1915 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy.
Toronto mayor change
Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two well-known members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy. Church won. As with most elections at this time in history, it was also a contest between the two main newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church.
- Results
- Tommy Church - 26,041
- Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573
Board of Control change
The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, Frank S. Spence, and Joseph Elijah Thompson.
- John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751
- Thomas Foster - 18,608
- Frank S. Spence - 17,747
- Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505
- James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349
- Fred McBrien - 15,447
- John Wanless - 13,044
City council change
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 3,987
- Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353
- Robert Yeomans - 2,922
- W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900
- A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754
- William Orr - 1,700
- George Smith - 1,148
- George Daniels - 765
- George Wellings - 325
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028
- Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586
- Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134
- Charles Beavis - 2,009
- John Cooper - 1,789
- Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
- Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356
- Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993
- J. George Ramsden - 2,107
- John Skelton - 1,783
- Albert Hassard - 884
- Rudolph Paulich - 150
- Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
- R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286
- Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865
- John Cowan - 2,339
- Robert McLeod - 1,673
- Henry Dworkin - 1,281
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298
- John Warren - 3,578
- John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498
- Joseph May - 3,138
- Alfred Moore - 964
- Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
- David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727
- Thomas Roden - 2,319
- Joseph Gibbons - 3,724
- George Birdsall - 2,524
- D.C. MacGregor - 2,198
- Albert Chamberlain - 1,491
- Arthur Atkinson - 819
- John Brown - 538
- Kenneth McKenzie - 544
- Richard Holmes - 417
- George Pettit - 304
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218
- William Henry Weir - 1,141
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026
- Alexander Chisholm - 400
- Maxwell Armstrong - 292
Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Vacancy change
Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced.
References change
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1915