1892 Toronto municipal election

none Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 4, 1892. Robert John Fleming, was elected to his first term in office, defeating financier and Board of Trade president Edmund Boyd Osler, John McMillan, and former mayor and Member of Parliament James Beaty."FLEMING WINS THE FIGHT: He is Elected by Nearly 300 Majority SUNDAY CARS BADLY BEATEN Twenty Members of the Last Council Re-elected FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ADOPTED Some of the Best Men in Council Beheaded A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD NOTES OF THE CONTEST--THE WOMEN ELECT SEVERAL OF THEIR CANDIDATES--THE MAYOR-ELECT SPEAKS MR. FLEMING AT THE NEWS FROM THE TELEGRAM WINDOWS AT MR. OSLER'S COMMITTEE ROOMS AT M'MILLAN'S HEADQUARTERS MATORALTT RECAPITULATION SUNDAY CARS RECAPITULATION FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ALDERMANIC CONTESTS FIRST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE CONTESTS TWO MISSING SUBDIVISIONS NOTES", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1892: 8. Toronto mayor Results Robert John Fleming - 8,581 Edmund Boyd Osler - 8,204 John McMillan - 4,652 James Beaty - 597 Source:"MAYOR FLEMINGS FOURTH TRIUMPH: Re-elected by the Substantial Majority of 1,585 CITIZENS ENDORSE THE ISLAND STREET RAILWAY", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 1. Plebiscites Two plebiscites were conducted; one to soften Toronto's blue laws by allowing streetcars to operate on Sundays and a second on having school books provided to students for free. Sunday streetcars Yea - 9,950 Nay - 13,997 Free school books Yea - 11,346 Nay - 7,907 Source: Aldermen elected to City Council Wards were redrawn and consolidated for this election meaning some wards had more incumbents running than there were seats. Instead of 13 wards electing three alderman each, there were now six wards, each electing four alderman to sit on Toronto City Council. thumb|right|550px|Map of Toronto's newly redrawn wards, published in The Globe, 1 January 1892. First Ward Charles C. Small (incumbent) - 1,311 John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,272 George S. Macdonald - 944 W.T. Stewart - 896 Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 881 T. Allen (incumbent) - 857 J. Pape (incumbent) - 763 Second Ward John Hallam (incumbent) - 2,163 Daniel Lamb - 2,149 Thomas Foster - 1,530 David Carlyle - 1,519 Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 1,398 P. O'Connor - 1,071 K. Farquahar (incumbent) - 947 W.W. Park - 946 Third Ward Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,940 George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,195 Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,136 John Shaw (incumbent) - 2,010 John Flett (incumbent) - 1,961 W.J. Hill (incumbent) - 1,944 G.M. Rose (incumbent) - 1,924 William N. Hall - 930 Ernest A. Macdonald - 523 Fourth Ward William Carlyle - 2,795 William Burns (incumbent) - 2,451 James Jolliffe (incumbent) - 2,225 George Verral (incumbent) - 2,090 Frederick Phillips (incumbent) - 1,912 John Lucas - 1,521 Fifth Ward William Bell (incumbent) - 2,339 Thomas Crawford - 1,870 R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,843 John Bailey (incumbent) - 1,635 J.E. Verral (incumbent) - 1,363 T.K Rogers - 906 Peter Whittock - 484 John Mulvey - 238 Charles T. Pearce - 160 Sixth Ward James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,215 W.F. Atkinson (incumbent) - 1,201 Dr. J. O. Orr (incumbent) - 1,143 John Maloney (incumbent) - 1,096 William Crealock (incumbent) - 1,033 Hugh MacMath (incumbent) - 986 Thomas Murray - 799 George B. Boyle - 235 Source: and "FOUR OF THEM IN THE FIELD: Fleming, Osler, M'Millan, Beaty All Running YESTERDAY'S NOMINATIONS Mayor Clarke Enters a Vigorous Defence of Himself HOSTS OF ALDERMANE NOMINERES IN EVERY DISTRICT--A LADY TRUSTEE FOR EVERY WARD MR. SMITH BOOMS MR. OSLER MR. BEATY'S CLAIMS MR. FLEMING'S QUALIFICATIONS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR CLARKE MAYOR CLARKE DEFENCE HIMSELF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS SO MONEY IN IT MR. OSLER'S ADDRESS MR. BEATY SPEAKS", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]29 Dec 1891: 5-8 References Aldermanic results taken from the January 5, 1892, Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies. Category:1892 elections in Canada Category:Municipal elections in Toronto Category:1892 in Ontario