Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1909. Joseph Oliver was easily re-elected to his second term as mayor. One of the central issues of the campaign was whether the city should construct a bridge over the Don River connecting to Danforth Avenue. A referendum was held as part of the vote, and the bridge was approved. It would be built as the Prince Edward Viaduct

Prince Edward Viaduct

The Prince Edward Viaduct System, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct or the viaduct, is the name of a truss arch bridge system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that connects Bloor Street East, on the west side of the system, with Danforth Avenue on the east...

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Toronto mayor

Joseph Oliver had been elected in the 1908 election, and was easily reelected while facing no serious opposition.

Results

Joseph Oliver - 27,128

Thomas Davies - 8,127

Lindaala - 1,735

Joel Marvin Briggs - 327

Board of Control

The election was accompanied by a referendum on reducing the number of licensed bars in the city by 40. The measure passed, but in a surprise upset Controller Frank S. Spence, who was the strongest advocate for the measure, was defeated.

George Reginald Geary

George Reginald Geary

George Reginald Geary, PC, OBE, MC, KC was Mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1910 to 1912.During his term in office he announced plans for a new Harbor board. Geary said, "We have a magnificent harbor but we have failed miserably to avail ourselves of nature's generosity...

- 20,136

Horatio Clarence Hocken

Horatio Clarence Hocken

Horatio Clarence Hocken was a Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto, social reformer and a founder of what became the Toronto Star....

(incumbent) - 17,630

J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,782

William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 14,037

Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 13,296

William Peyton Hubbard

William Peyton Hubbard

William Peyton Hubbard , City of Toronto Alderman from 1894 to 1914, was a popular and influential politician, of particular historical note as the city's first politician of African descent.-Early years:...

 - 11,391

James Hales - 8,462

Noble - 1,393

O'Harn - 808

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale

Riverdale, Toronto

Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south....

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Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,104

Zephaniah Hilton - 1,836

Andrew McMillan - 1,824

Thomas N. Phelan - 1,748

William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,392

William J. Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,246

Robert Fleming - 1,039

John Macpherson Ross - 912

William Totten - 488

William Worrell - 472

John Linden - 213

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown, Toronto

Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association....

 and Rosedale

Rosedale, Toronto

Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....

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Tommy Church (incumbent) - 2,776

John O'Neill - 2,496

Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 1,981

Noble - 1,421

Robert Yeomans - 1,241

Eastwood - 916

Farquahar - 517

Douglas - 502

Frederick Hogg - 359

Wallace - 328

Ward 3 (Central Business District

Downtown Toronto

Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west...

 and The Ward)

Mark Bredin (incumbent) - 2,989

R. Wilson Bengough (incumbent) - 2,630

Charles A. Maguire

Charles A. Maguire

Charles Alfred Maguire was mayor of Toronto from 1922-1923.Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown....

- 2,488

Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,391

Sheppard - 2,309

Stewart Nassau Hughes - 1,323

Gurofsky - 660

John Kirk - 519

Thomas Egan - 509

Paul Levi - 298

Ward 4 (Kensington Market

Kensington Market

Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that "Kensington...

 and Garment District)

George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,599

R.C. Vaughan (incumbent) - 2,173

Albert Welch - 2,974

Brandon - 2,735

Lytle (incumbent) - 2,248

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 3,191

John Dunn - 2,933

Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 2,946

Peter Whytock (incumbent) - 2,626

Joseph May - 2,213

John L. Richardson - 1,357

Robert William Dockeray - 1,792

Thomas Gillies - 519

Frederick Jenkins - 509

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale

Parkdale, Toronto

Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...

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James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 3,412

John James Graham - 3,013

Fred McBrien - 2,444

J.H. Adams - 2,430

James Arthur McCausland - 2,212

William Hodgson - 752

Thomas Mathison - 378