Torontopage=10}}Vote %
ConservativeAlfred Cowling10,318
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam H. Temple7,947
LiberalEarl Selkirk5,056
Total23,321

1955 boundaries

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Latest Ontario Election Resultsnewspaper=The Globe and Maildate=1955-06-10location=Torontopage=2}}Vote %
ConservativeAlfred Cowling7,743
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam H. Temple5,573
LiberalHerbert W. Powell4,438
Total18,184
PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Riding by Riding Results of Ontario Electionnewspaper=The Globe and Maildate=1959-06-12location=Torontopage=8}}Vote %
ConservativeAlfred Cowling6,587
LiberalPaul Staniszewski5,056
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam H. Temple4,257
Total16,290

1963 boundaries

PartyCandidateauthor=Canadian Presstitle=Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweepnewspaper=The Toronto Daily Stardate=1963-09-26location=Torontopage=20}}Vote %
ConservativeAlfred Cowling7,684
Total17,956

1967 boundaries

References

Notes

Citations

References

  1. (1975-05-02). "Campaign spending restricted, Legislature to gain 8 seats". The Toronto Star.
  2. Potter, Kent. (1975-09-17). "Shadow of Sulman looms large in High Park". The Toronto Star.
  3. (1948-06-08). "Premier Loses in High Park, CCF Wins 11 City Area Seats". The Globe and Mail.
  4. McMonagle, Duncan. (1987-06-26). "Spirited fight against alcohol still heady work for Temple". The Globe and Mail.
  5. (1914-06-12). "Toronto Ridings As They Are Now–How Ten Seats Are Distributed". The Toronto Daily Star.
  6. (1926-12-02). "Result of ballot in the 112 Ontario constituencies". Ottawa Citizen.
  7. (1929-10-31). "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star.
  8. (1934-06-21). "Detailed Election Results". The Globe.
  9. (1937-10-07). "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  10. Canadian Press. (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette.
  11. Canadian Press. (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  12. Canadian Press. (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  13. Canadian Press. (1951-11-23). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star.
  14. Canadian Press. (1955-06-10). "Latest Ontario Election Results". The Globe and Mail.
  15. Canadian Press. (1959-06-12). "Riding by Riding Results of Ontario Election". The Globe and Mail.
  16. Canadian Press. (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star.
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