1911 Toronto Municipal Election
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1911. Mayor George Reginald Geary was easily reelected mayor.


Toronto mayor

Mayor George Reginald Geary had been elected mayor the year previous 1910. His only opposition were two candidates who had never before held elected office. Herbert Capewell, who finished second, had no intention of winning and declared his campaign a protest against the city taking over public transit in the city from private companies. ;Results : George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 30,931 :Herbert Capewell - 2,671 :Robert Buist Noble - 530


Board of Control

There was one change to the Board of Control as ''Toronto Daily Star'' founder Horatio Clarence Hocken won a seat at the expense of incumbent Thomas Foster. : Horatio Clarence Hocken - 22,761 :
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(incumbent) - 16,187 : J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,999 : Tommy Church (incumbent) - 15,760 : Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,540 :Thomas Davies - 3,285


City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,627 : Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 3,292 : Thomas N. Phelan (incumbent) - 3,200 : William J. Saunderson - 2,722 :Samuel Fieldhouse - 386 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) : John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,741 : Henry Adams Rowland (incumbent) - 2,472 :
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- 1,394 : Charles A. Risk - 1,376 :J.W. Siddall - 1,072 ;Ward 3 (
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and The Ward) :
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(incumbent) - 3,436 :
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(incumbent) - 2,580 :
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- 2,559 : Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,530 :John Kirk - 780 ;Ward 4 ( Kensington Market and Garment District) : George R. Sweeny - 3,146 :
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(incumbent) - 3,064 : George Weston (incumbent) - 2,814 :James Commeford - 2,452 ;Ward 5 (
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) : Joseph May (incumbent) - 3,428 :
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(incumbent) - 3,422 : R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,224 :R.W. Dockeray - 2,777 ;Ward 6 ( Brockton and Parkdale) :
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(incumbent) - 3,724 : James Arthur McCausland (incumbent) - 3,712 : Fred McBrien - 3,697 : David Spence (incumbent) - 3,561 ;Ward 7 ( West Toronto Junction) :
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(incumbent) - 1,452 : W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 966 :Edward Wakefield - 452 Results taken from the January 3, 1911 ''Toronto Globe'' and might not exactly match final tallies.


References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Globe''. January 3, 1911 {{Toronto elections 1911 elections in Canada
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