1916 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1916. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his second term in office.

Toronto mayor
Church had first been elected mayor the year previous. In the words of the Toronto Daily Star the mayoral contest "was something of a joke" as Church was only opposed by Harry Winberg, who had never before held elected office. Church ignored his opponent during the campaign, and was easily returned.


 * Results
 * Tommy Church (incumbent) - 28,541
 * Harry Winberg - 9,880

Board of Control
There was one change to the Board of Control. R.H. Cameron won a seat while Frank S. Spence was defeated.


 * Joseph Elijah Thompson (incumbent) -18,209
 * John O'Neill (incumbent) - 17,572
 * Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 16,085
 * R.H. Cameron - 15,391
 * James Simpson - 13,080
 * Frank S. Spence (incumbent) - 12,652
 * John Dunn - 11,009

City council

 * Ward 1 (Riverdale)
 * William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 4,283
 * A.H. Wagstaff - 4,011
 * W. W. Hiltz - 3,657
 * Albert Walton (incumbent) - 2,866
 * Robert Yeomans (incumbent) - 2,590
 * Walter Brown - 913


 * Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
 * Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,550
 * J.R. Beamish - 2,499
 * Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - 2,093
 * Charles Beavis - 1,946
 * Thomas Barber - 729


 * Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
 * Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 3,397
 * J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 2,154
 * Sam McBride (incumbent) - 1,971
 * Thomas Vance - 1,666


 * Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
 * Arthur Russell Nesbitt - 2,652
 * John Cowan (incumbent) - 2,374
 * Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,177
 * A.W. Miles - 1,954


 * Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
 * Garnet Archibald - 2,808
 * R.H. Graham - 2,789
 * W.R. Plewman - 2,006
 * John Warren (incumbent) - 1,860
 * Joseph May - 1,571
 * John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 1,439
 * George Hagar - 1,373
 * James Thompson - 1,290
 * Alfred Moore - 388


 * Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
 * Fred McBrien - 4,512
 * Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 4,414
 * D.C. MacGregor - 4,006
 * George Birdsall - 3,890
 * Thomas Roden (incumbent) - 2,319


 * Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
 * Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,420
 * Frank Whetter - 1,252
 * William Henry Weir (incumbent)- 1,106

Results taken from the January 1, 1916 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.