1889 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 7, 1889. Edward Frederick Clarke, was re-elected to a second term as Mayor of Toronto by acclamation.

Toronto mayor

 * Results
 * Edward Frederick Clarke - acclamation

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Referendum
A referendum was held on a by-law to fund a hospital for "dipsomaniacs" (i.e. a rehabilitation facility to treat alcoholism). The proposal was defeated.


 * For - 1,961
 * Against - 3,902

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Aldermen elected to city council

 * St. Andrew's Ward
 * E. King Dodds (incumbent) - 798
 * J. E. Verral - 763
 * William Carlyle (incumbent) - 732
 * Pells (incumbent) - 679
 * Britton - 381


 * St. David's Ward
 * Robert J. Fleming (incumbent) - 1,239
 * William H. Gibbs (incumbent) - 1,010
 * John C. Swait (incumbent) - 883
 * Gibson - 843


 * St. George's Ward
 * George E. Gillespie (incumbent) - 609
 * John Maugham (incumbent) - 546
 * George Verral (incumbent) - 543
 * Hall - 396


 * St. James' Ward
 * Alfred McDougall (incumbent) - 999
 * John McMillan (incumbent) - 963
 * James B. Boustead (incumbent) - 939
 * Steiner - 437


 * St. John's Ward
 * Joseph Tait - 693
 * Frank Moses - 691
 * A. H. Gilbert (incumbent) - 638
 * R. J. Score - 605
 * Piper (incumbent) - 464
 * Irwin (incumbent) - 421


 * St. Lawrence Ward
 * Charles Small - 870
 * Thomas Davies - 662
 * Garrett F. Frankland (incumbent) - 622
 * John Hallam (incumbent) - 598


 * St. Mark's Ward
 * John Ritchie (incumbent) - 419
 * Charles Frederick Denison (incumbent) - 409
 * Michael J. Woods (incumbent) - 403
 * McConnell - 224
 * Boyle - 112
 * Emerson - 104


 * St. Matthew's Ward
 * Ernest A. Macdonald - 447
 * Francis E. Galbraith (incumbent) - 411
 * Peter Macdonald (incumbent)- 389
 * John Knox Leslie - 365
 * G. S. Macdonald - 344


 * St. Patrick's Ward
 * John Baxter (incumbent) - 1,028
 * Miles Vokes - 998
 * George J. St. Leger (incumbent) - 781
 * Weatherton - 780
 * John Lucas - 362
 * W. J. Little - 490


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


 * St. Stephen's Ward
 * William Bell (incumbent) - 947
 * J. Crocker - 937
 * Robert H. Graham - 925
 * Tyler - 293


 * St. Thomas' Ward
 * William Carlyle (incumbent) - 765
 * Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 522
 * Thomas McMullen - 513
 * William Park - 444
 * Rundle - 304
 * Patton - 137

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By-election
In the course of 1889, Parkdale was annexed by the city of Toronto and was added to the municipal ward map as St. Alban's Ward, effective March 31, 1889. Booth, Lennox, and Gowanlock were elected as aldermen for the new ward.
 * St. Alban's Ward
 * George Booth - 499
 * Isaac Lennox - 433
 * James Gowanlock - 418
 * other candidates not reported

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