Toronto municipal election, 1930

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1930. In a close mayoral election Bert Wemp ousted two term incumbent Sam McBride. The main issue of the election was a proposed downtown beautification scheme that would have rebuilt roads in the core. The proposal was rejected in a referendum after voters in the suburbs voted against it. McBride was the plan's leading proponent, and its rejection hurt his reelection bid.

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.

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.

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

Bert Wemp was elected mayor Bert Wemp.jpg
Bert Wemp was elected mayor

McBride had been elected mayor in 1928 and had been in office two years. He was defeated by controller and Toronto Telegram editor Bert Wemp by 4,378 votes. Also running was controller A.E. Hacker, but he finished in distant third.

<i>Toronto Telegram</i> Canadian daily newspaper

The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at the federal and provincial level. The paper competed with the liberal The Toronto Star. "The Tely" strongly supported Canada's imperial connection with Britain as late as the 1960s.

Results
Bert Wemp - 54,309
Sam McBride - 49,933
Albert E. Hacker - 3,210

Board of Control

Only one member of the Board of Control elected in the last election was running for reelection: W.A. Summerville. Hacker and Wemp had both chosen to run for mayor. Joseph Gibbons had been appointed to the board of Toronto Hydro and was replaced mid-term by Alderman Frank Whetter, but he was defeated when he tried to run for a full term. Elected were two candidates considered representatives of labour: James Simpson and William D. Robbins. The other new Controller was Claude Pearce, who had strong support from Roman Catholic voters.

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.

Toronto Hydro

Toronto Hydro is the second-largest municipal electricity distribution company in Canada, serving approximately 769,000 customers in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It distributes approximately 18% of the electricity consumed in the Province of Ontario.

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.

Results
W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 47,418
Claude Pearce - 46,692
James Simpson - 44,921
William D. Robbins - 39,023
Benjamin Miller - 37,156
Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 31,772
Brook Sykes - 28,043
Wesley Benson - 25,054
Harry Bradley - 2,617

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 8,567
Robert Allen (incumbent) - 7,187
Lorne Trull - 6,382
Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 5,047
William Taylor - 3,184
Harry Perkins - 1,837
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 6,754
John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,972
James Cameron (incumbent) - 5,017
Joseph Miller - 5,386
Robert Yeomans - 4,191
Hugh Sutherland - 3,486
Frank Gallagher - 1,010
Ward 3 (Central Business District)
J. George Ramsden - 6,256
Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,562
Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,286
H.L. Rogers - 4,211
George Yorke - 4,102
Wallace Kennedy - 2,576
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
Samuel Factor (incumbent) - 4,022
Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,995
Charles Ward - 3,386
John McMulkin - 3,086
George King - 1,941
Jacob Romer - 1,124
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,060
Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 5,035
Robert Leslie - 5,013
Louis Fine - 3,825
James Phinnemore - 3,111
Garnet Archibald - 2,765
Mary McNab - 1,161
Max Shur - 317
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
Joseph Wright (incumbent) - 10,576
D.C. MacGregor - 8,330
John Boland (incumbent) - 7,325
John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,125
S.I. Wright - 5,404
Joseph King - 978
James Gill - 912
Albert Smith - 550
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 5,701
Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 4,576
Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 4,381
John Whetton - 2,861
George Watson - 830
Ward 8 (East Toronto)
Walter Howell (incumbent) - 7,921
Ernest Bray - 7,569
Albert Burnese (incumbent) - 7,123
Robert Baker (incumbent) - 7,037
William Robertston - 2,978

Results taken from the January 2, 1930 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

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