1926 Toronto municipal election

Canadian elections September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1926. Thomas Foster was reelected mayor. Toronto mayor Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his second consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by former Controller R.H. Cameron, but won easy reelection. The central issue was whether the suburban radial lines, such as the Toronto and York Radial Railway, should be taken away from Toronto Hydro and merged into the Toronto Transportation Commission. While Cameron, the main advocate of the position, lost the election the policy was enacted in 1927. Results Thomas Foster - 47,771 R.H. Cameron - 38,045 Samuel Fieldhouse - 916 Board of Control There was one change in the membership of the Board of Control. Alderman Sam McBride made his first run for the Board and finished second. This pushed William D. Robbins into fifth and off the board. Results Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 37,608 Sam McBride - 36,211 A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 31,427 D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 30,975 William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 30,320 William C. McBrien - 29,923 Bert Wemp - 28,024 Frank Whetter - 21,722 W.E. Hamilton - 2,590 City council Ward 1 (Riverdale) W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 6,359 George J. Smith (incumbent) - 6,252 Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 5,158 Richard Honeyford - 4,179 Robert Allen - 2,548 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,857 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 5,606 John R. Beamish - 5,501 Charles Reed - 3,753 Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 5,463 J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 4,785 Andrew Carrick - 4,262 William Beaton - 3,716 Wallace Kennedy - 1,916 Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) Ian Macdonnell - 4,588 Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,292 Samuel Factor - 2,570 William Hevey - 2,577 John Young - 811 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 6,539 William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,125 Benjamin Miller (incumbent) - 5,191 Phinnemore - 3,407 John Macdonald - 1,596 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Samuel Thomas Wright (incumbent) - 8,951 John Laxton (incumbent) - 6,791 John Boland - 6,312 William Willard - 5,121 William Maltby - 4,712 Richard Tuthill - 3,028 James Black - 829 James Muldowney - 667 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 4,451 Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 4,283 William C. Davidson - 3,989 Alexander Chisholm - 3,219 Hall - 398 Barnetson - 252 Ward 8 (East Toronto) Robert Baker (incumbent) - 6,900 Walter Howell - 5,587 Robert Dibble (incumbent) - 5,587 William Robertston (incumbent) - 4,994 Joseph Turner - 2,779 Isaac Pimblett - 2,195 Albert Burnese - 3,348 Results taken from the January 2, 1926 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies. References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 2, 1926 Toronto municipal election 1926 Toronto municipal election