Toronto municipal election, 1913

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1913. H.C. Hocken was elected to his first full term as mayor.

Toronto mayor

Mayor George Reginald Geary had resigned part way through his term and Hocken, who had received the most votes in the Board of Control election was appointed to succeed him. No major opponent emerged to challenge Hocken, but on the day of the nomination Thomas Davies chose to run.

Results

H.C. Hocken (incumbent) - 27,983

Thomas Davies - 9,003

Board of Control

There was one change to the Board of Control as Alderman John O'Neill won a seat defeating Frank S. Spence.

Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,861

John O'Neill - 14,600

J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 14,036

Tommy Church (incumbent) - 12,765

Frank S. Spence - 11,976

Robert Yeomens - 10,713

James Simpson - 10,122

Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 9,388

J.J. Ward - 9,278

George R. Sweeny - 1,643

Richard Woods - 498

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 4,030

Albert Edwin Walton - 3,789

William Peyton Hubbard - 3,611

William John Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,935

William Edward Orr - 1,209

Frank Britton - 602

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

S. Morley Wickett - 3,185

Charles A. Risk - 2,844

H.A. Rowland (incumbent) - 2,611

Herbert Henry Ball - 1,686

C.H. Beavis - 789

James Henry - 543

Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)

Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,666

Alfred Burgess - 2,146

Sam McBride (incumbent) - 1,793

David Bell - 1,702

Duncan D. Reid - 1,138

George Jarratt Castle - 993

Harry Winberg - 814

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)

John Wanless (incumbent) - 2,799

George Weston (incumbent) - 2,597

George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,341

Robert McLeod - 1,634

John Shayne - 1,569

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

John Wesley Meredith - 2,784

John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,764

Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,717

R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 2,376

R.W. Dockeray - 2,154

S.A. Frost - 1,704

Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)

Charles H. Maybee - 4,707

Fred McBrien (incumbent) - 3,571

David Spence (incumbent) - 3,537

John A. Austin (incumbent) - 2,865

R.J. Clarke - 2,106

J. Stewart - 1,146

Thomas Earls - 345

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - 1,122

Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 780

John A. Macdonald - 545

John Mullin - 261

Results taken from the January 2, 1913 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Vacancy

Ward 4 Alderman George McMurrich dies September 7, 1913 and is not replaced.

References

• Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1913