1908 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1908. Mayor Emerson Coatsworth did not run for a third term.
Toronto mayor
- Results
- Joseph Oliver - 14,022
- Alderman George Reginald Geary - 7,124
- Dr Beattie Nesbitt - 6,504
- James Simpson - 3,701
- Miles Vokes - 964
Source: "OLIVER IS TORONTO'S MAYOR; NESBITT OVERWHELMED', The Globe, page 1, January 2, 1908 - accessed via ProQuest.
Plebiscite
A
The by-law was approved in Toronto by a vote of 14,078 to 4,483.[1]
Board of Control
Three incumbent members of the Toronto Board of Control were re-elected, Controller William Peyton Hubbard was displaced by Frank Spence.
- Horatio Clarence Hocken (incumbent) - 16,844
- Frank S. Spence - 11,542
- William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 10,310
- J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 10,075
- William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 9,203
- John Shaw - 6,385
- Robert Fleming - 5,648
- Oliver B. Sheppard - 5,099
- John Dunn - 4,435
- John Enoch Thompson- 1,294
- James Lindala - 1,220
- Hugh MacMath - 1,013
- Robert Buist Noble - 745
- James O'Hara - 307
- Joel Marvin Briggs - 232
Source: The Globe, page 3, January 2, 1908, and "MANY IN FIGHT FOR MAYORALTY: Seven Candidates Nominated at the City Hall WOULD-BE CONTROLLERS Large Crop of Nominees, Including Present Board Fifteen Men and One Woman in the List for Places on the Board of education-- The Socialists Have a Ticket-- Speeches of the Various Candidates FOR MAYOR", The Globe, 24 Dec 1907: 11.
City council
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Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward. There were only two changes from the previous council, Alderman Hales was defeated in Ward 1 by William Temple Stewart and in Ward 3, Mark Bredin filled the seat vacated by Alderman Geary, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor.
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,079
- William Temple Stewart - 1,439
- William J. Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,356
- Edward Hales (incumbent) - 1,292
- Zephaniah Hilton - 995
- William Worrell - 991
- John Coatsworth Graham - 481
- Charles Fletcher Leidy - 360
- Elgin Schoff - 138
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- Tommy Church(incumbent) - 2,656
- James Hales (incumbent) - 2,238
- Thomas Foster (incumbent)- 1,921
- William Norton Eastwood - 1,291
- Ewart Farquahar - 864
- William Alexander Douglass - 721
- John Clark - 445
- Josiah Rogers - 199
- Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
- Sam McBride (incumbent)- 2,885
- John Wilson Bengough (incumbent) - 2,382
- Mark Bredin - 2,148
- Wesley Sandfield Johnston - 998
- Frank W. Johnston - 960
- John Kirk - 771
- William Earngey - 767
- Julius H. Humphrey - 759
- Frederick Hogg - 716
- David Lorsch - 663
- James Phinnemore - 239
- Ward 4 (Area between Bathurst Street and University Avenue including Spadina)
- R.C. Vaughan (incumbent) - 3,492
- George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,409
- Thomas Alexander Lytle (incumbent) - 3,240
- George Eakins Gibbard - 2,299
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 2,338
- Peter Whytock (incumbent) - 2,152
- Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 1,375
- James Cooper Claxton - 1,216
- Joseph May - 1,029
- John Aldridge - 1,008
- William Carlyle - 886
- Alexander Stewart - 873
- Thomas Gillies - 699
- Frederick W. Jenkins - 552
- William James King - 355
- Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
- James Henry McGhie - 2,498
- John James Graham - 2,164
- J.H. Adams - 1,347
- James Arthur McCausland - 1,332
- Fred McBrien - 1,017
- Walter Mann - 824
- Thomas Hurst - 774
- John Edward Jarrott - 665
- David Ruddick Bell - 594
- Thomas Yates Egan - 546
- George Fairles - 431
- Walter Warrington - 276
- Phillips Thompson - 265
References
Results taken from the January 2, 1908 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.
- ^ a b c "OLIVER IS TORONTO'S MAYOR; NESBITT OVERWHELMED', The Globe, pages 1 & 3, January 2, 1908
- ^ "HYDRO-RADIAL PURCHASE SCHEME CARRIES AT POLLS: BOTH CITY AND COUNTRY FAVOR SUBURBAN AND EASTERN DEALS; NIAGARA WANTS N., S. & T. RADIAL Public Ownership Gains Another Great Triumph at the Municipal Elections--A Tribute to the Leadership of Sir Adam Beck DRURY STANDS PAT ON PRESENT POLICY Majority of . .. For Toronto Suburban Purchase and 1,792 for the Toronto Eastern--One Municipality Only Gives Adverse Vote in Niagara Peninsula, The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]03 Jan 1922: 1
- ^ SUPPORT THE POWER BY-LAW The Globe (1844-1936); Dec 31, 1907; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail pg. 4
- ^ "MANY IN FIELD FOR ALDERMEN: Seventeen Candidates Running in Sixth Ward OLD MEMBERS LINED UP Aldermanic Candidates Favor Power By-law A Number off Them Advocate Purchase of Toronto Electric Ught Company's Plant-- Filtration of Water Favored by Many of Those Seeking Office", The Globe, 4 Dec 1907: 9