St. Andrew (electoral district)

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St. Andrew was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was established to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and then Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was located in downtown Toronto, and was made up of the area to the east of Bathurst Street and west of Yonge Street, including Spadina Avenue and Kensington Market. The population of St. Andrew was largely immigrant, working class and Jewish. For many years it was one of the few electoral districts in North America to elect a Communist. J.B. Salsberg of the Labour-Progressive Party represented the riding from the 1943 election until his defeat in the 1955 election.

The riding was created in 1926, and existed until the 1967, when redistribution resulted in St. Andrew being merged with a neighbouring riding to form St. Andrew—St. Patrick.

St. Andrew riding took its name from the former "St. Andrew's ward of the City of Toronto.

[edit] MLAs/MPPs for St. Andrew

• William Robertson Flett, Conservative, (1926-1929)
• Ephraim Frederick Singer, Conservative, (1929-1934)
• John Judah Glass, Liberal, (1934-1943)
• J.B. Salsberg, Labour-Progressive Party, (1943-1955)
• Allan Grossman, Progressive Conservative, (1955-1967)

In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was changed to Member of Provincial Parliament