Toronto Northwest was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that existed from 1914 to 1926. It occupied an area north of college and Gerrard between Lansdowne and Spadina. In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northwest being split between five new ridings called from west to east, Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick.

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

Boundaries In 1914 the riding was parts of the Toronto North and Toronto West ridings. It bordered College Street, Lansdowne Avenue on the west, Spadina Avenue on the east and the city limits to the north.

In 1926 there was a major redistribution of Ontario seats which resulted in Toronto Northwest being split between the new ridings of Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick.

Members of Provincial Parliament Parliament Years Member Party Prior to 1914 part of Toronto North and Toronto West ridings Seat A 14th 1914–1918     Thomas CrawfordConservative 15th 1919–192316th 1923–1924 1924–1926     William Edwards Conservative Seat B 14th 1914–1919     William McPherson Conservative 15th 1919–1923     Henry Cooper Liberal 16th 1923–1926     Arthur Nesbitt ConservativeSourced from the Ontario Legislative AssemblyFor a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below: For Thomas Crawford's Legislative Assembly information see For William Edwards' Legislative Assembly information see For William McPherson's Legislative Assembly information see For Henry Cooper's Legislative Assembly information see For Arthur Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see Merged into Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick after 1926

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

Seat A

+ 1914 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Thomas Crawford 4,430 61.0     Liberal Farmer 2,838 39.0 Total 7,268

+ 1919 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Thomas Crawford 17,759 53.8     Liberal James G. Cane 15,223 46.2 Total 32,982

+ 1923 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Thomas Crawford 17,088 85.4     Liberal H.S. Mullowney 2,917 14.6 Total 20,005

+ By-election 7 July 1924PartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative William Edwards 7,640 81.9     Labour J.A. Young 1,683 18.1 Total 9,323

Seat B + 1914 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative William McPherson 4,383 59.4     Liberal McTaggart 2,649 35.9     Socialist James 341 4.6 Total 7,373

+ 1919 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Liberal Henry Cooper 17,515 51.9     Conservative William McPherson 16,203 48.1 Total 33,718

+ 1923 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %     Conservative Arthur Nesbitt 11,154 65.0     Progressive W.E. Groves 3,706 20.9     Liberal Henry Cooper 2,506 14.1Total 17,726

See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

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