# 1888 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 2, 1888. Edward Frederick Clarke, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, defeated Alderman Elias Rogers, owner of a prominent coal and home heating company, and Daniel Defoe, a barrister and former alderman.
Rogers, a Quaker, was viewed as the "temperance candidate for mayor" while Clarke was favoured by tavern and liquor store owners and anti-temperance voters. Clarke's victory, along with the defeat of two liquor bylaws being proposed by referendum, being seen as a victory for anti-temperance sentiment.

## Toronto mayor
### Results

    Edward Frederick Clarke - 7,951
    Elias Rogers - 7,050
    Daniel Defoe - 2,019
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## Referendum

Referenda were held on three proposed by-laws, one to approve financing for a "trunk sewer", a second by-law to reduce the number of taverns licensed to serve liquor from 150 to 100, and a third to reduce the number of shops licensed to sell liquor from 50 to 20. All three by-laws were defeated.

### Trunk sewer by-law

    For - 2,825
    Against - 3,737

### Tavern license by-law

    For - 7,371
    Against - 8,187

### Shop license by-law

    For - 7,743
    Against - 8,146
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## Aldermen elected to city council
### St. Andrew's Ward

    E. King Dodds (incumbent) - 837
    William Carlyle (incumbent) - 822
    Thomas Pells - 769
    William Burns - 699
    J. D. Henderson - 633
    James Bond - 519

### St. David's Ward

    John C. Swait (incumbent) - 1,255
    William H. Gibbs - 1,179
    Robert J. Fleming (incumbent) - 1,019
    J. G. Gibson - 940
    Wickett (incumbent) - 770

### St. George's Ward

    George E. Gillespie (incumbent) - acclaimed
    John Maugham (incumbent) - acclaimed
    George Verral (incumbent) - acclaimed

### St. James' Ward

    Alfred McDougall - 1,165
    James B. Boustead (incumbent) - 1,017
    John McMillan (incumbent) - 1,053
    Wallace Millichamp (incumbent) - 774

### St. John's Ward

    H. L. Piper (incumbent) - 1,025
    Irwin (incumbent) - 814
    A. H. Gilbert - 679
    Frank Moses - 642
    R. J. Score - 622
    James Thomson - 572

### St. Lawrence Ward

    Garrett F. Frankland (incumbent) - 733
    John Hallam - 634
    Morrison (incumbent) - 616
    Charles Small - 561
    Thomas Thompson - 399

### St. Mark's Ward

    John Ritchie (incumbent) - 456
    Michael J. Woods (incumbent) - 401
    Charles Frederick Denison (incumbent) - 410
    David D. Christie - 286
    James Roney - 245
    Robert Brown - 95

### St. Matthew's Ward

    Jones (incumbent) - 371
    Francis E. Galbraith - 308
    Peter Macdonald - 295
    Ernest A. Macdonald (incumbent) - 247
    Ingham (incumbent) - 182
    Thomas Foster - 29

### St. Patrick's Ward

    John Baxter (incumbent) - 1,966
    Harvie (incumbent) - 1,467
    George J. St. Leger (incumbent) - 1,214
    Isaac Wardell - 1,187

### St. Paul's Ward

    W. J. Hill (incumbent) - acclamation
    William Roaf - (incumbent) acclamation
    John Shaw (incumbent) - acclamation

### St. Stephen's Ward

    Johnston (incumbent) - 1,178
    William Bell - 1,079
    Barton (incumbent) - 1,001
    Robert H. Graham (incumbent) - 926
    R. W. Prittie - 477

### St. Thomas' Ward

    William Carlyle (incumbent) - 892
    Edward Hewitt - 691
    Drayton (incumbent) - 655
    Galley (incumbent) - 632
    William Park - 375
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