Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1914. H.C. Hocken was re-elected mayor defeating Fred McBrien. The election was also notable for the victory of Louis Singer as an alderman, the first member of Toronto's Jewish community elected to city council.
Toronto mayor
Hocken had been mayor since 1912, as a founder of the Toronto Daily Star he was strongly supported by that newspaper and opposed by its rival the Toronto Telegram. In the 1914 election the Telegram supported Alderman McBrien, but Hocken won by a significant margin. Two other candidates ran, but received little support: Alderman Alfred Burgess and Birks.
Results
H.C. Hocken (incumbent) - 21,218
Fred McBrien - 16,641
Alfred Burgess - 3,725
James Birks - 1,511
Board of Control
The Board of Control election was also a victory for the Star. Most notably labour leader James Simpson was elected at the top of the poll while incumbent Telegram favourite Thomas Foster was defeated.
James Simpson - 20,695
J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 17,490
Tommy Church (incumbent) - 17,085
John O'Neill (incumbent) - 14,597
Joseph Elijah Thompson - 14,233
Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 13,929
Robert Yeomans - 11,708
A. J. H. Eckardt - 7,755
City council
Ward 1 (Riverdale) William D. Robbins (incumbent) - acclaimed Albert Walton (incumbent) - acclaimed W. W. Hiltz - acclaimed
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) H.A. Rowland (incumbent) - 3,732 Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 2,267 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,813 James Lindala - 866
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Charles A. Maguire - 4,245 F.S. Spence - 2,918 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,806 Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,770 G.J. Castle - 809 Rudolph Paulich - 135
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) J. Wanless (incumbent) - 2,667 R.H. Cameron - 2,101 Louis Singer - 1,842 A.B. Farmer - 1,571 Robert McLeod - 1,308 A.E. Hacker - 1,002 A.R. Williamson - 995 G.R. Sweeny - 906 Harry Winberg - 240 G.H. Pettit - 211
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) John Dunn (incumbent) - 3,087 R.H. Graham - 3,076 John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,023 Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,754 G.S.C. Garrett - 2,416 R.W. Dockeray - 2,115 Alfred Moore - 452
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) David Spence (incumbent) - 5,822 C.H. Maybee (incumbent) - 5,200 W.H. Smith - 4,847 T.J. Ryan - 2,669 S.H. Hurst - 1,472 Richard Holmes - 592 W.H. Stevens - 343
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Frank Whetter - 750 Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 678 J.G. Wright - 539 W.J. Dalton - 525 Alexander Chisholm - 390 William Henry Weir - 294 Maxwell Armstrong - 164 A.M. Wilson - 166 J.A. Macdonald - 120 J.C. McClelland - 82
Results taken from the January 2, 1914 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.