1926 Toronto municipal election

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

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

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

• Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 2, 1926