1915 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in

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

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

municipal wards

as they existed for elections for elections from 1910 until 1918, inclusive. (Source: Toronto Daily Star, 18 December 1909)

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