# 1923 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1923. Charles A. Maguire was reelected to his second term as mayor.

## Toronto mayor

Charles A. Maguire had been acclaimed as mayor the election previously. The 1923 campaign focused on Sir Adam Beck's proposal of an electrical radial railway along the length of the Toronto water front and further into the neighbouring cities. Maguire was in favour of the controversial plan. His main opponent was R.J. Fleming who opposed the scheme. Fleming had previously served as mayor of Toronto several decades previously. The radial plan was voted down in a referendum that accompanied the vote, but Maguire was reelected mayor.

### Results

    Charles A. Maguire - 46,362
    R.J. Fleming - 38,961

## Board of Control

One new member was elected to the Board of Control: Alderman Joseph Singer.

### Results

    Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 36,040
    Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 33,740
    Wesley Hiltz (incumbent) - 32,551
    Joseph Singer - 32,033
    Sam McBride - 30,606
    A.R. Nesbitt (incumbent) - 29,947
    Alfred Burgess - 24,876
    J.R.I. Starr - 25,931

## City council

Other than Ward plus number, the names are not official, and given here only as a guide to current-day places.

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 5,236
    William D. Robbins - 4,987
    Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 3,916
    F.M. Johnston (incumbent) - 3,682
    James Burry - 2,743
    William Varley - 2,063

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,939
    Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 4,249
    W.H. Shaw - 4,173
    Bert Wemp - 3,503
    John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,281
    Herbert Henry Ball - 3,080
    Wallace - 208

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

    Frank Stollery - 5,786
    Andrew Carrick - 5,190
    H.G. Stanton - 4,942
    Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,537
    C.A. Reed (incumbent) - 3,086
    F.W. Johnston - 3,662
    William Harper - 587

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

    Ethel Small (incumbent) - 4,878
    R.H. Cameron - 3,879
    Claude Pearce - 3,382
    John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,608
    John McMulkin - 2,305
    Harry Winberg - 1,947
    E.B. Westwood - 1,878
    P.W. Benner - 458

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    Clifford Blackburn - 5,540
    A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 5,391
    Wesley Benson (incumbent) - 5,061
    James Phinnemore - 4,107
    C.W. Mogridge - 2,915
    William Faragher - 2,909
    Abraham Goldberg - 1,061

### Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)

    Fred McBrien - 8,637
    D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 7,738
    George Birdsall (incumbent) - 6,942
    Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 6,684
    Edmund Atkinson - 5,783
    W.H. Price - 5,222

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 2,937
    H.M Davy (incumbent) - 2,762
    Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 2,546
    W.A. Baird - 2,536
    Hain - 2,410

### Ward 8 (East Toronto)

    Robert Baker (incumbent) - 4,337
    George S. Shields - 3,992
    Francis Maxwell (incumbent) - 3,392
    William Miskelly - 3,266
    Walter Brown - 2,571
    Isaac Pimblett - 1,481
Results taken from the January 1, 1923 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.