# St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)

St. George was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that returned Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen's Park. It was created in downtown Toronto in 1926 and was merged into the riding of St. George—St. David in 1987. The seat covered much of the city's central core, roughly similar to the current riding of Toronto Centre. At its dissolution it stretched from University Avenue to Parliament Street and from the waterfront north past St. Clair.

## Boundaries

The riding was formed in 1926 from parts of the old Toronto Northeast and Toronto Southeast ridings. Its western boundary starting at Toronto Harbour went north following the line of Simcoe Street. At Queen Street West it jogged east a block to University Avenue. It followed this street north continuing along Queen's Park Crescent East and Avenue Road north to St. Clair Avenue West. At St. Clair it turned east and went to Yonge Street. At Yonge it turned south and followed this street to Bloor Street. It then turned east following Bloor until it reached Sherbourne Street. It then followed Sherbourne back south until it met the harbour.
Prior to the 1934 election, the riding boundaries were changed. The western boundary was moved east to Bay Street. The boundary followed Bay Street north from the harbour until it curved northwest to meet Davenport Road. It followed Davenport until it met Avenue Road. It turned north following Avenue Road north skirting Upper Canada College on the east side until it met the old Belt Line Railway right-of-way. It then headed southeast following the right-of-way until it reached Yonge Street. From here it turned south following a line through the Mount Pleasant cemetery and through a ravine called the Vale of Avoca (these days it is called David Balfour Park). It followed the ravine until it reached the CPR right-of-way. It headed east along this right-of-way until it reached MacLennan Avenue. It then turned south following this street and continued south on the same line when it turned into Sherbourne Street at Bloor. It continued along Sherbourne Street until it reached the harbour.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

St. George :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Created in 1926 from parts of Toronto Northeast and Toronto Southeast |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Henry Scholfield | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Henry Scholfield | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Ian Strachan | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Ian Strachan | Liberal |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Dana Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Dana Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | Dana Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | Dana Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1958 | Dana Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1958–1959 | Allan Lawrence | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Allan Lawrence | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Allan Lawrence | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Allan Lawrence | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1972 | Allan Lawrence | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1972–1975 | Margaret Campbell | Liberal |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Margaret Campbell | Liberal |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Margaret Campbell | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Susan Fish | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Susan Fish | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged with St. David to form St. George—St. David after 1987 |||||

## Election results
### 1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 7,699 | 57.1 |
| Prohibitionist | J.W.S. Lowry | 2,887 | 21.4 |
| Independent-Conservative | Cecil W. Armstrong | 1,600 | 11.9 |
| Independent-Conservative | E.W.J. Owens | 711 | 5.3 |
| Liberal | W. M. Endle | 587 | 4.4 |
| | Total | 13,484 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 6,497 | 68.9 |
| Liberal | G. Needham | 2,927 | 31.1 |
| | Total | 9,424 | |

### 1934 boundaries

1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Ian Strachan | 8,286 | 45.3 |
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 7,901 | 43.2 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | I.W. Grant | 1,883 | 10.3 |
| Independent | J.J. Carrick | 207 | 1.1 |
| | Total | 18,277 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Ian Strachan | 10,915 | 52.4 |
| Conservative | C.A. Maguire | 8,465 | 40.6 |
| Labour | Jean Laing | 1,460 | 7.0 |
| | Total | 20,840 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 6,766 | 47.3 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Francis Andrew Brewin | 4,040 | 28.3 |
| Liberal | Walter Thomson | 3,104 | 21.7 |
| Independent-Soldier | George Black | 241 | 1.7 |
| Independent-Liberal | Douglas Bell | 148 | 1.0 |
| | Total | 14,299 | |

### 1945 boundaries

1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 11,940 | 54.2 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Carson | 5,887 | 26.7 |
| Liberal | Fred Needham | 4,219 | 19.1 |
| | Total | 22,046 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 11,826 | 49.2 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 7,285 | 30.3 |
| Liberal | John A. MacVicar | 4,907 | 20.4 |
| | Total | 24,018 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 10,004 | 56.9 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 4,341 | 24.7 |
| Liberal | Harvey Lynes | 3,238 | 18.4 |
| | Total | 17,583 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 7,298 | 55.6 |
| Liberal | Joseph Keenan | 3,282 | 25.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 2,550 | 19.4 |
| | Total | 13,130 | |
By-election, May 12, 1958 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 5,518 | 58.4 |
| Liberal | Jean Brown | 2,996 | 31.7 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Iona Samis | 851 | 9.0 |
| Social Credit | Dorothy Cureatz | 78 | 0.8 |
| | Total | 9,443 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 7,959 | 54.4 |
| Liberal | Jean Brown | 4,900 | 33.5 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Iona Samis | 1,781 | 12.2 |
| | Total | 14,640 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 9,144 | 54.1 |
| Liberal | Vincent Reid | 5,507 | 32.6 |
| New Democrat | Kenneth Hamilton | 1,927 | 11.4 |
| Social Credit | Neil Carmichael | 313 | 1.9 |
| | Total | 1,891 | |

### 1967 boundaries

1967 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 9,703 | 44.4 |
| Liberal | Bruce Thomas | 7,182 | 32.9 |
| New Democrat | Harry Pope | 4,972 | 22.7 |
| | Total | 21,857 | |
1971 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 14,525 | 56.1 |
| Liberal | Peter Maloney | 6,514 | 25.2 |
| New Democrat | David Middleton | 4,847 | 18.7 |
| | Total | 25,886 | |
By-election, March 15, 1973 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 8,390 | 42.7 |
| Progressive Conservative | Roy McMurtry | 7,039 | 35.8 |
| New Democrat | Ellen Adams | 3,950 | 20.1 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Hardial Bains | 100 | 0.5 |
| Communist | Brian Mossop | 86 | 0.4 |
| Western Guard | John Ross Taylor | 83 | 0.4 |
| | Total | 19,648 | |
1975 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 10,677 | 41.8 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Vasilkioti | 8,505 | 33.3 |
| New Democrat | Lukin Robinson | 5,858 | 22.9 |
| Communist | Elizabeth Hill | 272 | 1.1 |
| Independent | Marshall Evoy | 248 | 1.0 |
| | Total | 25,560 |
1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 10,289 | 37.0 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Vasilkioti | 9,807 | 35.3 |
| New Democrat | Lukin Robinson | 6,171 | 22.2 |
| Independent | D.M. Campbell | 1,083 | 3.9 |
| Libertarian | David T. Anderson | 272 | 1.0 |
| Communist | Fred Weir | 159 | 0.6 |
| | Total | 27,781 | |
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Fish | 12,406 | 43.2 |
| Liberal | Bruce McLeod | 8,125 | 28.3 |
| New Democrat | Dan Leckie | 4,882 | 17.0 |
| Independent | George Hislop | 2,658 | 9.3 |
| Libertarian | Bruce Evoy | 367 | 1.2 |
| Independent | Rhino Mils | 191 | 0.7 |
| Independent | Gary Weagle | 56 | 0.2 |
| | Total | 28,685 | |
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Fish | 10,736 | 34.7 |
| New Democrat | Diana Hunt | 10,031 | 32.4 |
| Liberal | Joe Mifsud | 8,844 | 28.6 |
| Libertarian | Michael Beech | 1,015 | 3.3 |
| Independent | Karol Birczy | 327 | 1.1 |
| | Total | 30,953 | |