Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 4, 1892. Robert John Fleming, was elected to his first term in office, defeating financier and Board of Trade president Edmund Boyd Osler, John McMillan, and former mayor and Member of Parliament James Beaty.
Toronto mayor
Results
Robert John Fleming - 8,581
Edmund Boyd Osler - 8,204
John McMillan - 4,652
James Beaty - 597
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Plebiscites
Two plebiscites were conducted; one to soften Toronto's blue laws by allowing streetcars to operate on Sundays and a second on having school books provided to students for free.
Sunday streetcars
Yea - 9,950
Nay - 13,997
Free school books
Yea - 11,346
Nay - 7,907
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Aldermen elected to City Council
Wards were redrawn and consolidated for this election meaning some wards had more incumbents running than there were seats. Instead of 13 wards electing three alderman each, there were now six wards, each electing four alderman to sit on Toronto City Council.
First Ward
Charles C. Small (incumbent) - 1,311
John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,272
George S. Macdonald - 944
W.T. Stewart - 896
Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 881
T. Allen (incumbent) - 857
J. Pape (incumbent) - 763
Second Ward
John Hallam (incumbent) - 2,163
Daniel Lamb - 2,149
Thomas Foster - 1,530
David Carlyle - 1,519
Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 1,398
P. O'Connor - 1,071
K. Farquahar (incumbent) - 947
W.W. Park - 946
Third Ward
Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,940
George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,195
Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,136
John Shaw (incumbent) - 2,010
John Flett (incumbent) - 1,961
W.J. Hill (incumbent) - 1,944
G.M. Rose (incumbent) - 1,924
William N. Hall - 930
Ernest A. Macdonald - 523
Fourth Ward
William Carlyle - 2,795
William Burns (incumbent) - 2,451
James Jolliffe (incumbent) - 2,225
George Verral (incumbent) - 2,090
Frederick Phillips (incumbent) - 1,912
John Lucas - 1,521
Fifth Ward
William Bell (incumbent) - 2,339
Thomas Crawford - 1,870
R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,843
John Bailey (incumbent) - 1,635
J.E. Verral (incumbent) - 1,363
T.K Rogers - 906
Peter Whittock - 484
John Mulvey - 238
Charles T. Pearce - 160
Sixth Ward
James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,215
W.F. Atkinson (incumbent) - 1,201
Dr. J. O. Orr (incumbent) - 1,143
John Maloney (incumbent) - 1,096
William Crealock (incumbent) - 1,033
Hugh MacMath (incumbent) - 986
Thomas Murray - 799
George B. Boyle - 235
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References
Aldermanic results taken from the January 5, 1892, Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.