Toronto municipal election, 1910

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Toronto's The Globe from 3 January 1910 showing the results of the 1910 municipal election. 1910-01-03 The Globe front page election returns.pdf
Toronto's The Globe from 3 January 1910 showing the results of the 1910 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 plebiscites were passed:

Toronto Provincial capital city in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

George Reginald Geary Canadian politician

George Reginald Geary, was a Canadian politician. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. He also served as Mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1910 to 1912.

Contents

  1. To build a tube and surface subway transit system;
  2. Election of Board of Education by wards. [1]

Three by-laws were also voted on, two passed. The approved by-laws were:

  1. Building new buildings on the Canadian Exhibition Grounds;
  2. 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]

Bloor Street major thoroughfare in Toronto

Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkway. East of the viaduct, Danforth Avenue continues along the same right-of-way. The street, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) long, contains a significant cross-sample of Toronto's ethnic communities. It is also home to Toronto's famous shopping street, the Mink Mile.

Prince Edward Viaduct

The Prince Edward Viaduct System, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct, is the name of a truss arch bridge system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that connects Bloor Street East, on the west side of the system, with Danforth Avenue on the east. The system includes the Rosedale Valley phase and the Sherbourne Phase, an embankment built to extend Bloor Street East to the Rosedale Ravine from Sherbourne Street. The Don Valley phase of the system, the most recognizable, spans the Don River Valley, crossing over the Bayview Avenue Extension, the Don River, and the Don Valley Parkway.

Voting eligibility

Unlike the present era, the right to vote was not universal to all citizens. Notably, since 1884, most women were still not allowed to vote as they had to be either a widow or single, and own land. [2] There were also restrictions on which men could vote on what options. A complicated system based on what land was owned or leased decided if a person could vote on the money by-laws or not. The following excerpt from The Globe explains the process:

Every elector entitled to vote for Mayor has one vote on the subway or tube question. Every elector entitled to vote for the Board of Education has a vote on the question of returning to the ward system of electing trustees, or retaining the present system of electing trustees by general vote. The only persons entitled to vote on the three money by-laws are freeholders marked on the voters' list "M, F. & F." or "F." In previous years all persons marked on the voters' list "Lessee" had the right to vote on debenture by-laws, but the law has been changed in this regard. There are exceptions, however, where a person has a long lease which entitles him to vote. In such cases there will be an entry in the voters' list, "Entitled to vote on debenture by-laws." [3]

Toronto mayor

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 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.

Joseph Oliver (politician) Canadian politician

Joseph Oliver was Mayor of Toronto from 1908 to 1909.

Horatio Clarence Hocken Canadian politician

Horatio Clarence Hocken was a Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto, social reformer, a founder of what became the Toronto Star and Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of British America from 1914-1918.

<i>Toronto Star</i> Newspaper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper. Based on 2015 statistics, it is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper on overall weekly circulation; although it is a close second to The Globe and Mail in daily circulation on weekdays, it overtakes the Globe in weekly circulation because the Globe does not publish a Sunday edition. The Toronto Star is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division.

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

All results are sourced from the 3 January 1910 The Globe, page one.
Two spots opened up on the Board of Control as a result of Controllers Geary and Hocken both running for mayor. Tommy Church and Thomas Foster joined the Board for the first time and Frank S. Spence returned, this time topping the vote, after being defeated the previous year. William Spence Harrison was defeated meaning only one incumbent, Labourite J.J. Ward, was re-elected.

Thomas Foster (Canadian politician) Mayor of Toronto

Thomas Foster was the Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1925 to 1927.

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

A map of Toronto's seven municipal wards as they appeared for the 1 January 1910 election. (Source: Toronto Daily Star) Toronto Municipal Wards for the 1910 civic election.gif
A map of Toronto's seven municipal wards as they appeared for the 1 January 1910 election. (Source: Toronto Daily Star)
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 [4]
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 [5]
A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - acclaimed
William Alexander Baird (incumbent) - acclaimed

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Controller Geary elected mayor". The Globe. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "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 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  3. ↑ "In the civic arena". The Globe. Toronto. 1910-01-01. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Official Figures of the Election". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Controller Geary elected mayor". The Globe. Toronto. 1910-01-03. p. 2.
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