1888 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 2, 1888. Edward Frederick Clarke, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, defeated Alderman Elias Rogers, owner of a prominent coal and home heating company, and Daniel Defoe, a barrister and former alderman.

Rogers, a Quaker, was viewed as the "temperance candidate for mayor" while Clarke was favoured by tavern and liquor store owners and anti-temperance voters. Clarke's victory, along with the defeat of two liquor bylaws being proposed by referendum, being seen as a victory for anti-temperance sentiment.

Toronto mayor

 * Results
 * Edward Frederick Clarke - 7,951
 * Elias Rogers - 7,050
 * Daniel Defoe - 2,019

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Referendum
Referenda were held on three proposed by-laws, one to approve financing for a "trunk sewer", a second by-law to reduce the number of taverns licensed to serve liquor from 150 to 100, and a third to reduce the number of shops licensed to sell liquor from 50 to 20. All three by-laws were defeated.


 * Trunk sewer by-law
 * For - 2,825
 * Against - 3,737


 * Tavern license by-law
 * For - 7,371
 * Against - 8,187


 * Shop license by-law
 * For - 7,743
 * Against - 8,146

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Aldermen elected to city council

 * St. Andrew's Ward
 * E. King Dodds (incumbent) - 837
 * William Carlyle (incumbent) - 822
 * Thomas Pells - 769
 * William Burns - 699
 * J. D. Henderson - 633
 * James Bond - 519


 * St. David's Ward
 * John C. Swait (incumbent) - 1,255
 * William H. Gibbs - 1,179
 * Robert J. Fleming (incumbent) - 1,019
 * J. G. Gibson - 940
 * Wickett (incumbent) - 770


 * St. George's Ward
 * George E. Gillespie (incumbent) - acclaimed
 * John Maugham (incumbent) - acclaimed
 * George Verral (incumbent) - acclaimed


 * St. James' Ward
 * Alfred McDougall - 1,165
 * James B. Boustead (incumbent) - 1,017
 * John McMillan (incumbent) - 1,053
 * Wallace Millichamp (incumbent) - 774


 * St. John's Ward
 * H. L. Piper (incumbent) - 1,025
 * Irwin (incumbent) - 814
 * A. H. Gilbert - 679
 * Frank Moses - 642
 * R. J. Score - 622
 * James Thomson - 572


 * St. Lawrence Ward
 * Garrett F. Frankland (incumbent) - 733
 * John Hallam - 634
 * Morrison (incumbent) - 616
 * Charles Small - 561
 * Thomas Thompson - 399


 * St. Mark's Ward
 * John Ritchie (incumbent) - 456
 * Michael J. Woods (incumbent) - 401
 * Charles Frederick Denison (incumbent) - 410
 * David D. Christie - 286
 * James Roney - 245
 * Robert Brown - 95


 * St. Matthew's Ward
 * Jones (incumbent) - 371
 * Francis E. Galbraith - 308
 * Peter Macdonald - 295
 * Ernest A. Macdonald (incumbent) - 247
 * Ingham (incumbent) - 182
 * Thomas Foster - 29


 * St. Patrick's Ward
 * John Baxter (incumbent) - 1,966
 * Harvie (incumbent) - 1,467
 * George J. St. Leger (incumbent) - 1,214
 * Isaac Wardell - 1,187


 * St. Paul's Ward
 * W. J. Hill (incumbent) - acclamation
 * William Roaf - (incumbent) acclamation
 * John Shaw (incumbent) - acclamation


 * St. Stephen's Ward
 * Johnston (incumbent) - 1,178
 * William Bell - 1,079
 * Barton (incumbent) - 1,001
 * Robert H. Graham (incumbent) - 926
 * R. W. Prittie - 477


 * St. Thomas' Ward
 * William Carlyle (incumbent) - 892
 * Edward Hewitt - 691
 * Drayton (incumbent) - 655
 * Galley (incumbent) - 632
 * William Park - 375

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