Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1925. Thomas Foster was elected mayor ousting incumbent Wesley Hiltz. The election included a referendum where voters passed a motion in favour of building a new water plant. This eventually became the

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Toronto mayor

Hilz had been elected to office the year previously. he was challenged for the mayoralty by long serving politician Thomas Foster. Foster won by a narrow margin in what was a very low turnout election. Two fringe candidates with no previous elected office also ran. ;Results : Thomas Foster - 32,885 : Wesley Hiltz - 31,408 :Harry Winberg - 2,263 :Samuel Fieldhouse - 282

Board of Control

There were two new members of the Board of Control returned in this election:

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and labour leader

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. Defeated was

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, a close ally of the mayor. ;Results :

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(incumbent) - 39,299 : A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 34,369 :

- 33,172 :

- 30,326 :

(incumbent) - 29,086 : James Simpson - 14,573 :James Birks - 4,321

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Robert Luxton (incumbent) - acclaimed : George J. Smith (incumbent) - acclaimed : W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - acclaimed ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

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(incumbent) - 4,059 : John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,482 : Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,293 :

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- 2,913 :A.E. Brocklesby - 3,301 ;Ward 3 (

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and The Ward) : Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,458 :

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- 2,974 : Joseph Singer - 2,685 :

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(incumbent) - 2,476 :John Boland - 1,887 : John R. Beamish - 1,790 :Charles Mogrdige - 613 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) : Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,282 :

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(incumbent) - 2,889 :

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(incumbent) - 2,827 : Ian Macdonnell - 2,479 :James Muldowney - 516 ;Ward 5 (

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(incumbent) - 5,262 : Benjamin Miller (incumbent) - 3,934 :

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(incumbent) - 3,703 :Wesley Benson - 2,567 :Sumner Graham - 2,280 :John Macdonald - 1,349 :Arthur E. Fegan - 754 ;Ward 6 ( Davenport and Parkdale) : Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 8,477 :

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(incumbent) - 7,488 : John Laxton (incumbent) - 5,676 :Guy Roach - 4,716 :Richard Tuthill - 2,318 :James Gill - 825 ;Ward 7 (

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) : Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,646 :

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(incumbent) - 3,385 : W.A. Baird - 3,303 :Robert Hall - 398 :James Morrow -375 ;Ward 8 (

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(incumbent) - 5,846 : Robert Baker (incumbent) - 5,427 : William Robertston - 3,993 :Joseph Turner (incumbent) - 3,867 :Florence Custance - 819 Results taken from the January 1, 1925 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 1, 1925 {{Toronto elections 1925 elections in Canada

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