Toronto municipal election, 1909

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1909. Joseph Oliver was easily re-elected to his second term as mayor. One of the central issues of the campaign was whether the city should construct a bridge over the Don River connecting to Danforth Avenue. A referendum was held as part of the vote, and the bridge was approved. It would be built as the Prince Edward Viaduct.

Toronto mayor

Oliver had been elected in the 1908 election, and was easily reelected while facing no serious opposition.

Results
Joseph Oliver - 27,128
Thomas Davies - 8,127
Lindaala - 1,735
Joel Marvin Briggs - 327

Board of Control

The election was accompanied by a referendum on reducing the number of licensed bars in the city by 40. The measure passed, but in a surprise upset Controller Frank S. Spence, who was the strongest advocate for the measure, was defeated.

George Reginald Geary - 20,136
Horatio Clarence Hocken (incumbent) - 17,630
J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 15,782
William Spence Harrison (incumbent) - 14,037
Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 13,296
William Peyton Hubbard - 11,391
James Hales - 8,462
Noble - 1,393
O'Harn - 808

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 2,104
Zephaniah Hilton - 1,836
Andrew McMillan - 1,824
Thomas N. Phelan - 1,748
William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,392
William J. Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,246
Robert Fleming - 1,039
John Macpherson Ross - 912
William Totten - 488
William Worrell - 472
John Linden - 213
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
Tommy Church (incumbent) - 2,776
John O'Neill - 2,496
Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 1,981
Noble - 1,421
Robert Yeomans - 1,241
Eastwood - 916
Farquahar - 517
Douglas - 502
Frederick Hogg - 359
Wallace - 328
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
Mark Bredin (incumbent) - 2,989
R. Wilson Bengough (incumbent) - 2,630
Charles A. Maguire - 2,488
Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,391
Sheppard - 2,309
Stewart Nassau Hughes - 1,323
Gurofsky - 660
John Kirk - 519
Thomas Egan - 509
Paul Levi - 298
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
George McMurrich (incumbent) - 3,599
R.C. Vaughan (incumbent) - 2,173
Albert Welch - 2,974
Brandon - 2,735
Lytle (incumbent) - 2,248
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Robert Henry Graham (incumbent) - 3,191
John Dunn - 2,933
Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 2,946
Peter Whytock (incumbent) - 2,626
Joseph May - 2,213
John L. Richardson - 1,357
Robert William Dockeray - 1,792
Thomas Gillies - 519
Frederick Jenkins - 509
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 3,412
John James Graham - 3,013
Fred McBrien - 2,444
J.H. Adams - 2,430
James Arthur McCausland - 2,212
William Hodgson - 752
Thomas Mathison - 378

References

Results taken from the January 2, 1910 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.