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Toronto municipal election, 1921

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Date
  
1 January 1921

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1921. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to an unprecedented seventh consecutive term in office.

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Toronto mayor

Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. He was opposed by Sam McBride, who had also challenged Church for the mayoralty in the previous election.

Results
Tommy Church - 35,959 Sam McBride - 19,966

Board of Control

Two sitting members of the Board of Control were defeated: J. George Ramsden and R.H. Cameron.

Results
Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 34,141 Wesley Hiltz - 22,615 Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 18,612 A.R. Nesbitt - 19,202 William D. Robbins - 18,015 R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 17,872 J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 17,393 Herbert Henry Ball - 16,911

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,637 F.M. Johnson (incumbent) - 3,829 A.H. Wagstaff - 2,807 W.A. Summerville - 2,447 W.J. Story - 1,106 A.J. Stubbings - 944 J.E. Barnett - 872 W.J. Carmichael - 275 T. Rennick - 257 W.S.B. Armstrong - 195
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,436 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,086 J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,836 J.M. Day - 1,402 Frederick Hogg - 1,190 W.J. Street - 966 Andrew Ruppert - 535 K. Frawley - 494
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Alfred Burgess (incumbent) - 2,685 George Rose - 1,867 Constance Hamilton (incumbent) - 1,815 F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,614 C.A. Reed - 1,608 Aubrey Bond - 1,604 Andrew Carrick - 1,182 Robert Morse - 211
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,698 Ethel Small - 2,616 Joseph Singer (incumbent) - 2,413 A.G. McIntyre - 2,063 C.W. Mogridge - 811 Lewis LeGrow - 431
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 4,699 James Phinnemore (incumbent) - 4,103 A.E. Hacker - 3,619 W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,448 R.H. Palmer - 1,040 J.J. Hubbard - 1,033 A. Plenty - 818
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
George Birdsall (incumbent) - 7,289 D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 6,919 Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 6,581 Earl Hodgson - 1,900 Hattie Stevens - 1,706 R.J. Bradfield - 1,456 R.J. Kirk - 1,305
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 2,257 Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 2,130 H.M Davy - 1,894 A. Chisholm - 1,418 James Simpson - 1,142
Ward 8 (East Toronto)
Frederick Baker (incumbent) - 3,069 George Cruise - 2,745 Frances Maxwell (incumbent) - 2,499 W.H. Ford - 1,673 H. Ingram - 960 Hector Demers - 931 F.P. England - 608

Results taken from the January 2, 1921 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

Toronto municipal election, 1921 Wikipedia