Toronto Southeast was an

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provincial

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that existed from 1914 to 1926. It occupied an area south of College and Gerrard between University and Logan Ave. In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Southeast being split between three new ridings:

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, and Riverdale. The riding was a dual riding in that it elected two members to the Ontario provincial legislature.

Boundaries

In 1914 the riding was created out of parts of the

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and

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ridings. It bordered

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on the south. From the western border it followed Simcoe Street north to

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where it jogged a block east to

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. It went north along University to College Street. It then went east following College until it turned into Carlton Street at

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. It continued east along Carlton until it reached Parliament Street. It turned south until

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and then went east along Gerrard until it reached Logan Avenue. From here it went south back to Lake Ontario. In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Southeast being split between the new ridings of St. George, St. David, and Riverdale.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

Elections were run as separate races for Seat A and Seat B rather than a combined race.

Seat A

Seat B

References

Notes

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toronto Southeast Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario Provincial electoral districts of Toronto