# 1906 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1906. The position of Mayor of Toronto was open as the incumbent, Thomas Urquhart, did not stand for re-election. Alderman Emerson Coatsworth defeated Controller Frank S. Spence.
Also on the ballot were plebiscites on two liquor licensing proposals which would have reduced the number of taverns and stores permitted to sell alcohol. Controller Spence supported the by-laws and attributed his defeat to its opponents.

## Toronto mayor
### Results

    Ald. Emerson Coatsworth - 16,425
    Controller Frank Spence - 12,328
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## Board of Control

The three members of the Toronto Board of Control running for re-election were successful. Alderman Jones was elected to fill the vacant seat formerly held by Controller Spence.

### Results

    William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 14,081
    S. Alfred Jones - 14,039
    J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 13,770
    John Shaw (incumbent) - 12,524
    Thomas Hastings - 11,308
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## Plebiscites

Two liquor licensing by-laws were on the ballot, one to reduce the number of taverns allowed to sell alcohol, the second to reduce the number of liquor stores. Both measures were defeated.

### Reduction of the number of taverns

    Yes - 13,409
    No - 14,629

### Reduction of shops.

    Yes - 12,750
    No - 14,904
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## City council

Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward. In the Second Ward, Joseph Oliver filled the vacancy left by Ald. Emerson Coatsworth mayoral candidacy. In the Fourth Ward, George McMurrich filled the vacancy left by Alderman Jones, who ran for Board of Control. In Sixth Ward, John Henry Adams replaced Alderman Lynd, who retired.

### First Ward (Riverdale)

    Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 1,979
    Robert Fleming (incumbent) - 1,565
    William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,406
    Edward Hales - 1,288
    James Wilson - 1,222
    J.M. Briggs - 180

### Second Ward (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Joseph Oliver - 1,715
    Dr. John Noble (incumbent) - 1,660
    Tommy Church (incumbent) - 1,590
    Edward Strachan Cox - 1,507
    James Hales - 1,358
    David Carlyle - 1,137
    Thomas Foster - 997
    W.S. Johnston - 787
    W.A. Douglass - 366
    Frederick Burrows - 179

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

    George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 3,034
    Oliver Barton Sheppard (incumbent) - 2,681
    Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,544
    John Wilson Bengough - 2,395
    Frank Moses - 1,148
    J.A. Humphrey - 1,118
    John Dunlop - 104

### Fourth Ward (Spadina)

    Dr. D.W.S. Harrison (incumbent) - 3,094
    Robert Crawford Vaughan (incumbent) - 3,009
    George McMurrich - 2,386
    Fred Dane - 2,176
    E.J. Humphrey - 1,414
    Edward Hanlan - 1,305

### Fifth Ward (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,846
    John Bell Hay (incumbent) - 2,263
    Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 2,237
    Frank Woods - 2,055
    James Cooper Claxton- 2,055

### Sixth Ward (Brockton and Parkdale)

    James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 2,367
    John James Graham (incumbent) - 2,037
    John Henry Adams - 1,569
    J. Harvey Hall - 1,074
    Walter Mann - 742
    D.R. Bell - 642
    J.E. Stewart - 607
    W.H. Warrington - 436
    Thomas Cannon - 389
    R.B. Noble - 191
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