# 1905 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1905. Thomas Urquhart was elected to his third term, defeating merchant George Gooderham and barrister William David McPherson.

## Toronto mayor
### Results

    Thomas Urquhart - 15,173
    George Gooderham - 12,827
    William David McPherson - 1,136
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## Board of Control

Incumbents Frank S. Spence, William Peyton Hubbard, and John Shaw were re-elected to the Toronto Board of Control and were joined by Alderman J. J. Ward, who filled the vacancy created by Controller Louden's retirement. Controller Shaw first joined the board several months later by winning a by-election following the resignation of Controller Fred H. Richardson, who had resigned following allegations that he had received bribes from the Toronto Railway Company.

### Results

    Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 13,032
    Alderman John Joseph Ward - 12,993
    William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 12,880
    John Shaw (incumbent) - 12,436
    James Russell Lovett Starr - 9,823
    Joseph Oliver - 8,141
    Alderman Thomas Foster - 6,395
    Alderman Joseph George Ramsden - 5,839
    Frank Moses - 5,048
    Arthur Richard Denison - 4,925
    Edward Hanlan - 2,178
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## Plebiscites

Two by-laws authorizing public works expenditures were approved by plebiscite: a by-law to spend $300,000 on new buildings on the Toronto Industrial Exhibition grounds, $700,000 to improve the city's fire protection system in the wake of the 1904 Great Fire of Toronto. A third vote on a $700 tax exemption for all dwellings was also approved.

### Exhibition

    Yes - 6,151
    No - 4,307

### Fire protection

    Yes - 8,325
    No - 3,239

### Tax exemption

    Yes - 15,454
    No - 8,127
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## City council

Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward.

### First Ward (Riverdale)

    Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,000
    Robert Fleming (incumbent) - 1,924
    William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,692
    James Wilson - 1,304

### Second Ward (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Emerson Coatsworth(incumbent) - 2,601
    Dr. John Noble (incumbent) - 2,128
    Tommy Church - 1,891
    David Carlyle - 1,722
    Wesley S. Johnston - 1,289
    Edward Strachan Cox - 910

### Third Ward (Central Business District and The Ward)

    Oliver Barton Sheppard (incumbent) - 2,535
    George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 2,466
    Sam McBride - 2,215
    Henry Sheard - 2,204
    Julius Alexander Humphrey - 837
    Thomas Edward Rawson - 788
    William Carlyle Hall - 505
    John Dunlop - 259

### Fourth Ward (Spadina)

    Dr. William S. Harrison (incumbent) - 3,127
    Robert Crawford Vaughan - 2,931
    Stephen Alfred Jones (incumbent) - 2,427
    Stephen W. Burns - 1,987
    Richard Donald - 1,898
    Arthur Hillyard Birmingham - 733

### Fifth Ward (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    John Bell Hay (incumbent) - 2,389
    John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,314
    Albert James Keeler - 2,155
    Frank Woods (incumbent) - 1,938
    Peter Whytock - 1,567
    M. Joseph Mallancy - 427

### Sixth Ward (Brockton and Parkdale)

    James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 2,024
    John James Graham (incumbent) - 1,888
    Dr. Adam Lynd - 1,635
    John Milton Godfrey - 1,608
    William James Clark - 702
    Sam Scott - 655
    James Edward Stewart - 416
    George Gordon Miles - 362
    Robert Buist Noble - 148
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