**Municipal elections** were held in **Toronto**, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1912. Mayor George Reginald Geary faced no opponents and was acclaimed (elected without any opposition) to his third term as mayor.

Toronto mayor
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Mayor Geary had been elected mayor in 1910 and re-elected in 1911. No one chose to run against him and he was acclaimed. Later in 1912, he would resign and be replaced by Horatio Clarence Hocken.

Results
**George Reginald Geary**  (incumbent) - acclaimed

Board of Control
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Two incumbent members of the Board of Control were defeated. Noted Liberal and prohibitionist (opponent of alcohol) Frank S. Spence lost his seat, but he was replaced by fellow Liberal Jesse O. McCarthy. J.J. Ward, considered a representative of labour also lost his seat. The other new arrival was Thomas Foster who had lost his board the seat the previous year.

**Horatio Clarence Hocken** (incumbent) - 16,904
**J.O. McCarthy** - 14,897
**Thomas Foster** - 14,462
**Tommy Church** (incumbent) - 12,149
Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 12,003
J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 11,735
J.G. O'Donoghue - 4,022
George R. Sweeny - 3,921

City council
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A map of Toronto's seven municipal wards as they existed for elections for elections from 1910 until 1918, inclusive. (Source: *Toronto Daily Star*, 18 December 1909)
Ward 1 (Riverdale)
**Daniel Chisholm** (incumbent) - 3,563
**Zephaniah Hilton** (incumbent) - 2,647
**William J. Saunderson** - 2,255
William D. Robbins - 2,245
Fred Gibbons - 884
Samuel Fieldhouse - 441
Ernest Cook - 390
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
**John O'Neill** (incumbent) - 2,922
**H.A. Rowland** (incumbent) - 2,642
**Robert Yeomans** (incumbent) - 2,071
Charles A. Risk - 1,845
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
**Charles A. Maguire** (incumbent) - acclaimed
**Marmaduke Rawlinson** (incumbent) - acclaimed
**Sam McBride** - acclaimed
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
**George Weston** (incumbent) - 2,476
**John Wanless** - 2,427
**George McMurrich** (incumbent) - 1,931
James Commeford - 1,478
John Shayne - 1,172
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
**John Dunn** (incumbent) - 3,304
**R.H. Graham** (incumbent - 3,110
**Joseph May** (incumbent) - 3,091
John Wesley Meredith - 1,975
R.P. Powell - 1,412
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
**Fred McBrien** (incumbent) - 4,633
**David Spence** - 4,446
**John A. Austin** - 2,489
Walter Mann - 1,335
H.M. Mulholland - 1,319
James Stewart - 942
William Hevey - 627
R.W. Holmes - 425
Thomas Earls - 224
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
**A.J. Anderson** (incumbent) - 1090
**Samuel Ryding** - 876
W.A. Baird (incumbent) - 657
Noble Scott - 323
Results taken from the 2 January 1912 *The Globe* and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes
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Ward 1 Alderman Daniel Chisholm resigns on July 23, 1912 in order to be appointed Civic Property Commissioner. A by-election was held August 17, 1912.

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
**William D. Robbins** - 1,151
Frank Britton: 224
Fred Gibbons - 120
Samuel Fieldhouse - 19
Mayor George Reginald Geary resigns October 21, 1912 to become Corporation Counsel; Controller Horatio Clarence Hocken is unanimously appointed Mayor. Ward 3 Alderman Charles A. Maguire is appointed to fill the Board of Control vacancy; the aldermanic seat is left vacant.