1892 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 4, 1892. Robert John Fleming, was elected to his first term in office, defeating financier and Board of Trade president Edmund Boyd Osler, John McMillan, and former mayor and Member of Parliament James Beaty.[1]

Toronto mayor change

Results
Robert John Fleming - 8,581
Edmund Boyd Osler - 8,204
John McMillan - 4,652
James Beaty - 597

Source: [2]

Plebiscites change

Two plebiscites were conducted; one to soften Toronto's blue laws by allowing streetcars to operate on Sundays and a second on having school books provided to students for free.

Sunday streetcars
Yea - 9,950
Nay - 13,997
Free school books
Yea - 11,346
Nay - 7,907

Source: [1]

Aldermen elected to City Council change

Wards were redrawn and consolidated for this election meaning some wards had more incumbents running than there were seats. Instead of 13 wards electing three alderman each, there were now six wards, each electing four alderman to sit on Toronto City Council.

 
Map of Toronto`s newly redrawn wards, published in The Globe, 1 January 1892.
First Ward
Charles C. Small (incumbent) - 1,311
John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,272
George S. Macdonald - 944
W.T. Stewart - 896
Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 881
T. Allen (incumbent) - 857
J. Pape (incumbent) - 763
Second Ward
John Hallam (incumbent) - 2,163
Daniel Lamb - 2,149
Thomas Foster - 1,530
David Carlyle - 1,519
Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 1,398
P. O'Connor - 1,071
K. Farquahar (incumbent) - 947
W.W. Park - 946
Third Ward
Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,940
George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,195
Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,136
John Shaw (incumbent) - 2,010
John Flett (incumbent) - 1,961
W.J. Hill (incumbent) - 1,944
G.M. Rose (incumbent) - 1,924
William N. Hall - 930
Ernest A. Macdonald - 523
Fourth Ward
William Carlyle - 2,795
William Burns (incumbent) - 2,451
James Jolliffe (incumbent) - 2,225
George Verral (incumbent) - 2,090
Frederick Phillips (incumbent) - 1,912
John Lucas - 1,521
Fifth Ward
William Bell (incumbent) - 2,339
Thomas Crawford - 1,870
R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,843
John Bailey (incumbent) - 1,635
J.E. Verral (incumbent) - 1,363
T.K Rogers - 906
Peter Whittock - 484
John Mulvey - 238
Charles T. Pearce - 160
Sixth Ward
James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,215
W.F. Atkinson (incumbent) - 1,201
Dr. J. O. Orr (incumbent) - 1,143
John Maloney (incumbent) - 1,096
William Crealock (incumbent) - 1,033
Hugh MacMath (incumbent) - 986
Thomas Murray - 799
George B. Boyle - 235

Source: [1] and [3]

References change

Aldermanic results taken from the January 5, 1892, Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "FLEMING WINS THE FIGHT: He is Elected by Nearly 300 Majority SUNDAY CARS BADLY BEATEN Twenty Members of the Last Council Re-elected FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ADOPTED Some of the Best Men in Council Beheaded A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD NOTES OF THE CONTEST--THE WOMEN ELECT SEVERAL OF THEIR CANDIDATES--THE MAYOR-ELECT SPEAKS MR. FLEMING AT THE NEWS FROM THE TELEGRAM WINDOWS AT MR. OSLER'S COMMITTEE ROOMS AT M'MILLAN'S HEADQUARTERS MATORALTT RECAPITULATION SUNDAY CARS RECAPITULATION FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ALDERMANIC CONTESTS FIRST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE CONTESTS TWO MISSING SUBDIVISIONS NOTES", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1892: 8.
  2. "MAYOR FLEMINGS FOURTH TRIUMPH: Re-elected by the Substantial Majority of 1,585 CITIZENS ENDORSE THE ISLAND STREET RAILWAY", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 1.
  3. "FOUR OF THEM IN THE FIELD: Fleming, Osler, M'Millan, Beaty All Running YESTERDAY'S NOMINATIONS Mayor Clarke Enters a Vigorous Defence of Himself HOSTS OF ALDERMANE NOMINERES IN EVERY DISTRICT--A LADY TRUSTEE FOR EVERY WARD MR. SMITH BOOMS MR. OSLER MR. BEATY'S CLAIMS MR. FLEMING'S QUALIFICATIONS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR CLARKE MAYOR CLARKE DEFENCE HIMSELF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS SO MONEY IN IT MR. OSLER'S ADDRESS MR. BEATY SPEAKS", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]29 Dec 1891: 5-8