Toronto municipal election, 1924
Encyclopedia
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1925. Wesley Hiltz
was elected mayor defeating two prominent challengers.
had chosen to retire prior to the election. Three high profile candidates attempted to succeed him. Tommy Church had served as mayor from 1915 to 1921, longer than any other person prior to him. Wesley Hiltz
was chair of the Toronto Board of Education. Controller Joseph Singer had been nominated as a candidate for mayor but decided to withdraw in order not to split the anti-Tommy Church vote. Col. John Allister Currie
was a leader of Canadian forces during the Boer War
and a sitting Conservative Party MPP. Hiltz was victorious by a significant margin.
Results
returned in this election: A.E. Hacker and R.H. Cameron
.
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, 1924 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
William W. Hiltz
William 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....
was elected mayor defeating two prominent challengers.
Toronto mayor
Incumbent 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 chosen to retire prior to the election. Three high profile candidates attempted to succeed him. Tommy Church had served as mayor from 1915 to 1921, longer than any other person prior to him. Wesley Hiltz
William W. Hiltz
William 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....
was chair of the Toronto Board of Education. Controller Joseph Singer had been nominated as a candidate for mayor but decided to withdraw in order not to split the anti-Tommy Church vote. Col. John Allister Currie
John Allister Currie
John Allister Currie was an Ontario author, journalist and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1921 as a Conservative and then Unionist member and then represented Toronto Southeast and then St...
was a leader of Canadian forces during the Boer War
Boer War
The Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
and a sitting Conservative Party MPP. Hiltz was victorious by a significant margin.
Results
- 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....
- 44,265 - Tommy Church - 33,875
- John Allister CurrieJohn Allister CurrieJohn Allister Currie was an Ontario author, journalist and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1921 as a Conservative and then Unionist member and then represented Toronto Southeast and then St...
- 4,312
Board of Control
There were two new members of 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...
returned in this election: A.E. Hacker and R.H. Cameron
R.H. Cameron
Robert 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....
.
Results
- 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) - 42,778 - Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 34,435
- A.E. Hacker - 32,689
- 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....
- 30,621 - D.C. MacGregor - 26,637
- 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...
- 26,594 - F.M. Johnston - 22,542
- J.R. Beamish - 20,161
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) - 7,762
- Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 5,129
- George J. Smith - 5,082
- L.W. Trull - 3,497
- W.H. Fenwick - 2,803
- C.H. Stock - 573
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....
)
- John Winnett - 4,295
- 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...
- 3,776 - Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,614
- 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...
- 3,407 - A.E. Brocklesby - 2,400
- S.C. Parks - 1,873
- J.N. Day - 694
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 Fenton - 4,522
- Harry W. Hunt - 4,001
- Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 3,172
- J. George RamsdenJ. George RamsdenJoseph George Ramsden was a long active municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Thornhill and first became active in politics working for Alexander Mackenzie in a York East by-election. He served for fifteen years as Chief Inspector for the Department of Indian Affairs, which saw...
- 3,059 - F.W. Johnston - 2,608
- C.A. Reed - 2,062
- W. Harper - 594
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)
- Sam McBride - 3,426
- Nathan PhillipsNathan Phillips (politician)Nathan Phillips, KC was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario.-Early life:Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later...
- 2,908 - Claude Pearce (incumbent) - 2,728
- E.B. Westwood - 2,190
- L.A. Maldover - 1,999
- C.W. Mogridge - 982
- Sam Brown - 632
- P.W. Benner - 399
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 6,464
- William James StewartWilliam James StewartWilliam James Stewart was a Canadian politician. Stewart also owned and operated the Bates and Dodds Funeral Home on Queen Street West in Toronto.- Mayor of Toronto :...
- 5,155 - Benjamin Miller - 4,381
- J. Phinnemore - 3,939
- John Macdonald - 2,035
- Arthur E. Fegan - 813
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...
)
- Brook Sykes - 9,138
- Samuel Wright - 7,849
- John Laxton - 6,290
- W.M. Maltby - 5,394
- Guy Roach - 4,559
- Richard Tuthill - 2,838
- James Gill - 794
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,743
- Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 3,407
- H.M Davy (incumbent) - 3,227
- W.A. Baird - 3,157
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) - 5,886
- Robert Dibble - 4,459
- Joseph T. Turner - 3,781
- J.H. Lennox - 2,591
- William Robertston - 1,149
- John Doggett - 1,135
- C.G. Dawkes - 833
Results taken from the January 1, 1924 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.