Toronto municipal election, 1927

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1927. Thomas Foster was running for his third consecutive term as mayor and won a narrow victory over Sam McBride. There were two referendums as part of the vote. Toronto voters voted in favour of adopting daylight saving time for the city. They also voted in favour of spending money to create an ornate gate at the entrance to the Exhibition Place, which became the Princes' Gates.

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.

Thomas Foster (Canadian politician) Mayor of Toronto

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

Sam McBride Canadian politician

Sam (Samuel) McBride was a two-time Mayor of Toronto serving his first term from 1928 to 1929 and his second term in 1936 which ended prematurely due to his death. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

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Toronto mayor

Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his third consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by Sam McBride and labour candidate William D. Robbins. Foster was reelected by a narrow margin.

William D. Robbins Canadian mayor

William Dullam Robbins was the 45th Mayor of Toronto from 1936 to 1937. He was appointed mayor after the death of incumbent Sam McBride and remained in office until defeated by Ralph Day in the 1937 elections. Robbins was considered a representative of labour in Toronto city politics, but was also a member of the Conservative Party. He served 18 years on city council and the Board of Control before becoming mayor. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. He died after years of ill health at his Toronto home in 1952.

Results
Thomas Foster - 42,617
Sam McBride - 38,477
William D. Robbins - 6,317

Board of Control

There was only one change in the membership of the Board of Control. Sam McBride chose to run for mayor, and the open seat was won by former Alderman Bert Wemp who had tried, but failed, to capture a board seat the year before.

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.

Bert Wemp Canadian politician

Bert Sterling Wemp was a Canadian journalist and mayor of Toronto. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Results
Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 48,739
A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 43,153
D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 34,813
Bert Wemp - 34,450
J. George Ramsden - 26,489
Clifford Blackburn - 22,959
Frank Whetter - 21,878
James Simpson - 10,946

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 6,500
Robert Siberry - 4,707
Robert Allen - 3,926
Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 3,822
Richard Honeyford - 3,747
Bertie Grant - 2,488
William Tyler - 590
Samuel Fieldhouse - 438
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,618
James Cameron - 5,513
John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,882
Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 4,591
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 6,879
Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,324
Percy Quinn - 3,565
Robert Yeomans - 3,016
Wallace Kennedy - 1,826
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
Claude Pearce - 3,798
Ian Macdonnell (incumbent) - 3,468
Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,091
Samuel Factor (incumbent) - 2,615
Mason Saunders - 1,802
Jacob Romer - 441
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,954
Wesley Benson - 4,767
Benjamin Miller (incumbent) - 4,416
Sol Eisen - 2,208
Robert Prince - 1,241
Robert Leslie - 2,711
Joseph Bell - 1,763
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
Brook Sykes - 9,482
John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,362
John Boland (incumbent) - 7,182
Richard Tuthill - 4,280
Gordon Gibb - 3,327
Alexander Greenhill - 1,358
Albert Robinson - 1,202
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Alexander Chisholm - 3,993
William J. Wadsworth - 3,756
Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,742
William Davidson (incumbent) - 3,492
Albert Smith - 546
Ward 8 (East Toronto)
Walter Howell (incumbent) - 4,988
Robert Dibble (incumbent) - 4,892
Robert Baker (incumbent) - 4,340
Isaac Pimblett - 3,874
Albert Burnese - 3,348
William Robertston - 2,576
Joseph Turner - 1,233
David Mackay - 572
Dave McCorie - 394
Albert Jacks - 315

Results taken from the January 1, 1927 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

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