# 1930 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1930. In a close mayoral election Bert Wemp ousted two term incumbent Sam McBride. The main issue of the election was a proposed downtown beautification scheme that would have rebuilt roads in the core. The proposal was rejected in a referendum after voters in the suburbs voted against it. McBride was the plan's leading proponent, and its rejection hurt his reelection bid.

## Toronto mayor

McBride had been elected mayor in 1928 and had been in office two years. He was defeated by controller and Toronto Telegram editor Bert Wemp by 4,378 votes. Also running was controller A.E. Hacker, but he finished in distant third.

### Results

    Bert Wemp - 54,309
    Sam McBride - 49,933
    Albert E. Hacker - 3,210

## Board of Control

Only one member of the Board of Control elected in the last election was running for reelection: W.A. Summerville. Hacker and Wemp had both chosen to run for mayor. Joseph Gibbons had been appointed to the board of Toronto Hydro and was replaced mid-term by Alderman Frank Whetter, but he was defeated when he tried to run for a full term. Elected were two candidates considered representatives of labour: James Simpson and William D. Robbins. The other new Controller was Claude Pearce, who had strong support from Roman Catholic voters.

### Results

    W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 47,418
    Claude Pearce - 46,692
    James Simpson - 44,921
    William D. Robbins - 39,023
    Benjamin Miller - 37,156
    Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 31,772
    Brook Sykes - 28,043
    Wesley Benson - 25,054
    Harry Bradley - 2,617

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

    Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 8,567
    Robert Allen (incumbent) - 7,187
    Lorne Trull - 6,382
    Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 5,047
    William Taylor - 3,184
    Harry Perkins - 1,837

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 6,754
    John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,972
    James Cameron (incumbent) - 5,017
    Joseph Miller - 5,386
    Robert Yeomans - 4,191
    Hugh Sutherland - 3,486
    Frank Gallagher - 1,010

### Ward 3 (Central Business District)

    J. George Ramsden - 6,256
    Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,562
    Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,286
    H.L. Rogers - 4,211
    George Yorke - 4,102
    Wallace Kennedy - 2,576

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

    Samuel Factor (incumbent) - 4,022
    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,995
    Charles Ward - 3,386
    John McMulkin - 3,086
    George King - 1,941
    Jacob Romer - 1,124

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    William James Stewart (incumbent) - 6,060
    Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 5,035
    Robert Leslie - 5,013
    Louis Fine - 3,825
    James Phinnemore - 3,111
    Garnet Archibald - 2,765
    Mary McNab - 1,161
    Max Shur - 317

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Joseph Wright (incumbent) - 10,576
    D.C. MacGregor - 8,330
    John Boland (incumbent) - 7,325
    John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,125
    S.I. Wright - 5,404
    Joseph King - 978
    James Gill - 912
    Albert Smith - 550

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 5,701
    Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 4,576
    Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 4,381
    John Whetton - 2,861
    George Watson - 830

### Ward 8 (East Toronto)

    Walter Howell (incumbent) - 7,921
    Ernest Bray - 7,569
    Albert Burnese (incumbent) - 7,123
    Robert Baker (incumbent) - 7,037
    William Robertston - 2,978
Results taken from the January 2, 1930 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.