Toronto municipal election, 1918
Encyclopedia
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1918. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his fourth consecutive term in office.
, who finished some ten thousand votes behind.
Results
in this election. Three new members were elected: Cameron created one vacancy by choosing to run for mayor, and Thomas Foster had also decided to not run again. Incumbent William Henry Shaw was defeated.
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Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
and Rosedale
)
Ward 3 (Central Business District
and The Ward)
Ward 4 (Kensington Market
and Garment District)
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
)
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Results taken from the January 1, 1919 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Toronto mayor
Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. His opponent was Controller R.H. CameronR.H. Cameron
Robert Henderson Cameron was a Toronto manufacturer and politician. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1867 and came to Canada as a child with his family in the early 1870s....
, who finished some ten thousand votes behind.
Results
- Tommy Church (incumbent) - 27,605
- R.H. CameronR.H. CameronRobert Henderson Cameron was a Toronto manufacturer and politician. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1867 and came to Canada as a child with his family in the early 1870s....
- 17,995
Board of Control
There was considerable change to the Board of ControlToronto Board of Control
Toronto Board of Control was a part of the municipal government of Toronto, Canada from 1904 until its abolition in 1969 and served as the executive committee of Toronto City Council. It consisted of four councillors elected city wide and was presided over by the mayor. Each voter could vote for up...
in this election. Three new members were elected: Cameron created one vacancy by choosing to run for mayor, and Thomas Foster had also decided to not run again. Incumbent William Henry Shaw was defeated.
- John O'Neill (incumbent) - 24,952
- William D. RobbinsWilliam D. RobbinsWilliam Dullam Robbins was the 45th Mayor of Toronto from 1936 to 1937. He was appointed mayor after the death of incumbent Sam McBride and remained in office until defeated by Ralph Day in the 1937 elections. Robbins was considered a representative of labour in Toronto city politics, but was also...
- 19,000 - Sam McBride - 17,850
- Charles A. MaguireCharles A. MaguireCharles Alfred Maguire was mayor of Toronto from 1922-1923.Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown....
- 17,711 - William Henry Shaw (incumbent) - 14,255
- D.C. MacGregor - 14,468
- Garnet Archibald - 8,992
- Miles Vokes - 2,720
- Edward Meek - 2,262
City council
Ward 1 (RiverdaleRiverdale, 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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- W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 4,744
- Frank Marsden Johnson - 4,387
- Richard Honeyford - 4,068
- Walter Brown - 1,961
- James Jones - 1,024
- Arthur J. Stubbings - 918
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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- Herbert Henry BallHerbert Henry BallHerbert Henry Ball was a Canadian politician and journalist.On October 24, 1885, he married Mary Ann Martin in Bristol, Somerset, England. In 1886, Ball and his wife emigrated to Canada, settling north of Toronto in an area then known as Davisville...
(incumbent) - acclaimed - J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - acclaimed
- Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - acclaimed
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)
- J. George RamsdenJ. George RamsdenJoseph George Ramsden was a long active municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Thornhill and first became active in politics working for Alexander Mackenzie in a York East by-election. He served for fifteen years as Chief Inspector for the Department of Indian Affairs, which saw...
(incumbent) - 2,313 - Fred McBrien (incumbent) - 2,186
- F.W. Johnston - 1,857
- Walter Garwood - 1,185
- Charles W. Mugridge - 1,012
- Thomas Vance - 915
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)
- Arthur Russell NesbittArthur Russell NesbittArthur Russell Nesbitt was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 4 beginning in 1920, was subsequently elected to the Toronto Board of Control and then was elected provincially representing Toronto Northwest and then Bracondale in the Legislative...
(incumbent) - 2,813 - John Cowan - 2,468
- John C. McMulkin (incumbent) - 2,400
- Louis SingerLouis SingerLouis M. Singer, K.C., was a Toronto lawyer and the first Jewish candidate to win election to Toronto City Council.Singer was born in Austria in 1885 and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was three years old. He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto and had to pay for his own...
(incumbent) - 2,365
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 4,347
- W.R. Plewman - 4,228
- Clifford Blackburn - 2,203
- James Phinnemore - 1,799
- James Coughlin - 965
- Joseph Hubbard - 841
- Thomas Vallentyne - 775
- Albert Plenty - 649
- Lewis Jarvis - 515
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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- Joseph GibbonsJoseph Gibbons (Toronto)Joseph Gibbons was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born on a farm outside of Waterloo, Ontario and moved to Toronto in the 1890s. There he found worked as a streetcar driver. He first piloted the horse drawn streetcars up Yonge Street and then served for fifteen years as a driver...
(incumbent) - 5,951 - George Birdsall - 4,411
- Brook Sykes - 3,789
- Alvin L. Gadsby - 3,701
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,461
- William Henry Weir - 1,151
- William Maher - 733
- Peter Grant - 880
- Robert Agnew - 1,095
Results taken from the January 1, 1919 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.