Toronto municipal election, 1923
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1923. Charles A. Maguire
was reelected to his second term as mayor.
had been acclaimed as mayor the election previously. The 1923 campaign focused on Sir Adam Beck
's proposal of an electrical radial railway along the length of the Toronto water front and further into the neighbouring cities. Maguire was in favour of the controversial plan. His main opponent was R.J. Fleming
who opposed the scheme. Fleming had previously served as mayor of Toronto several decades previously. The radial plan was voted down in a referendum that accompanied the vote, but Maguire was reelected mayor.
Results
: Alderman Joseph Singer.
Results
)
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
and Rosedale
)
Ward 3 (Central Business District
and The Ward)
Ward 4 (Kensington Market
and Garment District)
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
)
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Ward 8 (East Toronto
)
Results taken from the January 1, 1923 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Charles A. Maguire
Charles Alfred Maguire was mayor of Toronto from 1922-1923.Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown....
was reelected to his second term as mayor.
Toronto mayor
Charles A. MaguireCharles A. Maguire
Charles Alfred Maguire was mayor of Toronto from 1922-1923.Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown....
had been acclaimed as mayor the election previously. The 1923 campaign focused on Sir Adam Beck
Adam Beck
Sir Adam Beck was a politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.-Biography:...
's proposal of an electrical radial railway along the length of the Toronto water front and further into the neighbouring cities. Maguire was in favour of the controversial plan. His main opponent was R.J. Fleming
Robert John Fleming (Canadian politician)
Robert John Fleming was twice Mayor of Toronto Born in Toronto, Robert John Fleming was of Irish ancestry, the son of William and Jane Fleming. Educated in Toronto public schools he first entered the business world in real estate...
who opposed the scheme. Fleming had previously served as mayor of Toronto several decades previously. The radial plan was voted down in a referendum that accompanied the vote, but Maguire was reelected mayor.
Results
- Charles A. MaguireCharles A. MaguireCharles Alfred Maguire was mayor of Toronto from 1922-1923.Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, the son of James Maguire and Elizabeth Brown....
- 46,362 - R.J. FlemingRobert John Fleming (Canadian politician)Robert John Fleming was twice Mayor of Toronto Born in Toronto, Robert John Fleming was of Irish ancestry, the son of William and Jane Fleming. Educated in Toronto public schools he first entered the business world in real estate...
- 38,961
Board of Control
One new member was elected to the Board of ControlToronto Board of Control
Toronto Board of Control was a part of the municipal government of Toronto, Canada from 1904 until its abolition in 1969 and served as the executive committee of Toronto City Council. It consisted of four councillors elected city wide and was presided over by the mayor. Each voter could vote for up...
: Alderman Joseph Singer.
Results
- Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 36,040
- Joseph GibbonsJoseph Gibbons (Toronto)Joseph Gibbons was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born on a farm outside of Waterloo, Ontario and moved to Toronto in the 1890s. There he found worked as a streetcar driver. He first piloted the horse drawn streetcars up Yonge Street and then served for fifteen years as a driver...
(incumbent) - 33,740 - Wesley HiltzWilliam W. HiltzWilliam Wesley Hiltz called 'Bill Hiltz' was Mayor of Toronto in 1924. During his term, he introduced time clocks for Toronto city workers. He had a son and grandson, Bill Hiltz, with the same names....
(incumbent) - 32,551 - Joseph Singer - 32,033
- Sam McBride - 30,606
- A.R. Nesbitt (incumbent) - 29,947
- Alfred Burgess - 24,876
- J.R.I. Starr - 25,931
City council
Ward 1 (RiverdaleRiverdale, Toronto
Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south....
)
- W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 5,236
- William D. RobbinsWilliam D. RobbinsWilliam Dullam Robbins 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. Robbins was considered a representative of labour in Toronto city politics, but was also...
- 4,987 - Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 3,916
- F.M. Johnson (incumbent) - 3,682
- James Burry - 2,743
- William Varley - 2,063
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown, Toronto
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association....
and Rosedale
Rosedale, Toronto
Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....
)
- J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,939
- Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 4,249
- W.H. Shaw - 4,173
- Bert WempBert WempBert Sterling Wemp was a Canadian journalist and mayor of Toronto.Born in Tweed, Ontario, he was raised in Cabbagetown and attended Dufferin School and Jarvis Collegiate Institute. In 1905, he joined the Toronto Telegram working as a suburban editor, editor, city editor, and head of the court bureau...
- 3,503 - John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,281
- Herbert Henry BallHerbert Henry BallHerbert Henry Ball 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 of Toronto in an area then known as Davisville...
- 3,080 - Wallace - 208
Ward 3 (Central Business District
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west...
and The Ward)
- Frank Stollery - 5,786
- Andrew Carrick - 5,190
- H.G. Stanton - 4,942
- Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,537
- C.A. Reed (incumbent) - 3,086
- F.W. Johnston - 3,662
- William Harper - 587
Ward 4 (Kensington Market
Kensington Market
Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that "Kensington...
and Garment District)
- Ethel SmallEthel SmallEthel Small in 1921 became the second woman elected to the Toronto city council. She was the younger daughter of Ferdinand Oden Horstmann and Harriett Kelley Horstmann...
(incumbent) - 4,878 - R.H. CameronR.H. CameronRobert Henderson Cameron 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 1870s....
- 3,879 - Claude Pearce - 3,382
- John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,608
- John McMulkin - 2,305
- Harry Winberg - 1,947
- E.B. Westwood - 1,878
- P.W. Benner - 458
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Clifford Blackburn - 5,540
- A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 5,391
- Wesley Benson (incumbent) - 5,061
- James Phinnemore - 4,107
- C.W. Mogridge - 2,915
- William Faragher - 2,909
- Abraham Goldberg - 1,061
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
Parkdale, Toronto
Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...
)
- Fred McBrien - 8,637
- D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 7,738
- George Birdsall (incumbent) - 6,942
- Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 6,684
- Edmund Atkinson - 5,783
- W.H. Price - 5,222
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 2,937
- H.M Davy (incumbent) - 2,762
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 2,546
- W.A. Baird - 2,536
- Hain - 2,410
Ward 8 (East Toronto
East Toronto
East Toronto, Ontario was an incorporated community in what is today a part of the city of Toronto, Canada. It covered much of what is today the Upper Beaches neighbourhood, stretching up to Danforth Avenue in the north. The central street in the community was Main Street, running south from...
)
- Robert Baker (incumbent) - 4,337
- George S. Shields - 3,992
- Frances Maxwell (incumbent) - 3,392
- William Miskelly - 3,266
- Walter Brown - 2,571
- Isaac Pimblett - 1,481
Results taken from the January 1, 1923 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.