Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1909. Joseph Oliver was easily re-elected to his second term as

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. One of the central issues of the campaign was whether the city should construct a bridge over the

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connecting

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. A referendum was held as part of the vote, and the bridge was approved. It would be built as the

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Toronto mayor

Oliver had been elected in the 1908 election, and was easily reelected while facing no serious opposition. ;Results : Joseph Oliver (incumbent) - 27,128 : Thomas Davies - 8,127 : James Lindala - 1,735 :Joel Marvin Briggs - 327

Board of Control

The election was accompanied by a referendum on reducing the number of licensed bars in the city by 40. The measure passed, but in a surprise upset Controller

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, who was the strongest advocate for the measure, was defeated. His place on the

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was taken by former Alderman

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who had been defeated by Oliver for Mayor the year previously. Alderman James Hales also tried to gain a seat on the board. :

- 20,136 :

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(incumbent) - 17,630 :J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,782 :William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 14,037 :

(incumbent) - 13,296 :

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- 11,391 :James Hales - 8,462 :Robert Buist Noble - 1,393 :James O'Hara - 808

City council

Three aldermen were elected to

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per ward. ;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,104 :Zephaniah Hilton - 1,836 :Andrew McMillan - 1,824 :Thomas N. Phelan - 1,748 :William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,392 :William J. Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,246 :Robert Fleming - 1,039 :John Macpherson Ross - 912 :William Totten - 488 :William Worrell - 472 :John Linden - 213 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

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(incumbent) - 2,776 : John O'Neill - 2,496 : Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 1,981 :John Noble - 1,421 :Robert Yeomans - 1,241 :William Norton Eastwood - 916 :Ewart Farquahar - 517 :William Alexander Douglas - 502 :Frederick Hogg - 359 :Richard Wallace - 328 ;Ward 3 (

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and The Ward) :Mark Bredin (incumbent) - 2,989 :

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(incumbent) - 2,630 : Charles A. Maguire - 2,488 :

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(incumbent) - 2,391 :Oliver B. Sheppard - 2,309 :Stewart Nassau Hughes - 1,323 :Louis Gurofsky - 660 :John Kirk - 519 :Thomas Egan - 509 :Paul Levi - 298 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) : George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,599 :R.C. Vaughan (incumbent) - 2,173 :Albert Welch - 2,974 :James Brandon - 2,735 :Thomas Alexander Lytle (incumbent) - 2,248 ;Ward 5 (

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) :Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 3,191 :John Dunn - 2,933 :Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 2,946 :Peter Whytock (incumbent) - 2,626 :Joseph May - 2,213 :John L. Richardson - 1,357 :Robert William Dockeray - 1,792 :Thomas Gillies - 519 :Frederick Jenkins - 509 ;Ward 6 ( Brockton and Parkdale) :James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 3,453 :John James Graham (incumbent) - 3,043 :J.H. Adams (incumbent) - 2,456 :

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- 2,444 :James Arthur McCausland - 2,273 :William Hodgson - 754 :Thomas Mathison - 578

Creation of Ward 7

Toronto Municipal Wards for the 1910 civic election

The City of

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was annexed on May 1, 1909 and became Ward 7. Due to its smaller size it had only two aldermen. A by-election was held on May 29, 1909. ;Ward 7 :A.J. Anderson - 777 : William Alexander Baird - 603 :Samuel Ryding - 363 :Jesse C. Smith - 337 :Joseph S. Bull - 282

References

Results taken from the January 2, 1909 ''Toronto Globe'' and might not exactly match final tallies. {{Toronto elections 1909 elections in Canada

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