Toronto municipal election, 1930
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1930. In a close mayoral election Bert Wemp
ousted two term incumbent Sam McBride. The main issue of the election was a proposed downtown beautification scheme that would have rebuilt roads in the core. The proposal was rejected in a referendum after voters in the suburbs voted against it. McBride was the plan's leading proponent, and its rejection hurt his reelection bid.
McBride had been elected mayor in 1928 and had been in office two years. He was defeated by controller and Toronto Telegram
editor Bert Wemp
by 4,378 votes. Also running was controller A.E. Hacker, but he finished in distant third.
Results
elected in the last election was running for reelection: W.A. Summerville. Hacker and Wemp had both chosen to run for mayor. Joseph Gibbons
had been appointed to the board of Toronto Hydro
and was replaced mid-term by Alderman Frank Whetter, but he was defeated when he tried to run for a full term. Elected were two candidates considered representatives of labour: James Simpson
and William D. Robbins
. The other new Controller was Claude Pearce, who had strong support from Roman Catholic voters.
Results
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Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
and Rosedale
)
Ward 3 (Central Business District
)
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, 1930 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Bert Wemp
Bert Sterling Wemp was a Canadian journalist and mayor of Toronto.Born in Tweed, Ontario, he was raised in Cabbagetown and attended Dufferin School and Jarvis Collegiate Institute. In 1905, he joined the Toronto Telegram working as a suburban editor, editor, city editor, and head of the court bureau...
ousted two term incumbent Sam McBride. The main issue of the election was a proposed downtown beautification scheme that would have rebuilt roads in the core. The proposal was rejected in a referendum after voters in the suburbs voted against it. McBride was the plan's leading proponent, and its rejection hurt his reelection bid.
Toronto mayor
Toronto Telegram
The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at both the federal and provincial level. The paper competed with the liberal Toronto Star...
editor Bert Wemp
Bert Wemp
Bert Sterling Wemp was a Canadian journalist and mayor of Toronto.Born in Tweed, Ontario, he was raised in Cabbagetown and attended Dufferin School and Jarvis Collegiate Institute. In 1905, he joined the Toronto Telegram working as a suburban editor, editor, city editor, and head of the court bureau...
by 4,378 votes. Also running was controller A.E. Hacker, but he finished in distant third.
Results
- Bert WempBert WempBert Sterling Wemp was a Canadian journalist and mayor of Toronto.Born in Tweed, Ontario, he was raised in Cabbagetown and attended Dufferin School and Jarvis Collegiate Institute. In 1905, he joined the Toronto Telegram working as a suburban editor, editor, city editor, and head of the court bureau...
- 54,309 - Sam McBride - 49,933
- A.E. Hacker - 3,210
Board of Control
Only one member 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...
elected in the last election was running for reelection: W.A. Summerville. Hacker and Wemp had both chosen to run for mayor. 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...
had been appointed to the board of Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro
The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto. In 2005 the utility served a peak load of over 5,000 MW and had nearly 600,000 residential and 70,000 commercial and industrial customers, and had around 1,600 employees. In 2005 the corporation...
and was replaced mid-term by Alderman Frank Whetter, but he was defeated when he tried to run for a full term. Elected were two candidates considered representatives of labour: James Simpson
James Simpson (politician)
James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario...
and 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...
. The other new Controller was Claude Pearce, who had strong support from Roman Catholic voters.
Results
- W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 47,418
- Claude Pearce - 46,692
- James SimpsonJames Simpson (politician)James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario...
- 44,921 - 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...
- 39,023 - Benjamin Miller - 37,156
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 31,772
- Brook Sykes - 28,043
- Wesley Benson - 25,054
- Harry Bradley - 2,617
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....
)
- Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 8,567
- Robert Allen (incumbent) - 7,187
- Lorne Trull - 6,382
- Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 5,047
- William Taylor - 3,184
- Harry Perkins - 1,837
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....
)
- John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 6,754
- John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,972
- James Cameron (incumbent) - 5,017
- Joseph Miller - 5,386
- Robert Yeomans - 4,191
- Hugh Sutherland - 3,486
- Frank Gallagher - 1,010
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...
)
- 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...
- 6,256 - Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,562
- Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,286
- H.L. Rogers - 4,211
- George Yorke - 4,102
- Wallace Kennedy - 2,576
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)
- Samuel FactorSamuel Factor (Canadian politician)Samuel "Sam" Factor, KC was a Canadian politician, lawyer and jurist and the first Jewish Member of Parliament elected to the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario.-Background:...
(incumbent) - 4,022 - Nathan PhillipsNathan Phillips (politician)Nathan Phillips, KC was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario.-Early life:Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later...
(incumbent) - 3,995 - Charles Ward - 3,386
- John McMulkin - 3,086
- George King - 1,941
- Jacob Romer - 1,124
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- William James StewartWilliam James StewartWilliam James Stewart was a Canadian politician. Stewart also owned and operated the Bates and Dodds Funeral Home on Queen Street West in Toronto.- Mayor of Toronto :...
(incumbent) - 6,060 - Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 5,035
- Robert Leslie - 5,013
- Louis Fine - 3,825
- James Phinnemore - 3,111
- Garnet Archibald - 2,765
- Mary McNab - 1,161
- Max Shur - 317
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 Wright (incumbent) - 10,576
- D.C. MacGregor - 8,330
- John Boland (incumbent) - 7,325
- John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,125
- S.I. Wright - 5,404
- Joseph King - 978
- James Gill - 912
- Albert Smith - 550
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- William J. WadsworthWilliam J. WadsworthWilliam J. Wadsworth was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Canada.He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto his family moved to the West Toronto Junction while he was still a youth...
(incumbent) - 5,701 - Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 4,576
- Samuel Ryding - 4,381
- John Whetton - 2,861
- George Watson - 830
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...
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- Walter Howell (incumbent) - 7,921
- Ernest Bray - 7,569
- Albert Burnese (incumbent) - 7,123
- Robert Baker (incumbent) - 7,037
- William Robertston - 2,978
Results taken from the January 2, 1930 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.