Toronto municipal election, 1911

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor.

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.

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Toronto mayor

Mayor George Reginald Geary had been elected mayor the year previous 1910. His only opposition were two candidates who had never before held elected office. Herbert Capewell, who finished second, had no intention of winning and declared his campaign a protest against the city taking over public transit in the city from private companies.

Results
George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 30,931
Herbert Capewell - 2,671
Robert Buist Noble - 530

Board of Control

There was one change to the Board of Control as Toronto Daily Star founder Horatio Clarence Hocken won a seat at the expense of incumbent Thomas Foster.

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.

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.

Thomas Foster (Canadian politician) Mayor of Toronto

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

Horatio Clarence Hocken - 22,761
Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 16,187
J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,999
Tommy Church (incumbent) - 15,760
Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,540
Thomas Davies - 3,285

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,627
Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 3,292
Thomas N. Phelan (incumbent) - 3,200
William J. Saunderson - 2,722
Samuel Fieldhouse - 386
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,741
Henry Adams Rowland (incumbent) - 2,472
Robert Yeomans - 1,394
Charles A. Risk - 1,376
J.W. Siddall - 1,072
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,436
Norman Heyd (incumbent) - 2,580
Marmaduke Rawlinson - 2,559
Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,530
John Kirk - 780
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
George R. Sweeny - 3,146
George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,064
George Weston (incumbent) - 2,814
James Commeford - 2,452
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Joseph May (incumbent) - 3,428
John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,422
R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,224
R.W. Dockeray - 2,777
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 3,724
James Arthur McCausland (incumbent) - 3,712
Fred McBrien - 3,697
David Spence (incumbent) - 3,561
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - 1,452
W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 966
Edward Wakefield - 452

Results taken from the January 3, 1911 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.

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

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