1915 Toronto municipal election explained

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy.

Toronto mayor

Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two prominent members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy, with Church the victor. As with most races of the period, it was also a contest between the two newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church.

Results

Tommy Church - 26,041

Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573

Board of Control

The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, Frank S. Spence, and Joseph Elijah Thompson.

John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751

Thomas Foster - 18,608

Frank S. Spence - 17,747

Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505

James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349

Fred McBrien - 15,447

John Wanless - 13,044

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 3,987

Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353

Robert Yeomans - 2,922

W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900

A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754

William Orr - 1,700

George Smith - 1,148

George Daniels - 765

George Wellings - 325

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028

Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586

Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134

Charles Beavis - 2,009

John Cooper - 1,789

Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)

Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356

Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993

J. George Ramsden - 2,107

John Skelton - 1,783

Albert Hassard - 884

Rudolph Paulich - 150

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)

R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286

Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865

John Cowan - 2,339

Robert McLeod - 1,673

Henry Dworkin - 1,281

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298

John Warren - 3,578

John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498

Joseph May - 3,138

Alfred Moore - 964

Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)

David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727

Thomas Roden - 2,319

Joseph Gibbons - 3,724

George Birdsall - 2,524

D.C. MacGregor - 2,198

Albert Chamberlain - 1,491

Arthur Atkinson - 819

John Brown - 538

Kenneth McKenzie - 544

Richard Holmes - 417

George Pettit - 304

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218

William Henry Weir - 1,141

Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026

Alexander Chisholm - 400

Maxwell Armstrong - 292

Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Vacancy

Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced.

References

Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1915