Toronto municipal election, 1917

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1917. Mayor Tommy Church was acclaimed to his third consecutive term in office.

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Toronto mayor

Church had first been elected mayor in 1915. No one chose to run against him and he won by acclamation.

Results
Tommy Church (incumbent) - acclaimed

Board of Control

Three incumbent members of the Board of Control ran for reelection and were successful. Joseph Thompson retired to fight in the war, and his seat was filled by William Henry Shaw.

The Board of Control of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a part of its municipal government until it was abolished in 1969. It served as the executive committee of the Toronto City Council, consisting of four "controllers" elected citywide and presided over by the Mayor. Beginning in 1904, the Board of Control was directly elected by the city's electorate. Each voter could vote for up to four candidates, and the four with the most votes were elected. By tradition the controller who received the most votes would get the powerful budget chief position.

Joseph Thompson (Canadian politician) Canadian politician

Joseph Elijah Thompson was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario from 1924 to 1926 and served as Conservative MLA for St. David and Toronto Northeast from 1919 to 1929.

R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 15,615
John O'Neill (incumbent) - 15,141
Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 13,939
William Henry Shaw - 11,967
James Simpson - 10,779
Sam McBride - 10,085
Frank S. Spence - 9,281

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 4,858
W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 4,201
William Fenwick - 3,778
A.H. Wagstaff (incumbent) - 2,301
Walter Brown - 1,961
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - 2,472
J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,472
Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,186
O'Leary - 1,484
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 2,924
J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 1,991
Alfred Burgess - 1,900
Thomas Vance - 886
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
Arthur Russell Nesbitt (incumbent) - 2,218
John C. McMulkin - 2,180
Louis Singer (incumbent) - 1,840
John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,468
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,188
Garnet Archibald (incumbent) - 3,187
John Dunn - 3,072
W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 2,848
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
Fred McBrien (incumbent) - acclaimed
Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - acclaimed
D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - acclaimed
Frank Whetter (incumbent) - acclaimed

Results taken from the January 1, 1917 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

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