Toronto municipal election, 1911

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

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

• Election Coverage. Toronto Globe. January 3, 1911

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