High Park (provincial electoral district)

High Park
Ontario electoral district
	High Park, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution.
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1925
District abolished	1975
First contested	1926
Last contested	1971
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto, Ontario

High Park was a provincial electoral district in the west-end of the old City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1975. It was mostly redistributed into the High Park—Swansea electoral district for the 1975 Ontario general election.

The High Park provincial electoral district was notable for its electors defeating the incumbent Premier, and their Member of Provincial Parliament, George Drew, in the 1948 provincial election. He lost his seat over the issue of temperance; even though his Conservatives were returned with a majority government. The old City of West Toronto Junction had been an alcohol-free area since even before it was annexed by Toronto back in 1909, and those "dry-laws" were still current at the time of the 1948 election. So when Drew's government passed a new law that allowed "cocktail bars" to open in the province, his local constituents were not pleased, allowing the aptly named temperance candidate, "Temperance Bill" Temple of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to win.

The provincial riding had a number of colourful Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) including Drew, and his successor William Horace Temple as well as the district's final representative, Doctor Morton Shulman. The district was abolished during the 1975 redistribution, placing most of it in the new High Park—Swansea district. As of 2013, the territory it represented belongs in the current Parkdale—High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport districts.

Members of Provincial Parliament

High Park
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Prior to 1926 part of York West constituency*
17th	1926–1929		William Baird	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		George Drew	Conservative
22nd	1945–1948		George Drew	Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		William Temple	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Alf Cowling	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Morton Shulman	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Morton Shulman	New Democratic
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
*Merged into High Park—Swansea and Parkdale constituencies after 1975*

Election results

1926 Boundaries

**1926 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	William A. Baird	10,563	60.8
Prohibitionist	W.A. MacMaster	6,809	39.2
	Total	17,372

**1929 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	William A. Baird	8,448	64.5
Prohibitionist	Minerva Reid	4,653	35.5
	Total	13,101

1934 Boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

**1934 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	William A. Baird	8,742	41.8
Liberal	J.O. Culnan	7,908	37.8
Co-operative Commonwealth	D.M. LeBourdais	4,251	20.3
	Total	20,901

**1937 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	William A. Baird	9,442	47.2
Liberal	B.A. Ritchie	7,270	36.3
Co-operative Commonwealth	Carroll Coburn	3,305	16.5
	Total	20,840

1943 Boundaries

**1943 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	George A. Drew	7,729	41.9
Co-operative Commonwealth	W.H. Temple	7,210	39.1
Liberal	L.A. Leslie	3,366	18.2
Socialist Labour	W.E Hendry	151	0.8
	Total	18,456

**1945 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	George A. Drew	12,349	57.3
Co-operative Commonwealth	Lewis Duncan	9,212	42.7
	Total	21,561

**1948 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth	W.H. Temple	11,561	42.1
Conservative	George A. Drew	10,546	38.4
Liberal	H. Stephens	5,358	19.5
	Total	27,465

1951 Boundaries

**1951 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	Alfred Cowling	10,318	44.2
Co-operative Commonwealth	William H. Temple	7,947	34.1
Liberal	Earl Selkirk	5,056	21.7
	Total	23,321

1955 Boundaries

**1955 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	Alfred Cowling	7,743	42.6
Co-operative Commonwealth	William H. Temple	5,573	30.6
Liberal	Herbert W. Powell	4,438	24.4
Labor–Progressive	Helen Weir	430	2.4
	Total	18,184

**1959 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	Alfred Cowling	6,587	40.4
Liberal	Paul Staniszewski	5,056	31.0
Co-operative Commonwealth	William H. Temple	4,257	26.1
Labor–Progressive	John Weir	390	2.4
	Total	16,290

1963 Boundaries

**1963 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Conservative	Alfred Cowling	7,684	42.8
Liberal	Paul Staniszewski	6,743	37.6
New Democratic	Andy Mays	3,415	19.0
Social Credit	R.A. Reesor	114	0.6
	Total	17,956

1967 boundaries

**1967 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
New Democrat	Morton Shulman	12,888	49.6
Liberal	Paul Staniszewski	6,614	25.5
Conservative	Alfred Cowling	6,475	24.9
	Total	25,977

**1971 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
New Democratic	Morton Shulman	16,509	54.6
Conservative (historical)	Yuri Shymko	9,228	30.5
Liberal	Laima Svegeda	4,284	14.2
Social Credit	Geza Matrai	230	0.8
	Total	30,251