Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1921. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his seventh term as Mayor of Toronto in a row - something that had never happened before.

Toronto mayor

Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been re-elected every year since then. He was opposed by Sam McBride, who had also challenged Church for the mayoralty in 1920.

1921 Toronto municipal election

Results

Tommy Church - 35,959

Sam McBride - 19,966

Board of Control

Two sitting members of the Board of Control were defeated: J. George Ramsden and R.H. Cameron.

1921 Toronto municipal election

Results

Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 34,141

Wesley Hiltz - 22,615

Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 18,612

A.R. Nesbitt - 19,202

William D. Robbins - 18,015

R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 17,872

J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 17,393

Herbert Henry Ball - 16,911

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale) Richard Honeyford (incumbent) - 3,637 F.M. Johnson (incumbent) - 3,829 A.H. Wagstaff - 2,807 W.A. Summerville - 2,447 W.J. Story - 1,106 A.J. Stubbings - 944 J.E. Barnett - 872 W.J. Carmichael - 275 T. Rennick - 257 W.S.B. Armstrong - 195

1921 Toronto municipal election

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,436 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,086 J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - 2,836 J.M. Day - 1,402 Frederick Hogg - 1,190 W.J. Street - 966 Andrew Ruppert - 535 K. Frawley - 494

Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Alfred Burgess (incumbent) - 2,685 George Rose - 1,867 Constance Hamilton (incumbent) - 1,815 F.W. Johnston (incumbent) - 1,614 C.A. Reed - 1,608 Aubrey Bond - 1,604 Andrew Carrick - 1,182 Robert Morse - 211

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,698 Ethel Small - 2,616 Joseph Singer (incumbent) - 2,413 A.G. McIntyre - 2,063 C.W. Mogridge - 811 Lewis LeGrow - 431

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 4,699 James Phinnemore (incumbent) - 4,103 A.E. Hacker - 3,619 W.R. Plewman (incumbent) - 3,448 R.H. Palmer - 1,040 J.J. Hubbard - 1,033 A. Plenty - 818

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) George Birdsall (incumbent) - 7,289 D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 6,919 Brook Sykes (incumbent) - 6,581 Earl Hodgson - 1,900 Hattie Stevens - 1,706 R.J. Bradfield - 1,456 R.J. Kirk - 1,305

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 2,257 Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 2,130 H.M Davy - 1,894 A. Chisholm - 1,418 James Simpson - 1,142

Ward 8 (East Toronto) Frederick Baker (incumbent) - 3,069 George Cruise - 2,745 Frances Maxwell (incumbent) - 2,499 W.H. Ford - 1,673 H. Ingram - 960 Hector Demers - 931 F.P. England - 608

Results taken from the January 2, 1921 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 2, 1921

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