West Toronto
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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West Toronto was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the city of Toronto, in the province of Ontario.
The district was created by the British North America Act 1867. It had one MP at first. In 1892, the riding was given an additional seat in the House of Commons of Canada so that its voters elected two Members of Parliament in 1896 and 1900. To elect the two members, it used plurality block voting. It was renamed Toronto West in 1903.
West Toronto was initially defined as consisting of St. John, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. George's Wards of Toronto. In 1872, St. John's Ward was excluded from the riding.
Electoral history
(Elected members indicated in bold text.)
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Alexander Harrison | 1,477 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | John Macdonald | 1,048 | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Crawford | 1,043 | ||||||
| Unknown | McLellan | 574 | ||||||
| Unknown | Capreol | 0 | ||||||
| By-election on On Mr. Crawford being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
18 December 1873 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Moss | acclaimed | |||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Moss | 1,651 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Beverly Robinson | 1,440 | ||||||
| By-election on On Mr. Moss being appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal of Ontario 6 November 1875 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Beverly Robinson | 1,935 | |||
| Unknown | John Turner | 1,584 | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Beverly Robinson | 2,165 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. Hodgins | 1,528 | ||||||
| By-election on On Mr. Robinson's resignation to become Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario 28 August 1880 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Beaty, Jr. | 2,097 | |||
| Unknown | P. Ryan | 1,836 | |||
| Unknown | A.W. Wright | 49 | |||
| Unknown | F.C. Capreol | 23 | |||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Beaty, Jr. | 2,714 | ||||||
| Unknown | William Barclay McMurrich | 2,283 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Frederic C. Denison | 3,895 | ||||||
| Liberal | E.E. Sheppard | 3,428 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Frederic C. Denison | 5,048 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Mowat | 3,291 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Edmund B. Osler | 5,370 | ||||||
| Conservative | Edward Frederick Clarke | 5,147 | ||||||
| Liberal | W.T.R. Preston | 4,734 | ||||||
| Liberal | A.T. Hunter | 4,225 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Edward F. Clarke | 7,024 | ||||||
| Conservative | Edmund B. Osler | 6,530 | ||||||
| Liberal | William Burns | 4,713 | ||||||
| Liberal | James D. Allan | 4,547 | ||||||
| Independent | Hugh Stevenson | 1,657 | ||||||