1928 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1928.Sam McBride was elected mayor, defeating incumbent Thomas Foster by a wide margin.
Toronto mayor Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his fourth consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by Sam McBride who had tried, but failed, to be elected mayor on three previous occasions. ;Results:'''Sam McBride''' - 50,324:Thomas Foster - 34,785
Board of Control There was only one change in the membership of the Board of Control. William D. Robbins  regained the seat he had lost two years earlier to D.C. MacGregor. ;Results:'''Bert Wemp''' (incumbent) - 47,153:'''Joseph Gibbons''' (incumbent) - 45,655:'''A.E. Hacker''' (incumbent) - 33,433:'''William D. Robbins''' - 29,359:D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 28,858:Brook Sykes - 24,427:Benjamin Miller - 18,122:James Simpson - 12,954
City council ;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''Robert Siberry''' (incumbent) - 6,661:'''W.A. Summerville''' (incumbent) - 6,277:'''Robert Luxton''' - 5,202:Robert Allen (incumbent) - 5,135:George Smith - 2,728;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''John R. Beamish''' (incumbent) - 5,303:'''John Winnett''' (incumbent) - 5,759:'''James Cameron''' (incumbent) - 5,629:Arthur Dyas - 3,738:Roy Tanner - 1,086;Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward):'''Harry W. Hunt''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Andrew Carrick''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Percy Quinn''' (incumbent) - acclaimed;Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District):'''Nathan Phillips''' (incumbent) - 5,434:'''Claude Pearce''' (incumbent) - 4,057:'''Joseph Gordon''' - 3,765:Ian Macdonnell (incumbent) - 3,197:Jacob Romer - 443:Max Shur - 293:Reuben Rodness - 262;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods):'''William James Stewart''' (incumbent) - 4,913:'''Wesley Benson''' (incumbent) - 4,740:'''Clifford Blackburn'''  - 4,135:Sol Eisen - 2,856:Robert Leslie - 2,711:David Goldstick - 1,917:Mary McNab - 899;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''Joseph Wright''' - 9,117:'''John Laxton''' (incumbent) - 5,855:'''John Boland''' (incumbent) - 5,651:Gordon Gibb - 3,647:Richard Tuthill - 2,565:E.L. Wright - 2,095:Albert Robinson - 1,688:Tim Buck - 961;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''William J. Wadsworth''' (incumbent) - 4,165:'''Frank Whetter''' - 3,943:'''Samuel Ryding''' (incumbent) - 3,589:Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 3,927;Ward 8 (East Toronto):'''Robert Dibble''' (incumbent) - 6,848:'''Walter Howell''' (incumbent) - 6,337:'''Robert Baker''' (incumbent) - 5,446:Isaac Pimblett - 4,914:William Robertston - 4,028Results taken from the January 2, 1928 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References *Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 2, 1928