1914 Toronto municipal election

Canadian election September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1914. H.C. Hocken was reelected mayor defeating Fred McBrien. The election was also notable for the victory of Louis Singer, the first representative of Toronto's large Jewish community elected to city council. Toronto mayor Hocken had been mayor since 1912, as a founder of the Toronto Daily Star he was strongly supported by that newspaper and opposed by its rival the Toronto Telegram. In the 1914 election the Telegram supported Alderman McBrien, but Hocken won by a significant margin. Two other candidates ran, but received little support: Alderman Alfred Burgess and Birks. Results H.C. Hocken (incumbent) - 21,218 Fred McBrien - 16,641 Alfred Burgess - 3,725 James Birks - 1,511 Board of Control The Board of Control election was also a victory for the Star. Most notably labour leader James Simpson was elected at the top of the poll while incumbent Telegram favourite Thomas Foster was defeated. James Simpson - 20,695 J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 17,490 Tommy Church (incumbent) - 17,085 John O'Neill (incumbent) - 14,597 Joseph Elijah Thompson - 14,233 Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 13,929 Robert Yeomans - 11,708 A. J. H. Eckardt - 7,755 City council thumb|right|500px|A map of Toronto's seven municipal wards as they existed for elections for elections from 1910 until 1918, inclusive. (Source: Toronto Daily Star, 18 December 1909) Ward 1 (Riverdale) William D. Robbins (incumbent) - acclaimed Albert Walton (incumbent) - acclaimed W. W. Hiltz - acclaimed Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) H.A. Rowland (incumbent) - 3,732 Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 2,267 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,813 James Lindala - 866 Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Charles A. Maguire - 4,245 F.S. Spence - 2,918 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,806 Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,770 G.J. Castle - 809 Rudolph Paulich - 135 Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) J. Wanless (incumbent) - 2,667 R.H. Cameron - 2,101 Louis Singer - 1,842 A.B. Farmer - 1,571 Robert McLeod - 1,308 A.E. Hacker - 1,002 A.R. Williamson - 995 G.R. Sweeny - 906 Harry Winberg - 240 G.H. Pettit - 211 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,087 R.H. Graham - 3,076 John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,023 Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,754 G.S.C. Garrett - 2,416 R.W. Dockeray - 2,115 Alfred Moore - 452 Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) David Spence (incumbent) - 5,822 C.H. Maybee (incumbent) - 5,200 W.H. Smith - 4,847 T.J. Ryan - 2,669 S.H. Hurst - 1,472 Richard Holmes - 592 W.H. Stevens - 343 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Frank Whetter - 750 Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 678 J.G. Wright - 539 W.J. Dalton - 525 Alexander Chisholm - 390 William Henry Weir - 294 Maxwell Armstrong - 164 A.M. Wilson - 166 J.A. Macdonald - 120 J.C. McClelland - 82 Results taken from the January 2, 1914 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies. References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1914 Category:1914 elections in Canada 1914 Category:1914 in Ontario Category:January 1914 in North America Category:1910s in Toronto