1918 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1918. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his fourth consecutive term in office. Toronto mayor Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. His opponent was Controller R.H. Cameron, who finished some ten thousand votes behind. Results Tommy Church (incumbent) - 27,605 R.H. Cameron - 17,995 Board of Control There was considerable change to the Board of Control in this election. Three new members were elected: Cameron created one vacancy by choosing to run for mayor, and Thomas Foster had also decided to not run again. Incumbent William Henry Shaw was defeated. John O'Neill (incumbent) - 24,952 William D. Robbins - 19,000 Sam McBride - 17,850 Charles A. Maguire - 17,711 William Henry Shaw (incumbent) - 14,255 D.C. MacGregor - 14,468 Garnet Archibald - 8,992 Miles Vokes - 2,720 Edward Meek - 2,262 City council thumb|right|500px|A map of Toronto's seven municipal wards as they existed from 1910 until the 1919 election when Ward 8 (East Toronto) would be added. (Source: Toronto Daily Star, 18 December 1909) Ward 1 (Riverdale) W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 4,744 Frank Marsden Johnson - 4,387 Richard Honeyford - 4,068 William Fenwick (incumbent) - 2, 866 Walter Brown - 1,961 James Jones - 1,024 Arthur J. Stubbings - 918 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - acclaimed J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - acclaimed Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 2,313 Fred McBrien (incumbent) - 2,186 F.W. Johnston - 1,857 Walter Garwood - 1,185 Charles W. Mugridge - 1,012 Thomas Vance - 915 Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) Arthur Russell Nesbitt (incumbent) - 2,813 John Cowan - 2,468 John C. McMulkin (incumbent) - 2,400 Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,365 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 4,347 W.R. Plewman - 4,228 Clifford Blackburn - 2,203 James Phinnemore - 1,799 James Coughlin - 965 Joseph Hubbard - 841 Thomas Vallentyne - 775 Albert Plenty - 649 Lewis Jarvis - 515 Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 5,951 George Birdsall - 4,411 Brook Sykes - 3,789 Alvin L. Gadsby - 3,701 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,461 William Henry Weir - 1,151 William Maher - 733 Peter Grant - 880 Robert Agnew - 1,095 Results taken from the January 1, 1919 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies. Vacancy Ward 7 Alderman William Henry Weir dies December 11, 1918 and is not replaced. References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1918 Category:1918 elections in Canada 1918 Category:1918 in Ontario Category:January 1918 in North America Category:1910s in Toronto