1911 Toronto municipal election explained

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor.

Toronto mayor

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

    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

    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

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