# 1899 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 2, 1899. Mayor John Shaw was elected for his third consecutive term in office defeating opponent Ernest A. Macdonald and Third Ward Alderman George McMurrich. It was Macdonald's third unsuccessful attempt to be elected mayor, and McMurrich's second. Macdonald would succeed in his fourth attempt, at the 1900 Toronto municipal election.

## Toronto mayor
### Results

    John Shaw (incumbent) - 11,175
    Ernest A. Macdonald - 10,465
    Alderman George McMurrich - 3,745
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## Board of Control

The Toronto Board of Control was elected by Toronto City Council from among its members, and presided over by the mayor. At the first council meeting following the general election, council chose Aldermen Burns, Lynd, and Woods to sit on the body.

## Plebiscites

Three by-laws authorizing expenditures were approved by plebiscite: $62,500 for the erection of the Queen Street Viaduct spanning the Don River; $150,00 for the remodelling of St. Lawrence Market, and $40,000 for waterfront improvements at the foot of Bay Street.

### Don River Bridge

    Yea - 3,605
    Nay - 2,740

### St. Lawrence Market

    Yea - 4,524
    Nay - 2,188

### Waterfront

    Yea - 3,723
    Nay - 2,459
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## Aldermen elected to City Council

Four alderman were elected to sit on Toronto City Council in each of six wards.
Only two aldermen seeking re-election were defeated, both in the First Ward: John Leslie, who had also sat on the city's powerful Toronto Board of Control (which at this time was still chosen by city council rather than elected), and Alderman Richardson who were replaced by former alderman Stewart and John Russell. In the Second Ward, former alderman Francis Stephens Spence filled the vacancy left by the retirement of Alderman Bryce. In the Third Ward, former alderman N.L. Steiner filled the vacancy left by Alderman McMurrich's mayoral candidacy.

### First Ward

    James Frame (incumbent) - 1,589
    John Russell - 1,109
    H.R. Frankland (incumbent) - 1,091
    Wm. T. Stewart - 1,091
    John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,058
    F.A. Richardson (incumbent)- 1,013
    Thomas Allen - 868
    E.M. Corker - 281
    C.C. Woodley - 121
    Dr. Spiers - 80

### Second Ward

    John Hallam (incumbent) - 2,052
    Daniel Lamb (incumbent) - 1,949
    Francis Stephens Spence - 1,923
    Thos. Davies (incumbent) - 1,761
    E. Strachan Cox - 1,684
    Thomas Foster - 1,349
    Garrett F. Frankland - 876
    W.L. Beale - 740
    William Thompson - 151
    James O'Hara - 126

### Third Ward

    O.B. Sheppard (incumbent) - 3,225
    Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,886
    Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,503
    N.L. Steiner - 1,795
    James Allison - 1,557
    W.E. Raney - 1,515
    George Boxall - 917
    Arthur Bollard - 615
    A. Hepburn - 187

### Fourth Ward

    Wm. Burns (incumbent) - 2,870
    James Crane (incumbent) - 2,818
    Edward Hanlan (incumbent) - 2,373
    Wm. P. Hubbard (incumbent) - 2,318
    Thomas Urquhart - 2,288
    S.W. Burns - 2,057
    H.W. Paull - 1,016
    Thomas Roberts - 238

### Fifth Ward

    A.R. Denison (incumbent) - 2,281
    Francis H. Woods (incumbent) - 2,145
    John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,116
    Robt. H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,888
    Dr. William Stewart Fraleigh - 1,814
    H.E. Hamilton - 1,092
    Alex Stewart - 783
    J.B. Banks - 277
    C.A. Muerie - 197
    John Ward - 190
    F.J. Sabine - 99
    Edward Schilling - 42

### Sixth Ward

    John J. Graham (incumbent) - 1,499
    James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,492
    James M. Bowman (incumbent) - 1,328
    Adam Lynd M.D. (incumbent) - 1,289
    Alex Asher - 1,026
    J.J. Ward - 672
    Hugh MacMath - 635
    Thomas Hurst - 440
    William Dean - 220
    Robert Buist Noble - 114
    J.H. Hall - 70
    John Fawcett - 67
    J.C. McLean - 49
    H.M. Mulholland - 43
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