Toronto municipal election, 1920
Encyclopedia
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1920. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his sixth consecutive term in office. The most notable feature of the election was Constance Hamilton
winning a seat in Ward 3. She became the first woman elected to as high a post in any government in Ontario.
Results
were elected. J. George Ramsden
and Joseph Gibbons
. One of the vacancies was created by McBride's decision to run for mayor. Sitting Controller William D. Robbins
was the only incumbent defeated.
Results
)
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)
Ward 8 (East Toronto
)
Results taken from the January 2, 1920 edition of The Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.
Constance Hamilton
Constance Easton Hamilton was the first woman member of Toronto City Council and the first woman in Ontario to hold elected office at either the federal, provincial, or municipal level...
winning a seat in Ward 3. She became the first woman elected to as high a post in any government in Ontario.
Toronto mayor
Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. He was opposed by Controller Sam McBride and James M.H. Ballantyne who was Labour's candidate. Church was reelected ,but not by an overwhelming margin.Results
- Tommy Church (incumbent) - 25,689
- Sam McBride - 20,775
- James M.H. Ballantyne - 5,573
Board of Control
Two new members of 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...
were elected. J. George Ramsden
J. George Ramsden
Joseph 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...
and Joseph Gibbons
Joseph 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...
. One of the vacancies was created by McBride's decision to run for mayor. Sitting Controller William D. Robbins
William D. Robbins
William 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...
was the only incumbent defeated.
Results
- 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....
(incumbent) - 28,438 - 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...
- 23,269 - 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....
(incumbent) - 21,055 - 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...
- 18,473 - 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...
(incumbent) - 17,716 - 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...
- 16,506 - James SimpsonJames Simpson (politician)James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario...
- 10,832 - Wright - 7,927
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....
)
- Frank Marsden Johnson (incumbent) - 3,737
- Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,508
- W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 3,507
- A.H. Wagstaff - 2,329
- Arthur J. Stubbings - 1,699
- William J. Story - 1,340
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....
)
- J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,884
- John Winnett (incumbent) - 2,675
- Charles A. Risk - 2,661
- Clara Brett MartinClara Brett MartinClara Brett Martin , born to Abram and Elizabeth Martin, a well-to-do Anglican-Irish family, opened the way for women to become lawyers in Canada by being the first in the British Empire in 1897....
- 1,314 - Frederick Hogg - 1,286
- Joseph Kent - 988
- John N. Day - 668
- Harry Hine - 463
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)
- F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,835
- Alfred Burgess - 1,825
- Constance HamiltonConstance HamiltonConstance Easton Hamilton was the first woman member of Toronto City Council and the first woman in Ontario to hold elected office at either the federal, provincial, or municipal level...
- 1,626 - Charles W. Mugridge (incumbent) - 1,388
- George Rose - 1,369
- John W. Beatty - 1,284
- William Harper - 945
- Harry Winberg - 943
- William Stevenson - 383
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)
- Joseph Singer - 2,791
- 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) - 2,609 - John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,227
- Adam G. McIntyre - 2,142
- Lewis LeGrow - 1,165
- George J. Castle - 486
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 3,630
- W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,624
- James Phinnemore - 2,510
- George H. Gustar - 2,449
- A.E. Hacker - 1,596
- William B. Hunter - 1,253
- J.J. Hubbard - 1,157
- John W. Huggins - 1,010
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...
)
- George Birdsall (incumbent) - 6,454
- D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 6,217
- Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 5,678
- Alvin L. Gadsby - 2,214
- O. Earl Hodgson - 1,131
- William C. Dicks - 946
- William Brant - 606
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,697
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,418
- William Maher (incumbent) - 1,327
- George T. Bond - 1,166
- Ernest A. Dalton - 773
Ward 8 (East Toronto
East Toronto
East Toronto, Ontario was an incorporated community in what is today a part of the city of Toronto, Canada. It covered much of what is today the Upper Beaches neighbourhood, stretching up to Danforth Avenue in the north. The central street in the community was Main Street, running south from...
)
- Frederick Baker (incumbent) - 2,285
- Frances Maxwell- 2,147
- William M. Miskelly (incumbent) - 2,118
- Walter Brown - 1,884
Results taken from the January 2, 1920 edition of The Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.