Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1921. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to an unprecedented seventh consecutive term in office.

Toronto mayor

Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. He was opposed by Sam McBride, who had also challenged Church for the mayoralty in the previous election. ;Results : Tommy Church - 35,959 : Sam McBride - 19,966

Board of Control

Two sitting members of the Board of Control were defeated:

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 ...

and

R.H. Cameron Robert Henderson Cameron (March 27, 1867-1949) was a Toronto manufacturer and politician. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1867 and came to Canada as a child with his family in the early 1869. Cameron entered the manufacturing industry and wa ...

. ;Results :

Charles A. Maguire Charles Alfred Maguire (May 24, 1875 – October 14, 1949) was mayor of Toronto from 1922–1923. Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown. Maguire worked in an insurance company (Maguie & C ...

(incumbent) - 34,141 : Wesley Hiltz - 22,615 : Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 18,612 :

A.R. 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 ...

- 19,202 :

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 ...

- 18,015 :

(incumbent) - 17,872 :

(incumbent) - 17,393 :

Herbert Henry Ball Herbert Henry Ball (September 9, 1863 - February 26, 1943) was a Canadian politician and journalist. On October 24, 1885, he married Mary Ann Martin in Bristol, Somerset, England. In 1886, Ball and his wife emigrated to Canada, settling north o ...

- 16,911

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,637 : F.M. Johnson (incumbent) - 3,829 : A.H. Wagstaff - 2,807 :

W.A. Summerville William Arthur Summerville (July 8, 1879 – November 19, 1958) was a municipal and provincial politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1937 to 1943 who represent ...

- 2,447 :W.J. Story - 1,106 :A.J. Stubbings - 944 :J.E. Barnett - 872 :W.J. Carmichael - 275 :T. Rennick - 257 :W.S.B. Armstrong - 195 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

John Winnett John Winfield Winnett Jr. (December 22, 1928 in Los Angeles, California – October 5, 2007 in Wellington, Florida ) was an American equestrian who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known ...

(incumbent) - 3,436 : Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,086 : J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,836 :J.M. Day - 1,402 :Frederick Hogg - 1,190 :W.J. Street - 966 :Andrew Ruppert - 535 :K. Frawley - 494 ;Ward 3 (

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and The Ward) :

Alfred Burgess Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

(incumbent) - 2,685 : George Rose - 1,867 :

Constance Hamilton Constance Eaton Hamilton (1862–1945) was a British-Canadian government official and activist. After activism supporting refugees and women in Winnipeg, she moved to Toronto and continued to support causes such as women's suffrage, becoming p ...

(incumbent) - 1,815 :F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,614 : C.A. Reed - 1,608 :Aubrey Bond - 1,604 :

Andrew Carrick Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derive ...

- 1,182 :Robert Morse - 211 ;Ward 4 ( Kensington Market and Garment District) :

John Cowan John Cowan (born August 24, 1953) is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival. Cowan became the band's bassist in 1972 after the departure ...

(incumbent) - 2,698 :

Ethel Small Ethel Small (née Ethel Dallas Horstmann) in 1921 became the second woman elected to the Toronto city council. She was the younger daughter of Ferdinand Oden Horstmann (1846–1894) and Harriett Kelley Horstmann. The Horstmann family were wealthy P ...

- 2,616 : Joseph Singer (incumbent) - 2,413 :A.G. McIntyre - 2,063 :C.W. Mogridge - 811 :Lewis LeGrow - 431 ;Ward 5 (

Trinity-Bellwoods Trinity-Bellwoods is an inner city neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the east by Bathurst Street, on the north by College Street, on the south by Queen Street West, and by Dovercourt Road on the west. It has a large ...

) : Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 4,699 :

James Phinnemore James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

(incumbent) - 4,103 :

A.E. Hacker AE, Ae, ae, Æ or æ may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''A.E.'' (video game), 1982 * ''Ae'' (film), a 2022 Sri Lankan film * Autechre, an electronic music group * '' L'Année épigraphique'', a French publication on epigraphy * '' Ency ...

- 3,619 : W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,448 :R.H. Palmer - 1,040 :J.J. Hubbard - 1,033 :A. Plenty - 818 ;Ward 6 (

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and Parkdale) :

George Birdsall George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

(incumbent) - 7,289 :

D.C. MacGregor DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the ...

(incumbent) - 6,919 : Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 6,581 :Earl Hodgson - 1,900 :Hattie Stevens - 1,706 :R.J. Bradfield - 1,456 :R.J. Kirk - 1,305 ;Ward 7 ( West Toronto Junction) : Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 2,257 :

Frank Whetter Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...

(incumbent) - 2,130 : H.M Davy - 1,894 :A. Chisholm - 1,418 : James Simpson - 1,142 ;Ward 8 ( East Toronto) :

Frederick Baker Frederick Douglas Stephan "Fred" Baker (26 January 1965 – 24 August 2020) was an Austrian- British filmmaker, media scholar, and archaeologist. He was born in Salzburg and was brought up in London. After graduating from Queen Elizabeth ...

(incumbent) - 3,069 : George Cruise - 2,745 : Frances Maxwell (incumbent) - 2,499 :W.H. Ford - 1,673 :H. Ingram - 960 :Hector Demers - 931 :F.P. England - 608 Results taken from the January 2, 1921 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 2, 1921 {{Toronto elections 1921 elections in Canada

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