# St. Patrick (provincial electoral district)

St. Patrick was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was established in 1926 out of the district of Toronto Northeast. It lasted until 1967 when it was merged with St. Andrew to form St. Andrew—St. Patrick.
St. Patrick riding took its name from the former "St. Patrick's ward" of the City of Toronto.

## Boundaries

It was created after a major riding redistribution in 1926. Its boundaries consisted of Spadina Avenue on the west from Toronto Harbour north to the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue. On the east the boundary followed Simcoe Street north from the harbour to Queen Street West. After a short jog east to University Avenue it followed that street north through Queen's Park Crescent and then continued north on Avenue Road through to the city limits just north of St. Clair Avenue West.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

St. Patrick :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Created from parts of Toronto Southwest, Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest ridings |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | John Currie | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Edward Joseph Murphy | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Frederick Fraser Hunter | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Frederick Fraser Hunter | Liberal |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | Charles Rea | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged with St. Andrew to form St. Andrew—St. Patrick |||||

## Election results
### 1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | John A. Currie | 5,103 | 68.9 |
| Prohibitionist | John Wanless | 1,834 | 24.8 |
| Liberal | L.P. Burns | 466 | 6.3 |
| | Total | 7,403 | |
1929 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | E.J. Murphy | 4,473 | 66.8 |
| Liberal | John E. Belfry | 1,242 | 18.5 |
| Independent-Conservative | H. Currie | 856 | 12.8 |
| Labour | R.E. Knowles Jr. | 128 | 1.9 |
| | Total | 6,699 | |

### 1934 boundaries

1934 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | Fraser Hunter | 5,751 | 50.2 |
| Conservative | E. J. Murphy | 5,713 | 49.8 |
| | Total | 11,464 | |
1937 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Liberal | F.F. Hunter | 6,162 | 48.5 |
| Conservative | A.K. Roberts | 5,479 | 43.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Felix Lazarus | 957 | 7.5 |
| Independent-Conservative | G.M. Saunders | 119 | 0.9 |
| | Total | 12,717 | |
1943 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | A. Kelso Roberts | 4,543 | 44.5 |
| Liberal | Fred Hamilton | 2,850 | 27.9 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Osler | 2,817 | 27.6 |
| | Total | 10,210 | |
1945 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | A. Kelso Roberts | 7,243 | 50.9 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Osler | 2,854 | 19.9 |
| Liberal | J.M. Gould | 2,846 | 19.8 |
| Labor–Progressive | Sam Walsh | 1,401 | 9.8 |
| | Total | 14,344 | |
1948 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Charles E. Rea | 7,124 | 44.0 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Osler | 5,483 | 33.9 |
| Liberal | Lionel Conacher | 3,589 | 22.2 |
| | Total | 16,196 | |
1951 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Kelso Roberts | 7,308 | 57.1 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Newcombe | 2,972 | 23.2 |
| Liberal | William A. MacKenzie | 2,518 | 19.7 |
| | Total | 12,978 | |
1955 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Kelso Roberts | 5,150 | 54.6 |
| Liberal | Donald Plaxton | 2,409 | 25.5 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bruce Hewlett | 1,543 | 16.4 |
| Labor–Progressive | Ben Shek | 335 | 3.5 |
| | Total | 9,437 | |
1959 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Kelso Roberts | 5,265 | 59.4 |
| Liberal | Lance Evans | 2,469 | 27.9 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bruce Hewlett | 1,127 | 12.7 |
| | Total | 8,861 | |
1963 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
| Conservative | Kelso Roberts | 4,820 | 47.7 |
| Liberal | Mark MacGuigan | 4,042 | 40.0 |
| New Democrat | Gerald Solway | 1,026 | 10.2 |
| Communist | Rae Murphy | 152 | 1.5 |
| Social Credit Action | James Audy | 55 | 0.5 |
| | Total | 10,095 | |