1910 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 1 January 1910. George Reginald Geary was elected to his first term as mayor.[1] Two proposals were also approved by the voters:
Three by-laws were also voted on, two passed. The approved by-laws were:
- Building new buildings on the land of the Canadian National Exhibition;
- Building more fire and police stations.[1]
The by-law that failed to win approval was the one calling for the extension of Bloor Street by means of a viaduct.[1]
Voting eligibility change
Unlike today, many people were not allowed to vote. Women could only vote if they owned land and were either not married or widowed. [2] There were also limits on which men could vote and people who didn't own land weren't allowed to vote on certain questions.
Toronto mayor change
Mayor Joseph Oliver did not run for re-election. George Reginald Geary had run for the mayor's office in 1908 but lost to Oliver before winning a seat on the Board of Control (the city council's executive) the next year. In an open race in 1910, Geary's main opponent was fellow Controller Horatio Clarence Hocken, founder of the Toronto Star and social reformer whom he defeated by 4,000 votes.
- Results[1]
- George Reginald Geary - 18,996
- Horatio Clarence Hocken - 14,999
- Thomas Davies - 644
- Robert Buist Noble - 192
- Joel Marvin Briggs - 93
Board of Control change
All results are sourced from the 3 January 1910 The Globe, page one.
- Frank S. Spence - 13,879
- J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 13,401
- Tommy Church - 12,657
- Thomas Foster - 10,841
- William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 9,946
- William Peyton Hubbard - 9,498
- Mark Bredin - 8,708
- James Henry McGhie - 7,511
- James Hales - 5,852
- Albert Chamberlain - 2,730
City council change
- Ward 1
- Thomas N. Phelan - 3,194
- Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,887
- Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 2,402
- William J. Saunderson - 1,957
- Andrew McMillan (incumbent) - 1,550
- James William Jackson - 1,449
- Ward 2
- John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,544
- Henry Adams Rowland - 1,877
- William J. Hambly - 1,647
- Robert Yeomans - 1,234
- Donald Urquhart - 900
- James Edward Forfar - 573
- Frederick Hogg - 460
- James O'Hara - 269
- Frederick Burrows - 186
- Ward 3
- Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,623
- Sam McBride - 2,759
- Norman Heyd - 2,619
- Stewart Nassau Hughes - 1658
- John Kirk - 1,291
- Ward 4
- George Weston - 2,895
- Albert Welch (incumbent) - 2,226
- George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,228
- James Commeford - 1,776
- A.E. Hacker - 1,602
- A.R. Williamson - 1,462
- J.N Sloan - 483
- Ward 5[3]
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,605
- Joseph May - 2,508
- Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 2,023
- Robert William Dockeray - 1,792
- Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 1,764
- Peter Whytock - 1,698
- John L. Richardson - 1,414
- Richard Pugh Powell - 730
- Ward 6[1]
- Jesse O. McCarthy - 3,276
- James Arthur McCausland - 2,992
- David Spence - 2,571
- Fred McBrien - 2,562
- John James Graham (incumbent) - 1,830
- Thomas Edward Earls - 235
- Ward 7[4]
- A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - acclaimed
- William Alexander Baird (incumbent) - acclaimed
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Controller Geary elected mayor". The Globe. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 1.
- ↑ "William Holmes Howland (b. 1844-d.1893) Mayor of Toronto - 1886-1887". Toronto History: Mayors and Reeves. Toronto: City of Toronto. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ↑ "Official Figures of the Election". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 1.
- ↑ "Controller Geary elected mayor". The Globe. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 2.