1911 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor to a second term.
Toronto mayor[change | change source]
Mayor Geary's 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[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Election Coverage. Toronto Globe. January 3, 1911