List of Political Figures With Ties To The Tories
- Henry Sherwood - Mayor of Toronto, MLA in the Parliament of Upper Canada and later Premier of Canada West
- William Henry Draper - MLA in the Parliament of Upper Canada and later Premier of Canada West
- Henry John Boulton - Solicitor General and Attorney General of Upper Canada
- Archibald Macdonald - MLA
- Archibald McLean - MLA, Speaker and jurist
- Marshall Spring Bidwell
- Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto
- Levius Peters Sherwood
- George Strange Boulton
- William Allan
- Augustus Warren Baldwin
- George Monro
- John Alexander Macdonald
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