1908 Toronto municipal election

none Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1908. Mayor Emerson Coatsworth did not run for a third term. Joseph Oliver was elected to his first term as Mayor of Toronto. Oliver, who was considered a Liberal, defeated Alderman George Reginald Geary and Dr. Beattie Nesbitt who were both Conservative supporters as well as James Simpson, running as a socialist. Geary would go on to serve as mayor from 1910 to 1912 as well as sit as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1925 to 1935. Simpson would later serve on the Toronto Board of Control in 1914 and again in the 1930s and would be elected mayor in 1935. A plebiscite was also held which approved the creation of the publicly owned Toronto Hydro-Electric System and public ownership of the Toronto Suburban Railway and Toronto Eastern Railway, which were both interurban electric streetcar systems. Toronto mayor Results Joseph Oliver - 14,022 Alderman George Reginald Geary - 7,124 Dr Beattie Nesbitt - 6,504 James Simpson - 3,701 Miles Vokes - 964 Source: "OLIVER IS TORONTO'S MAYOR; NESBITT OVERWHELMED', The Globe, page 1, January 2, 1908. Plebiscite A plebiscite was held on "the power by-law" in municipalities across the province to create publicly owned municipal hydro-electric utilities in order to access hydro-electric power from Niagara Falls. The Toronto Hydro-Electric System (now Toronto Hydro) was created as a result. The plebiscite also authorized the city to take into public ownership the Toronto Suburban Railway and Toronto Eastern Railway, to create a public interurban electrical transit system referred to as a "hydro-radial" system."HYDRO-RADIAL PURCHASE SCHEME CARRIES AT POLLS: BOTH CITY AND COUNTRY FAVOR SUBURBAN AND EASTERN DEALS; NIAGARA WANTS N., S. & T. RADIAL Public Ownership Gains Another Great Triumph at the Municipal Elections--A Tribute to the Leadership of Sir Adam Beck DRURY STANDS PAT ON PRESENT POLICY Majority of . .. For Toronto Suburban Purchase and 1,792 for the Toronto Eastern--One Municipality Only Gives Adverse Vote in Niagara Peninsula, The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]03 Jan 1922: 1SUPPORT THE POWER BY-LAW The Globe (1844-1936); Dec 31, 1907; pg. 4 The by-law was approved in Toronto by a vote of 14,078 to 4,483."OLIVER IS TORONTO'S MAYOR; NESBITT OVERWHELMED', The Globe, pages 1 & 3, January 2, 1908 Board of Control Three incumbent members of the Toronto Board of Control were re-elected, Controller William Peyton Hubbard was displaced by Frank Spence. Horatio Clarence Hocken (incumbent) - 16,844 Frank S. Spence - 11,542 William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 10,310 J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 10,075 William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 9,203 John Shaw - 6,385 Robert Fleming - 5,648 Oliver B. Sheppard - 5,099 John Dunn - 4,435 John Enoch Thompson - 1,294 James Lindala - 1,220 Hugh MacMath - 1,013 Robert Buist Noble - 745 James O'Hara - 307 Joel Marvin Briggs - 232 Source: The Globe, page 3, January 2, 1908, and "MANY IN FIGHT FOR MAYORALTY: Seven Candidates Nominated at the City Hall WOULD-BE CONTROLLERS Large Crop of Nominees, Including Present Board Fifteen Men and One Woman in the List for Places on the Board of education-- The Socialists Have a Ticket-- Speeches of the Various Candidates FOR MAYOR", The Globe, 24 Dec 1907: 11. City council thumb|right|350px|Map of Toronto's six wards (1892-1909), published in The Globe, 1 January 1892. Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward. There were only two changes from the previous council, Alderman Hales was defeated in Ward 1 by William Temple Stewart and in Ward 3, Mark Bredin filled the seat vacated by Alderman Geary, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor. Ward 1 (Riverdale) Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,079 William Temple Stewart - 1,439 William J. Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,356 Edward Hales (incumbent) - 1,292 Zephaniah Hilton - 995 William Worrell - 991 John Coatsworth Graham - 481 Charles Fletcher Leidy - 360 Elgin Schoff - 138 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Tommy Church (incumbent) - 2,656 James Hales (incumbent) - 2,238 Thomas Foster (incumbent)- 1,921 William Norton Eastwood - 1,291 Ewart Farquahar - 864 William Alexander Douglass - 721 John Clark - 445 Josiah Rogers - 199 Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Sam McBride (incumbent)- 2,885 John Wilson Bengough (incumbent) - 2,382 Mark Bredin - 2,148 Wesley Sandfield Johnston - 998 Frank W. Johnston - 960 John Kirk - 771 William Earngey - 767 Julius H. Humphrey - 759 Frederick Hogg - 716 David Lorsch - 663 James Phinnemore - 239 Ward 4 (Area between Bathurst Street and University Avenue including Spadina) R.C. Vaughan (incumbent) - 3,492 George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,409 Thomas Alexander Lytle (incumbent) - 3,240 George Eakins Gibbard - 2,299 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 2,338 Peter Whytock (incumbent) - 2,152 Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 1,375 James Cooper Claxton - 1,216 Joseph May - 1,029 John Aldridge - 1,008 William Carlyle - 886 Alexander Stewart - 873 Thomas Gillies - 699 Frederick W. Jenkins - 552 William James King - 355 Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) James Henry McGhie - 2,498 John James Graham - 2,164 J.H. Adams - 1,347 James Arthur McCausland - 1,332 Fred McBrien - 1,017 Walter Mann - 824 Thomas Hurst - 774 John Edward Jarrott - 665 David Ruddick Bell - 594 Thomas Yates Egan - 546 George Fairles - 431 Walter Warrington - 276 Phillips Thompson - 265 Source: "MANY IN FIELD FOR ALDERMEN: Seventeen Candidates Running in Sixth Ward OLD MEMBERS LINED UP Aldermanic Candidates Favor Power By-law A Number off Them Advocate Purchase of Toronto Electric Ught Company's Plant-- Filtration of Water Favored by Many of Those Seeking Office", The Globe, 4 Dec 1907: 9 and References Results taken from the January 2, 1908 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies. Category:1908 elections in Canada 1908 Category:1908 in Ontario Category:1900s in Toronto Category:January 1908 in North America