1914 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1914.H.C. Hocken was reelected mayor defeating Fred McBrien. The election was also notable for the victory of Louis Singer, the first representative of Toronto's large Jewish community elected to city council.
Toronto mayor Hocken had been mayor since 1912, as a founder of the ''Toronto Daily Star'' he was strongly supported by that newspaper and opposed by its rival the ''Toronto Telegram''. In the 1914 election the ''Telegram'' supported Alderman McBrien, but Hocken won by a significant margin. Two other candidates ran, but received little support: Alderman Alfred Burgess and Birks.;Results:'''H.C. Hocken''' (incumbent)  - 21,218:Fred McBrien - 16,641:Alfred Burgess - 3,725:James Birks - 1,511
Board of Control The Board of Control election was also a victory for the ''Star''. Most notably labour leader James Simpson was elected at the top of the poll while incumbent ''Telegram'' favourite Thomas Foster was defeated. :'''James Simpson''' - 20,695 :'''J.O. McCarthy''' (incumbent) - 17,490:'''Tommy Church''' (incumbent) - 17,085:'''John O'Neill''' (incumbent) - 14,597:Joseph Elijah Thompson - 14,233:Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 13,929:Robert Yeomans - 11,708:A. J. H. Eckardt - 7,755
City council municipal wards as they existed for elections for elections from 1910 until 1918, inclusive. (Source: ''Toronto Daily Star'', 18 December 1909);Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''William D. Robbins''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Albert Walton''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''W. W. Hiltz''' - acclaimed;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''H.A. Rowland''' (incumbent) - 3,732:'''Samuel Wickett''' (incumbent) - 2,267:'''Charles A. Risk''' (incumbent) - 2,813:James Lindala - 866;Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward):'''Charles A. Maguire''' - 4,245:'''F.S. Spence''' - 2,918:'''Sam McBride''' (incumbent) - 2,806:Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,770:G.J. Castle - 809:Rudolph Paulich - 135;Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District):'''J. Wanless''' (incumbent) - 2,667:'''R.H. Cameron''' - 2,101:'''Louis Singer''' - 1,842:A.B. Farmer - 1,571:Robert McLeod - 1,308:A.E. Hacker - 1,002:A.R. Williamson - 995:G.R. Sweeny - 906:Harry Winberg - 240:G.H. Pettit - 211;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods):'''John Dunn''' (incumbent) - 3,087:'''R.H. Graham''' - 3,076:'''John Wesley Meredith''' (incumbent) - 3,023:Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,754:G.S.C. Garrett - 2,416:R.W. Dockeray - 2,115:Alfred Moore - 452;Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale):'''David Spence''' (incumbent) - 5,822:'''C.H. Maybee''' (incumbent) - 5,200:'''W.H. Smith''' - 4,847:T.J. Ryan - 2,669:S.H. Hurst - 1,472:Richard Holmes - 592:W.H. Stevens - 343;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''Frank Whetter''' - 750:'''Samuel Ryding''' (incumbent) - 678:J.G. Wright - 539:W.J. Dalton - 525:Alexander Chisholm - 390:William Henry Weir - 294:Maxwell Armstrong - 164:A.M. Wilson - 166:J.A. Macdonald - 120:J.C. McClelland - 82Results taken from the January 2, 1914 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References *Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 1, 1914