St. Patrick (provincial electoral district)

St. Patrick
Ontario electoral district
	St. Patrick, 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	1967
First contested	1926
Last contested	1963

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
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
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

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution

**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