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Toronto municipal election, 1911

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2 January 1911

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

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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

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

Toronto municipal election, 1911 Wikipedia


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