1906 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1906. The position of Mayor of Toronto was open as the incumbent, Thomas Urquhart, did not stand for re-election. Alderman Emerson Coatsworth defeated Controller Frank S. Spence.

Also on the ballot were plebiscites on two liquor licensing proposals which would have reduced the number of taverns and stores permitted to sell alcohol. Controller Spence supported the by-laws and attributed his defeat to its opponents.

Toronto mayor

 * Results
 * Ald. Emerson Coatsworth - 16,425
 * Controller Frank Spence - 12,328

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Board of Control
The three members of the Toronto Board of Control running for re-election were successful. Alderman Jones was elected to fill the vacant seat formerly held by Controller Spence.


 * Results
 * William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 14,081
 * S. Alfred Jones - 14,039
 * J.J. Ward (incumbent) - 13,770
 * John Shaw (incumbent) - 12,524
 * Thomas Hastings - 11,308

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Plebiscites
Two liquor licensing by-laws were on the ballot, one to reduce the number of taverns allowed to sell alcohol, the second to reduce the number of liquor stores. Both measures were defeated.


 * Reduction of the number of taverns
 * Yes - 13,409
 * No - 14,629


 * Reduction of shops.
 * Yes - 12,750
 * No - 14,904

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City council
Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward. In the Second Ward, Joseph Oliver filled the vacancy left by Ald. Emerson Coatsworth mayoral candidacy. In the Fourth Ward, George McMurrich filled the vacancy left by Alderman Jones, who ran for Board of Control. In Sixth Ward, John Henry Adams replaced Alderman Lynd, who retired.


 * First Ward (Riverdale)
 * Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 1,979
 * Robert Fleming (incumbent) - 1,565
 * William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,406
 * Edward Hales - 1,288
 * James Wilson - 1,222
 * J.M. Briggs - 180


 * Second Ward (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
 * Joseph Oliver - 1,715
 * Dr. John Noble (incumbent) - 1,660
 * Tommy Church (incumbent) - 1,590
 * Edward Strachan Cox - 1,507
 * James Hales  - 1,358
 * David Carlyle - 1,137
 * Thomas Foster - 997
 * W.S. Johnston - 787
 * W.A. Douglass - 366
 * Frederick Burrows - 179


 * Third Ward (Central Business District and The Ward)
 * George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 3,034
 * Oliver Barton Sheppard (incumbent) - 2,681
 * Sam McBride (incumbent) - 2,544
 * John Wilson Bengough - 2,395
 * Frank Moses - 1,148
 * J.A. Humphrey - 1,118
 * John Dunlop - 104


 * Fourth Ward (Spadina)
 * Dr. D.W.S. Harrison (incumbent) - 3,094
 * Robert Crawford Vaughan (incumbent) - 3,009
 * George McMurrich - 2,386
 * Fred Dane - 2,176
 * E.J. Humphrey - 1,414
 * Edward Hanlan - 1,305


 * Fifth Ward (Trinity-Bellwoods)
 * John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,846
 * John Bell Hay (incumbent) - 2,263
 * Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 2,237
 * Frank Woods - 2,055
 * James Cooper Claxton- 2,055


 * Sixth Ward (Brockton and Parkdale)
 * James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 2,367
 * John James Graham (incumbent) - 2,037
 * John Henry Adams - 1,569
 * J. Harvey Hall - 1,074
 * Walter Mann - 742
 * D.R. Bell - 642
 * J.E. Stewart - 607
 * W.H. Warrington - 436
 * Thomas Cannon - 389
 * R.B. Noble - 191

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