# 1919 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1919. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his fifth consecutive term in office. This election marked the creation of Ward 8, covering the recently annexed areas of East Toronto. The representation of Ward 7 was also increased to have three alderman like every other ward.

## Toronto mayor

Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. He was opposed by several credible opponents, most notably by Controller John O'Neill who was trying to become the first Roman Catholic to be elected mayor of Toronto. Two other prominent candidates also ran, but failed to win much support. MP and future mayor Thomas Foster and former controller William Henry Shaw.

### Results

    Tommy Church (incumbent) - 26,020
    John O'Neill - 16,230
    William Henry Shaw - 3,772
    Thomas Foster - 2,180

## Board of Control

O'Neill's decision to run for mayor opened one vacancy on the Board of Control. It was filled by former Controller R.H. Cameron who had run unsuccessfully for mayor the year previous.

### Results

    Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 19,963
    R.H. Cameron - 19,094
    Sam McBride (incumbent) - 18,476
    William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 19,270
    Joseph Gibbons - 16,397
    Garnet Archibald - 15,603
    Fred McBrien - 13,570

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

    Frank Marsden Johnson (incumbent) - 3,559
    Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,555
    W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 3,533
    William Feawick - 2,478
    Arthur J. Stubbings - 1,623

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,997
    John Winnett - 2,582
    Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - 2,401
    Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,060
    Joseph Kent - 866

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

    J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 3,113
    F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,886
    Charles W. Mugridge - 1,687
    William Harper - 1,463

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

    Arthur Russell Nesbitt (incumbent) - 3,644
    John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,448
    John C. McMulkin (incumbent) - 3,349
    Harry Winberg - 1,862
    William Brant - 614

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 3,908
    W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,185
    Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 2,853
    Angus Beaton - 2,371
    James Phinnemore - 1,249
    James Coughlin - 1,159
    Thomas Ballentyne - 919

### Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)

    D.C. MacGregor - 5,113
    George Birdsall (incumbent) - 4,225
    Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 4,098
    James M.H. Ballantyne - 2,710
    Michael Manley - 1,624
    Alex Williamson - 1,360
    Alvin L. Gadsby - 869
    Richard Holmes - 916

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,435
    William Maher - 1,359
    Frank Whetter - 1,352
    Alexander Chisholm - 1,146
    Robert Agnew - 1,095

### Ward 8 (East Toronto)

    William Williamson - 1,747
    William M. Miskelly - 1,548
    Frederick Baker - 1,483
    Walter Brown - 1,202
    John Lennox - 766
    Alfred Dunnett - 567
    William Ford - 558
Results taken from the January 1, 1920 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.