Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 1 January 1910. George Reginald Geary was elected to his first term as mayor. Two proposals were also approved by the voters: To build a subway system To elect school trustees according to wards (districts). Three by-laws were also voted on, two passed. The approved by-laws were: Building new buildings on the land of the Canadian National Exhibition; Building more fire and police stations. The by-law that failed to win approval was the one calling for the extension of Bloor Street by means of a viaduct.

Voting eligibility

Unlike today, many people were not allowed to vote. Women could only vote if they owned land and were either not married or widowed. There were also limits on which men could vote and people who didn't own land weren't allowed to vote on certain questions.

1910 Toronto municipal election

Toronto mayor

Mayor Joseph Oliver did not run for re-election. George Reginald Geary had run for the mayor's office in 1908 but lost to Oliver before winning a seat on the Board of Control (the city council's executive_) the next year. In an open race in 1910, Geary's main opponent was fellow Controller Horatio Clarence Hocken, founder of the Toronto Star and social reformer whom he defeated by 4,000 votes.

1910 Toronto municipal election

Results

George Reginald Geary - 18,996

Horatio Clarence Hocken - 14,999

Thomas Davies - 644

Robert Buist Noble - 192

Joel Marvin Briggs - 93

Board of Control

All results are sourced from the 3 January 1910 The Globe, page one.

1910 Toronto municipal election

Frank S. Spence - 13,879

J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 13,401

Tommy Church - 12,657

Thomas Foster - 10,841

William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 9,946

William Peyton Hubbard - 9,498

Mark Bredin - 8,708

James Henry McGhie - 7,511

James Hales - 5,852

Albert Chamberlain - 2,730

City council

Ward 1

Thomas N. Phelan - 3,194

Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,887

Zephaniah Hilton (incumbent) - 2,402

William J. Saunderson - 1,957

Andrew McMillan (incumbent) - 1,550

James William Jackson - 1,449

Ward 2

John O'Neill (incumbent) - 2,544

Henry Adams Rowland - 1,877

William J. Hambly - 1,647

Robert Yeomans - 1,234

Donald Urquhart - 900

James Edward Forfar - 573

Frederick Hogg - 460

James O'Hara - 269

Frederick Burrows - 186

Ward 3

Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,623

Sam McBride - 2,759

Norman Heyd - 2,619

Stewart Nassau Hughes - 1658

John Kirk - 1,291

Ward 4

George Weston - 2,895

Albert Welch (incumbent) - 2,226

George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,228

James Commeford - 1,776

A.E. Hacker - 1,602

A.R. Williamson - 1,462

J.N Sloan - 483

Ward 5

John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,605

Joseph May - 2,508

Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 2,023

Robert William Dockeray - 1,792

Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 1,764

Peter Whytock - 1,698

John L. Richardson - 1,414

Richard Pugh Powell - 730

Ward 6

Jesse O. McCarthy - 3,276

James Arthur McCausland - 2,992

David Spence - 2,571

Fred McBrien - 2,562

John James Graham (incumbent) - 1,830

Thomas Edward Earls - 235

Ward 7

A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - acclaimed

William Alexander Baird (incumbent) - acclaimed

References

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