1911 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor.

Toronto mayor[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Election Coverage. Toronto Globe. January 3, 1911