1906 Toronto municipal election
In the 1906 Toronto municipal election, held January 1, 1906, Alderman Emerson Coatsworth ran against Controller Frank S. Spence for mayor of Toronto. The position of mayor was open as incumbent Thomas Urquhart declined to run for re-election.
The main issue of the campaign was liquor licensing as Spence, a leading prohibitionist, advocated the curtailing of licensed establishments in the city. Coatsworth defeated Spence by 4,000 votes. Proposals to reduce the number of liquor licenses for taverns and liquor stores were both defeated.[1]
Mayoral election change
- Results
- Emerson Coatsworth - 16,371
- Frank S. Spence - 12,328
Source:[2]
Board of Control change
Four members were elected to the Toronto Board of Control in an at-large vote. Three outgoing members were re-elected while Alfred Jones was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Controller Spence's decision to seek the mayoralty:
- Results
- William Peyton Hubbard (inc.) - 14,981
- S. Alfred Jones - 14,981
- J.J. Ward (inc.) - 13,779
- John Shaw (inc.) - 12,524
- Thomas Hastings - 11,019
Source:[2]
Plebiscite change
A referendum was held on a proposed by-law to reduce the number of liquor licenses in the city for both taverns and shops. The proposals were defeated:
- Tavern license reduction
- Yes - 13,039
- No - 14,726
- Liquor store license reduction
- Yes - 12,849:
No - 14,839 Source:[3]
Aldermen elected to City Council change
Three alderman were elected to sit on Toronto City Council in each of six wards.
- First Ward
- Daniel Chisholm (inc.) - 1,976
- Robert Fleming (inc.) - 1,665
- William Temple Stewart (inc.) - 1,474
- Edward Hales - 1,280
- James Wilson - 1,221
- J.M. Briggs - 180
- Second Ward
- Joseph Oliver (inc.) - 1,715
- Dr. John Noble (inc.) - 1,660
- Tommy Church (inc.) - 1,590
- Edward Strachan Cox - 1,507
- James Hales - 1,358
- David Carlyle - 1,137
- Thomas Foster - 997
- W.S. Johnston - 787
- W.A. Douglass - 366
- Frederick Burrows - 179
- Third Ward
- George Reginald Geary (inc.) - 3,100
- Oliver Barton Sheppard (inc.) - 2,603
- Sam McBride (inc.) - 2,544
- John Wilson Bengough - 2,375
- Frank Moses - 1,122
- J.A. Humphrey - 1,118
- John Dunlop - 204
- Fourth Ward
- Dr. D.W.S. Harrison (inc.) - 3,091
- Robert Crawford Vaughan (inc.) - 3,009
- George McMurrich - 2,385
- Fred Dane - 2,170
- E.J. Humphrey - 1,414
- Edward Hanlan - 1,310
- Fifth Ward
- John Dunn (inc.) - 2,849
- John Bell Hay (inc.) - 2,263
- Albert James Keeler (inc.) - 2,237
- Frank Woods - 2,055
- James Cooper Claxton- 2,055
- Sixth Ward
- James Henry McGhie (inc.) - 2,417
- John James Graham (inc.) - 2,071
- John Henry Adams - 1,567
- J. Harvey Hall - 1,065:Walter Mann - 742
- D.R. Bell - 642
- J.E. Stewart - 607
- W.H. Warrington - 436
- Thomas Cannon - 389
- Robert Buist Noble - 191
Source:[2]
References change
- ↑ "COATSWORTH AND LIQUOR; NESBITT MACHINE WINS: Majorities Against Spence and the Reduction By-laws FIGURES THAT SIGNIFY MUCH Coatsworth's Majorities Greatest in Strongholds of Liquor Men Controller Spence the Only Member of a Civic Board to Fail of Re-election Two Ex-Members and One New Aspirant Elected to the Council Ald. Jones Becomes a Member of the Board of Control No Change in the Board of Education-- Majorities Against the Reduction By-laws Large Controller Spence Attributes His Defeat to Effective Organization Formed For Defeat of Liquor License By-laws-- Coatsworth Calls it Victory of People", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]02 Jan 1906: 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Official Returns, Mayor 4,043 Majority", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]. 02 Jan 1906: 1.
- ↑ Lisense By-law Vote, Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]. 03 Jan 1906: 1.