1892 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 4, 1892. Robert John Fleming, was elected to his first term in office, defeating financier and Board of Trade president Edmund Boyd Osler, John McMillan, and former mayor and Member of Parliament James Beaty.

Toronto mayor

 * Results
 * Robert John Fleming - 8,581
 * Edmund Boyd Osler - 8,204
 * John McMillan - 4,652
 * James Beaty - 597

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Plebiscites
Two plebiscites were conducted; one to soften Toronto's blue laws by allowing streetcars to operate on Sundays and a second on having school books provided to students for free.


 * Sunday streetcars
 * Yea - 9,950
 * Nay - 13,997


 * Free school books
 * Yea - 11,346
 * Nay - 7,907

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Aldermen elected to City Council
Wards were redrawn and consolidated for this election meaning some wards had more incumbents running than there were seats. Instead of 13 wards electing three alderman each, there were now six wards, each electing four alderman to sit on Toronto City Council.


 * First Ward
 * Charles C. Small (incumbent) - 1,311
 * John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,272
 * George S. Macdonald - 944
 * W.T. Stewart - 896
 * Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 881
 * T. Allen (incumbent) - 857
 * J. Pape (incumbent) - 763


 * Second Ward
 * John Hallam  (incumbent) - 2,163
 * Daniel Lamb - 2,149
 * Thomas Foster - 1,530
 * David Carlyle - 1,519
 * Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 1,398
 * P. O'Connor - 1,071
 * K. Farquahar (incumbent) - 947
 * W.W. Park - 946


 * Third Ward
 * Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,940
 * George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,195
 * Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,136
 * John Shaw (incumbent) - 2,010
 * John Flett (incumbent) - 1,961
 * W.J. Hill (incumbent) - 1,944
 * G.M. Rose (incumbent) - 1,924
 * William N. Hall - 930
 * Ernest A. Macdonald - 523


 * Fourth Ward
 * William Carlyle - 2,795
 * William Burns (incumbent) - 2,451
 * James Jolliffe (incumbent) - 2,225
 * George Verral (incumbent) - 2,090
 * Frederick Phillips (incumbent) - 1,912
 * John Lucas - 1,521


 * Fifth Ward
 * William Bell (incumbent) - 2,339
 * Thomas Crawford - 1,870
 * R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,843
 * John Bailey (incumbent) - 1,635
 * J.E. Verral (incumbent) - 1,363
 * T.K Rogers - 906
 * Peter Whittock - 484
 * John Mulvey - 238
 * Charles T. Pearce - 160


 * Sixth Ward
 * James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,215
 * W.F. Atkinson (incumbent) - 1,201
 * Dr. J. O. Orr (incumbent) - 1,143
 * John Maloney (incumbent) - 1,096
 * William Crealock (incumbent) - 1,033
 * Hugh MacMath (incumbent) - 986
 * Thomas Murray - 799
 * George B. Boyle - 235

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