# 1927 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1927. Thomas Foster was running for his third consecutive term as mayor and won a narrow victory over Sam McBride. There were two referendums as part of the vote. Toronto voters voted in favour of adopting daylight saving time for the city. They also voted in favour of spending money to create an ornate gate at the entrance to the Exhibition Place, which became the Princes' Gates.

## Toronto mayor

Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his third consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by Sam McBride and labour candidate William D. Robbins. Foster was reelected by a narrow margin.

### Results

    Thomas Foster - 42,617
    Sam McBride - 38,477
    William D. Robbins - 6,317

## Board of Control

There was only one change in the membership of the Board of Control. Sam McBride chose to run for mayor, and the open seat was won by former Alderman Bert Wemp who had tried, but failed, to capture a board seat the year before.

### Results

    Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 48,739
    A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 43,153
    D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 34,813
    Bert Wemp - 34,450
    J. George Ramsden - 26,489
    Clifford Blackburn - 22,959
    Frank Whetter - 21,878
    James Simpson - 10,946

## City council
### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 6,500
    Robert Siberry - 4,707
    Robert Allen - 3,926
    Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 3,822
    Richard Honeyford - 3,747
    Bertie Grant - 2,488
    William Tyler - 590
    Samuel Fieldhouse - 438

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,618
    James Cameron - 5,513
    John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,882
    Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 4,591

### Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)

    Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 6,879
    Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,324
    Percy Quinn - 3,565
    Robert Yeomans - 3,016
    Wallace Kennedy - 1,826

### Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)

    Claude Pearce - 3,798
    Ian Macdonnell (incumbent) - 3,468
    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,091
    Samuel Factor (incumbent) - 2,615
    Mason Saunders - 1,802
    Jacob Romer - 441

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,954
    Wesley Benson - 4,767
    Benjamin Miller (incumbent) - 4,416
    Sol Eisen - 2,208
    Robert Prince - 1,241
    Robert Leslie - 2,711
    Joseph Bell - 1,763

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Brook Sykes - 9,482
    John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,362
    John Boland (incumbent) - 7,182
    Richard Tuthill - 4,280
    Gordon Gibb - 3,327
    Alexander Greenhill - 1,358
    Albert Robinson - 1,202

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    Alexander Chisholm - 3,993
    William J. Wadsworth - 3,756
    Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,742
    William Davidson (incumbent) - 3,492
    Albert Smith - 546

### Ward 8 (East Toronto)

    Walter Howell (incumbent) - 4,988
    Robert Dibble (incumbent) - 4,892
    Robert Baker (incumbent) - 4,340
    Isaac Pimblett - 3,874
    Albert Burnese - 3,348
    William Robertston - 2,576
    Joseph Turner - 1,233
    David Mackay - 572
    Dave McCorie - 394
    Albert Jacks - 315
Results taken from the January 1, 1927 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.