Toronto municipal election, 1914

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1914. H.C. Hocken was reelected mayor defeating Fred McBrien. The election was also notable for the victory of Louis Singer, the first representative of Toronto's large Jewish community elected to city council.

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.

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.

Fred McBrien Ontario Canadian provincial and municipal politician, was also a barrister and businessman.

Frederick George (Fred) McBrien was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto Southwest and then Brockton from 1923 to 1934 and Parkdale from 1937 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member. He died in office at the age of 50.

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Toronto mayor

Hocken had been mayor since 1912, as a founder of the Toronto Daily Star he was strongly supported by that newspaper and opposed by its rival the Toronto Telegram. In the 1914 election the Telegram supported Alderman McBrien, but Hocken won by a significant margin. Two other candidates ran, but received little support: Alderman Alfred Burgess and Birks.

Results
H.C. Hocken (incumbent) - 21,218
Fred McBrien - 16,641
Alfred Burgess - 3,725
James Birks - 1,511

Board of Control

The Board of Control election was also a victory for the Star. Most notably labour leader James Simpson was elected at the top of the poll while incumbent Telegram favourite Thomas Foster was defeated.

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.

James Simpson (politician) Canadian politician

James "Jimmie" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left-wing politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a longtime member of Toronto's city council and served as Mayor of Toronto in 1935, the first member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation to serve in that capacity. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Thomas Foster (Canadian politician) Mayor of Toronto

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

James Simpson - 20,695
J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 17,490
Tommy Church (incumbent) - 17,085
John O'Neill (incumbent) - 14,597
Joseph Elijah Thompson - 14,233
Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 13,929
Robert Yeomans - 11,708
A. J. H. Eckardt - 7,755

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
William D. Robbins (incumbent) - acclaimed
Albert Walton (incumbent) - acclaimed
W. W. Hiltz - acclaimed
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
H.A. Rowland (incumbent) - 3,732
Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 2,267
Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,813
James Lindala - 866
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Charles A. Maguire - 4,245
F.S. Spence - 2,918
Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,806
Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,770
G.J. Castle - 809
Rudolph Paulich - 135
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
J. Wanless (incumbent) - 2,667
R.H. Cameron - 2,101
Louis Singer - 1,842
A.B. Farmer - 1,571
Robert McLeod - 1,308
A.E. Hacker - 1,002
A.R. Williamson - 995
G.R. Sweeny - 906
Harry Winberg - 240
G.H. Pettit - 211
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,087
R.H. Graham - 3,076
John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,023
Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,754
G.S.C. Garrett - 2,416
R.W. Dockeray - 2,115
Alfred Moore - 452
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
David Spence (incumbent) - 5,822
C.H. Maybee (incumbent) - 5,200
W.H. Smith - 4,847
T.J. Ryan - 2,669
S.H. Hurst - 1,472
Richard Holmes - 592
W.H. Stevens - 343
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Frank Whetter - 750
Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 678
J.G. Wright - 539
W.J. Dalton - 525
Alexander Chisholm - 390
William Henry Weir - 294
Maxwell Armstrong - 164
A.M. Wilson - 166
J.A. Macdonald - 120
J.C. McClelland - 82

Results taken from the January 2, 1914 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

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