1915 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy.

Toronto mayor

Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two prominent members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy, with Church the victor. As with most races of the period, it was also a contest between the two newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church.

Results: Tommy Church - 26,041; Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573

Board of Control

The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, Frank S. Spence, and Joseph Elijah Thompson.

John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751

Thomas Foster - 18,608

Frank S. Spence - 17,747

Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505

James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349

Fred McBrien - 15,447

John Wanless - 13,044

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale): William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 3,987; Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353; Robert Yeomans - 2,922; W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900; A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754; William Orr - 1,700; George Smith - 1,148; George Daniels - 765; George Wellings - 325

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale): Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028; Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586; Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134; Charles Beavis - 2,009; John Cooper - 1,789

Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward): Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356; Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993; J. George Ramsden - 2,107; John Skelton - 1,783; Albert Hassard - 884; Rudolph Paulich - 150

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District): R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286; Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865; John Cowan - 2,339; Robert McLeod - 1,673; Henry Dworkin - 1,281

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods): John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298; John Warren - 3,578; John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498; Joseph May - 3,138; Alfred Moore - 964

Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale): David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727; Thomas Roden - 2,319; Joseph Gibbons - 3,724; George Birdsall - 2,524; D.C. MacGregor - 2,198; Albert Chamberlain - 1,491; Arthur Atkinson - 819; John Brown - 538; Kenneth McKenzie - 544; Richard Holmes - 417; George Pettit - 304

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction): Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218; William Henry Weir - 1,141; Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026; Alexander Chisholm - 400; Maxwell Armstrong - 292

Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Vacancy

Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced.

References

Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1915