Toronto municipal election, 1929
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1929. Sam McBride, who had been elected the year previous, was reelected mayor defeating former Alderman Brook Sykes by a large margin.
south to connect to Front Street. McBride supported the plan, with Sykes opposing it do to the expense of buying a demolishing a large number of buildings.
Results
. William D. Robbins
lost his seat while W.A. Summerville gained one. This result was later overturned, however, when it was discovered that Summerville was in arrears on his municipal taxes, and thus ineligible to hold office. He was not allowed to take his seat on the board, and a by-election was called for February. Summerville paid his taxes, and was thus eligible to run. He won the by-election by a considerable margin, once again besting Cameron, Pearce, and Robbins.
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 2, 1929 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.
Toronto mayor
The central issue of the campaign was a plan to extend University AvenueUniversity Avenue (Toronto)
University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At its north end, University Avenue is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building. The eight-lane wide street is the location for several hospitals, numerous office buildings, Osgoode Hall and the Four Seasons...
south to connect to Front Street. McBride supported the plan, with Sykes opposing it do to the expense of buying a demolishing a large number of buildings.
Results
- Sam McBride - 47,931
- Brook Sykes - 30,329
Board of Control
There was only one change in the membership 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...
. William D. Robbins
William D. Robbins
William 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...
lost his seat while W.A. Summerville gained one. This result was later overturned, however, when it was discovered that Summerville was in arrears on his municipal taxes, and thus ineligible to hold office. He was not allowed to take his seat on the board, and a by-election was called for February. Summerville paid his taxes, and was thus eligible to run. He won the by-election by a considerable margin, once again besting Cameron, Pearce, and Robbins.
Results
- 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...
(incumbent) - 43,464 - 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) - 32,734 - W.A. Summerville - 30,292
- A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 28,667
- 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....
- 27,266 - Claude Pearce - 27,245
- 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...
(incumbent) - 23,796 - James SimpsonJames Simpson (politician)James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario...
- 12,816
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....
)
- Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 7,283
- Robert Allen - 5,180
- Frank M. Johnston - 5,128
- Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 5,097
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 R. Beamish (incumbent) - acclaimed
- John Winnett (incumbent) - acclaimed
- James Cameron (incumbent) - acclaimed
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)
- Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,562
- Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,286
- Percy QuinnPercy QuinnJohn Purcell Quinn was a Canadian athlete, businessman, sports promoter and politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the owner and president of the Toronto Blueshirts, winners of the Stanley Cup in 1914. He was a member of the world champion Montreal Shamrocks lacrosse team in 1896...
(incumbent) - 3,557 - Hodgson - 2,103
- Wallace Kennedy - 1,266
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)
- 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...
(incumbent) - 3,557 - Joseph Gordon (incumbent) - 2,477
- Samuel FactorSamuel Factor (Canadian politician)Samuel "Sam" Factor, KC was a Canadian politician, lawyer and jurist and the first Jewish Member of Parliament elected to the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario.-Background:...
- 2,420 - Charles Ward - 2,169
- John McMulkin - 3,086
- Saunders - 2,033
- Reuben Rodness - 342
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- 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 :...
(incumbent) - 5,015 - Wesley Benson (incumbent) - 4,203
- Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 5,035
- Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 3,523
- Robert Leslie - 2,875
- Mary McNab - 1,154
- MacDonald - 939
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...
)
- Joseph Wright (incumbent) - 9,122
- John Laxton (incumbent) - 6,614
- John Boland (incumbent) - 6,281
- D.C. MacGregor - 5,421
- Tuthill - 2,048
- Robinson - 1,110
- James Gill - 912
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- William J. WadsworthWilliam J. WadsworthWilliam J. Wadsworth was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Canada.He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto his family moved to the West Toronto Junction while he was still a youth...
(incumbent) - 4,199 - Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 3,785
- Alexander Chisholm - 3,366
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,065
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...
)
- Walter Howell (incumbent) - 5,922
- Robert Baker (incumbent) - 4,962
- Albert Burnese - 4,283
- Ernest Bray - 4,012
- William Robertston - 2,820
- Turner - 2,672
Results taken from the January 2, 1929 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.