1911 Toronto municipal election
Appearance
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor.
Toronto mayor
[edit]Mayor George Reginald Geary had been elected mayor the year previous 1910. His only opposition were two candidates who had never before held elected office. Herbert Capewell, who finished second, had no intention of winning and declared his campaign a protest against the city taking over public transit in the city from private companies.
- Results
- George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 30,931
- Herbert Capewell - 2,671
- Robert Buist Noble - 530
Board of Control
[edit]There was one change to the Board of Control as Toronto Daily Star founder Horatio Clarence Hocken won a seat at the expense of incumbent Thomas Foster.
- Horatio Clarence Hocken - 22,761
- Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 16,187
- J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,999
- Tommy Church (incumbent) - 15,760
- Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,540
- Thomas Davies - 3,285
City council
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- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,627
- Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 3,292
- Thomas N. Phelan (incumbent) - 3,200
- William J. Saunderson - 2,722
- Samuel Fieldhouse - 386
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,741
- Henry Adams Rowland (incumbent) - 2,472
- Robert Yeomans - 1,394
- Charles A. Risk - 1,376
- J.W. Siddall - 1,072
- Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
- Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,436
- Norman Heyd (incumbent) - 2,580
- Marmaduke Rawlinson - 2,559
- Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,530
- John Kirk - 780
- Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
- George R. Sweeny - 3,146
- George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,064
- George Weston (incumbent) - 2,814
- James Commeford - 2,452
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Joseph May (incumbent) - 3,428
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,422
- R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,224
- R.W. Dockeray - 2,777
- Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
- J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 3,724
- James Arthur McCausland (incumbent) - 3,712
- Fred McBrien - 3,697
- David Spence (incumbent) - 3,561
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - 1,452
- W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 966
- Edward Wakefield - 452
Results taken from the January 3, 1911 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.
References
[edit]- Election Coverage. Toronto Globe. January 3, 1911