1915 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy.
Toronto mayor[]
Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two prominent members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy, with Church the victor. As with most races of the period, it was also a contest between the two newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church.
- Results
- Tommy Church - 26,041
- Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573
Board of Control[]
The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, , and Joseph Elijah Thompson.
- John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751
- Thomas Foster - 18,608
- - 17,747
- Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505
- James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349
- Fred McBrien - 15,447
- John Wanless - 13,044
City council[]
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 3,987
- Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353
- Robert Yeomans - 2,922
- W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900
- A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754
- William Orr - 1,700
- George Smith - 1,148
- George Daniels - 765
- George Wellings - 325
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028
- Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586
- Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134
- Charles Beavis - 2,009
- John Cooper - 1,789
- Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
- Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356
- Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993
- J. George Ramsden - 2,107
- John Skelton - 1,783
- Albert Hassard - 884
- Rudolph Paulich - 150
- Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
- R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286
- Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865
- John Cowan - 2,339
- Robert McLeod - 1,673
- Henry Dworkin - 1,281
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298
- John Warren - 3,578
- John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498
- Joseph May - 3,138
- Alfred Moore - 964
- Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
- David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727
- Thomas Roden - 2,319
- Joseph Gibbons - 3,724
- George Birdsall - 2,524
- D.C. MacGregor - 2,198
- Albert Chamberlain - 1,491
- Arthur Atkinson - 819
- John Brown - 538
- Kenneth McKenzie - 544
- Richard Holmes - 417
- George Pettit - 304
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218
- William Henry Weir - 1,141
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026
- Alexander Chisholm - 400
- Maxwell Armstrong - 292
Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Vacancy[]
Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced.
References[]
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1915
- 1915 elections in Canada
- Municipal elections in Toronto
- 1915 in Ontario