1926 Toronto municipal election

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1926. Thomas Foster was reelected mayor.

Toronto mayor

Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his second consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by former Controller R.H. Cameron, but won easy reelection. The central issue was whether the suburban radial lines, such as the Toronto and York Radial Railway, should be taken away from Toronto Hydro and merged into the Toronto Transportation Commission. While Cameron, the main advocate of the position, lost the election the policy was enacted in 1927.

Results: Thomas Foster - 47,771; R.H. Cameron - 38,045; Samuel Fieldhouse - 916

Board of Control

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There was one change in the membership of the Board of Control. Alderman Sam McBride made his first run for the Board and finished second. This pushed William D. Robbins into fifth and off the board.

Results: Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 37,608; Sam McBride - 36,211; A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 31,427; D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 30,975; William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 30,320; William C. McBrien - 29,923; Bert Wemp - 28,024; Frank Whetter - 21,722; W.E. Hamilton - 2,590

City council

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Ward 1 (Riverdale): W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 6,359; George J. Smith (incumbent) - 6,252; Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 5,158; Richard Honeyford - 4,179; Robert Allen - 2,548

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale): John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,857; Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 5,606; John R. Beamish - 5,501; Charles Reed - 3,753

Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward): Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 5,463; J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 4,785; Andrew Carrick - 4,262; William Beaton - 3,716; Wallace Kennedy - 1,916

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District): Ian Macdonnell - 4,588; Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,292; Samuel Factor - 2,570; William Hevey - 2,577; John Young - 811

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods): Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 6,539; William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,125; Benjamin Miller (incumbent) - 5,191; Phinnemore - 3,407; John Macdonald - 1,596

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale): Samuel Thomas Wright (incumbent) - 8,951; John Laxton (incumbent) - 6,791; John Boland - 6,312; William Willard - 5,121; William Maltby - 4,712; Richard Tuthill - 3,028; James Black - 829; James Muldowney - 667

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction): W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 4,451; Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 4,283; William C. Davidson - 3,989; Alexander Chisholm - 3,219; Hall - 398; Barnetson - 252

Ward 8 (East Toronto): Robert Baker (incumbent) - 6,900; Walter Howell - 5,587; Robert Dibble (incumbent) - 5,587; William Robertston (incumbent) - 4,994; Joseph Turner - 2,779; Isaac Pimblett - 2,195; Albert Burnese - 3,348

Results taken from the January 2, 1926 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

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Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 2, 1926

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