1915 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy. Toronto mayor Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two prominent members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy, with Church the victor. As with most races of the period, it was also a contest between the two newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church. Results Tommy Church - 26,041 Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573 Board of Control The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, Frank S. Spence, and Joseph Elijah Thompson. John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751 Thomas Foster - 18,608 Frank S. Spence - 17,747 Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505 James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349 Fred McBrien - 15,447 John Wanless - 13,044 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) - 3,987 Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353 Robert Yeomans - 2,922 W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900 A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754 William Orr - 1,700 George Smith - 1,148 George Daniels - 765 George Wellings - 325 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586 Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134 Charles Beavis - 2,009 John Cooper - 1,789 Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993 J. George Ramsden - 2,107 John Skelton - 1,783 Albert Hassard - 884 Rudolph Paulich - 150 Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286 Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865 John Cowan - 2,339 Robert McLeod - 1,673 Henry Dworkin - 1,281 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298 John Warren - 3,578 John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498 Joseph May - 3,138 Alfred Moore - 964 Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727 Thomas Roden - 2,319 Joseph Gibbons - 3,724 George Birdsall - 2,524 D.C. MacGregor - 2,198 Albert Chamberlain - 1,491 Arthur Atkinson - 819 John Brown - 538 Kenneth McKenzie - 544 Richard Holmes - 417 George Pettit - 304 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218 William Henry Weir - 1,141 Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026 Alexander Chisholm - 400 Maxwell Armstrong - 292 Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies. Vacancy Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced. References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1915 Category:1915 elections in Canada 1915 Category:1915 in Ontario Category:January 1915 in North America Category:1910s in Toronto