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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1919. Mayor

Tommy Church Thomas Langton "Tommy" Church (1873 – February 7, 1950) was a Canadian politician. After serving as Mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1921 election as a Conservative from the riding ...

was elected to his fifth consecutive term in office. This election marked the creation of Ward 8, covering the recently annexed areas of

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. The representation of Ward 7 was also increased to have three alderman like every other ward.

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Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. He was opposed by several credible opponents, most notably by Controller John O'Neill who was trying to become the first Roman Catholic to be elected mayor of Toronto. Two other prominent candidates also ran, but failed to win much support. MP and future mayor Thomas Foster and former controller William Henry Shaw. ;Results :

(incumbent) - 26,020 : John O'Neill - 16,230 :William Henry Shaw - 3,772 : Thomas Foster - 2,180

Board of Control

O'Neill's decision to run for mayor opened one vacancy on the Board of Control. It was filled by former Controller R.H. Cameron who had run unsuccessfully for mayor the year previous. ;Results : Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 19,963 : R.H. Cameron - 19,094 :

Sam McBride Sam (Samuel) McBride (July 13, 1866 – November 14, 1936) 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 ...

(incumbent) - 18,476 :

William D. Robbins William Dullam Robbins (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1952) 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. Robb ...

(incumbent) - 19,270 :

Joseph Gibbons Joseph Gibbons may refer to: * Joseph Gibbons (Florida politician) (born 1948), Florida businessman and Democratic politician * Joseph Gibbons (Toronto politician) (died 1946), municipal politician in Toronto, Canada See also * * Joe Gibbon (1935 ...

- 16,397 :Garnet Archibald - 15,603 :

Fred McBrien Frederick George McBrien (15 June 1888 – 2 July 1938) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto Southwest and then Brockton from 1923 to 1934 and Parkdale from 1937 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a ...

- 13,570

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :Frank Marsden Johnson (incumbent) - 3,559 :Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,555 : W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 3,533 :William Feawick - 2,478 :Arthur J. Stubbings - 1,623 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,997 :John Winnett - 2,582 : Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - 2,401 :Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,060 :Joseph Kent - 866 ;Ward 3 (

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and The Ward) :

J. George Ramsden Joseph George Ramsden (July 3, 1867 to December 28, 1946) was a long active municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Thornhill, Ontario and first became active in politics working for Alexander Mackenzie in a York East by-e ...

(incumbent) - 3,113 :F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,886 :Charles W. Mugridge - 1,687 :William Harper - 1,463 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) :

Arthur Russell Nesbitt Arthur Russell Nesbitt (November 1, 1883 – July 11, 1962) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 4 beginning in 1920, was subsequently elected to the Toronto Board of Control and then was ...

(incumbent) - 3,644 :John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,448 :John C. McMulkin (incumbent) - 3,349 :

Harry Winberg Harry Winberg (also known as Harry Wineberg) was an entrepreneur and politician in Toronto, Canada. Winberg was born in the late-19th century to a Jewish family in the Kovno, Lithuania which was then part of the Russian Empire. His father was a whea ...

- 1,862 :William Brant - 614 ;Ward 5 (

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) :R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,908 :W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,185 :Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 2,853 :Angus Beaton - 2,371 :James Phinnemore - 1,249 :James Coughlin - 1,159 :Thomas Ballentyne - 919 ;Ward 6 ( Brockton and Parkdale) :D.C. MacGregor - 5,113 :George Birdsall (incumbent) - 4,225 :Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 4,098 :James M.H. Ballantyne - 2,710 :Michael Manley - 1,624 :Alex Williamson - 1,360 :Alvin L. Gadsby - 869 :Richard Holmes - 916 ;Ward 7 (

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) :Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,435 :William Maher - 1,359 :Frank Whetter - 1,352 :Alexander Chisholm - 1,146 :Robert Agnew - 1,095 ;Ward 8 (

) :William Williamson - 1,747 :William M. Miskelly - 1,548 :Frederick Baker - 1,483 :Walter Brown - 1,202 :John Lennox - 766 :Alfred Dunnett - 567 :William Ford - 558 Results taken from the January 1, 1920 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 1, 1919 {{Toronto elections Toronto municipal election

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