Toronto North (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Toronto North (provincial electoral district).

Toronto North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Toronto Centre, West Toronto and York East ridings.

Toronto North

Ontario electoral district
A map of the Toronto ridings of 1904
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1924
First contested	1904
Last contested	1921

It consisted of the part of the city of Toronto between Palmerston and Spadina Avenues in the west, and Sherbourne Street in the east and north of College and Carleton Streets, plus the part of the city east of Sherbourne and north of Bloor Street. In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto east of Oakwood and Dovercourt Roads and north of Bloor Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest and York West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Toronto Centre, West Toronto and York East
10th	1904–1908		George Eulas Foster	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Thomas Langton Church	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest

Election history

1904 Canadian federal election: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster	4,422
	Liberal	Thomas Urquhart	4,310

1908 Canadian federal election: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. George Eulas Foster	4,398
	Liberal	William Henry Shaw	4,009

1911 Canadian federal election: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. George Eulas Foster	6,474
	Liberal	William Henry Shaw	3,157

By-election: On Mr. Foster being appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce, 27 October 1911: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. G. E. Foster	acclaimed

1917 Canadian federal election: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster	21,130
	Opposition–Labour	Alfred James Young	2,893

1921 Canadian federal election: Toronto North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Langton Church	12,412
	Liberal	Robert Rennie	8,452

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada