1911 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor. Four members of the Board of Control and seven councillors also were elected, through block voting and first past the post, respectively. Toronto mayor Mayor George Reginald Geary had been elected mayor the year previous 1910. His only opposition were two candidates who had never before held elected office. Herbert Capewell, who finished second, had no intention of winning and declared his campaign a protest against the city taking over public transit in the city from private companies. Results George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 30,931 Herbert Capewell - 2,671 Robert Buist Noble - 530 Board of Control There was one change to the Board of Control as Toronto Daily Star founder Horatio Clarence Hocken won a seat at the expense of incumbent Thomas Foster. Horatio Clarence Hocken - 22,761 Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 16,187 J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,999 Tommy Church (incumbent) - 15,760 Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,540 Thomas Davies - 3,285 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) Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,627 Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 3,292 Thomas N. Phelan (incumbent) - 3,200 William J. Saunderson - 2,722 Samuel Fieldhouse - 386 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,741 Henry Adams Rowland (incumbent) - 2,472 Robert Yeomans - 1,394 Charles A. Risk - 1,376 J.W. Siddall - 1,072 Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,436 Norman Heyd (incumbent) - 2,580 Marmaduke Rawlinson - 2,559 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,530 John Kirk - 780 Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) George R. Sweeny - 3,146 George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,064 George Weston (incumbent) - 2,814 James Commeford - 2,452 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Joseph May (incumbent) - 3,428 John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,422 R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,224 R.W. Dockeray - 2,777 Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 3,724 James Arthur McCausland (incumbent) - 3,712 Fred McBrien - 3,697 David Spence (incumbent) - 3,561 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - 1,452 W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 966 Edward Wakefield - 452 Results taken from the January 3, 1911 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies. References Election Coverage. Toronto Globe. January 3, 1911 External links March 7, 2026 https://canadaehx.com/2021/08/24/the-elections-1911/ The Elections: 1911 Craig Baird August 24, 2021 Canadian History Ehx Category:1911 elections in Canada 1911 Category:1911 in Ontario Category:1910s in Toronto Category:January 1911 in North America