1891 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 5, 1891. Edward Frederick Clarke, was re-elected to his fourth term in office, defeating former alderman Ernest A. Macdonald.
Toronto mayor
[edit]- Results
- Edward Frederick Clarke - 8,146
- Ernest A. Macdonald - 6,953
Aldermen elected to City Council
[edit]Three per ward
- St. Alban's Ward
- Hugh McMath - 506
- William P. Atkinson - 458
- James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 427
- George Booth (incumbent) - 295
- Edward Turry - 235
- St. Andrew's Ward
- William Burns 1,049
- J. Kerr 817
- J. E. Verral (incumbent) 810
- William Carlyle (incumbent) 759
- St. David's Ward
- Thomas Allen (incumbent) 892
- W. H. Gibbs (incumbent) 878
- Thomas Foster 813
- J. S. Boddy 663
- Richard Wallace 596
- James Walsh 497
- J. A. McIllwain 120
- St. George's Ward
- George E. Gillespie (incumbent) 583
- George McMurrich 565
- George Verral (incumbent) 509
- Cornelius Flanaghan 395
- John Maugham (incumbent) 360
- St. James' Ward
- Alfred McDougall (incumbent) 970
- William Middleton Hall 812
- J. B. Boustead (incumbent) 791
- Wallace Millichamp 689
- St. John's Ward
- G. M. Rose 879
- R. J. Score (incumbent) 731
- R. J. Stanley 634
- Frank Moses (incumbent) 521
- St. Lawrence Ward
- Charles Small (incumbent) 952
- John Hallam (incumbent) 716
- James Pape 678
- G. F. Frankland (incumbent) - 615
- St. Mark's Ward
- George Lindsey (incumbent) 778
- Dr. Joseph Orlando Orr 773
- John Maloney 675
- John James Graham 449
- Benjamin Smith 232
- John Ritchie 167
- St. Matthew's Ward
- John Knox Leslie (incumbent) 559
- Peter Macdonald (incumbent) 559
- W. T. Stewart 519
- G. S. Macdonald (incumbent) 503
- St. Patrick's Ward
- James Joliffe 1,402
- John Lucas (incumbent) 1,344
- Thomas Pells (incumbent) 666
- W. J. Little 604
- St. Paul's Ward
- John Shaw (incumbent) acclaimed
- Bernard Saunders (incumbent) acclaimed
- W. J. Hill (incumbent) acclaimed
- St. Stephen's Ward
- William Bell (incumbent) 1,302
- John Bailey (incumbent) 1,166
- R. H. Graham (incumbent) 1,132
- Stephen Wilcock 933
- St. Thomas' Ward
- Edward Hewitt (incumbent) 612
- William Park 518
- Edward Farquhar 505
- Thomas McMullen (incumbent) 501
- A. H. Rundle 333
References
[edit]- ^ "Clarke is still Mayor", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)
- ^ "The Mayoralty Contest", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)
- ^ "Clarke is still Mayor", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)
- ^ "The Aldermanic Contests", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)
- ^ NOMINATED A FOURTH TIME: E. A. Macdonald Will Run Against Mayor Clarke THE SPEECHES YESTERDAY Speeches for the Mayor Aid Macdonald's Proposed The Mayor He Talks At The Globe Not a Boomster The Mayor's Opponent Report Had Been Defied Mayor Clarke's Denial THE ALDERMEN Contests Promised in Every Ward But St. Pauls St. Andrew's Ward St. David's Ward SCHOOL TRUSTEES Elections by Acclamation to Many of the Wards The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 30 Dec 1890: 4.