1924 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1924.Wesley Hiltz was elected mayor defeating two prominent challengers.
Toronto mayor Incumbent mayor Charles A. Maguire had chosen to retire prior to the election. Three high-profile candidates attempted to succeed him. Tommy Church had served as mayor from 1915 to 1921, longer than any other person prior to him. Wesley Hiltz was chair of the Toronto Board of Education. Controller Joseph Singer had been nominated as a candidate for mayor but decided to withdraw in order not to split the anti-Tommy Church vote. Col. John Allister Currie was a leader of Canadian forces during the Boer War and a sitting Conservative Party MPP. Hiltz was victorious by a significant margin. ;Results:'''Wesley Hiltz''' - 44,265:Tommy Church - 33,875:John Allister Currie - 4,312
Board of Control There were two new members of the Board of Control returned in this election: A.E. Hacker and R.H. Cameron. ;Results:'''Joseph Gibbons''' (incumbent) - 42,778:'''Thomas Foster''' (incumbent) - 34,435:'''A.E. Hacker''' - 32,689:'''R.H. Cameron''' - 30,621:D.C. MacGregor - 26,637:William D. Robbins - 26,594:F.M. Johnston - 22,542:J.R. Beamish - 20,161
City council ;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''W.A. Summerville''' (incumbent) - 7,762:'''Robert Luxton''' (incumbent) - 5,129:'''George J. Smith''' - 5,082:L.W. Trull - 3,497:W.H. Fenwick - 2,803:C.H. Stock - 573;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''John Winnett''' - 4,295:'''Bert Wemp''' - 3,776:'''Charles A. Risk''' (incumbent) - 3,614:Herbert Henry Ball - 3,407:A.E. Brocklesby - 2,400:S.C. Parks - 1,873:J.N. Day - 694;Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward):'''Frank Fenton''' - 4,522:'''Harry W. Hunt''' - 4,001:'''Andrew Carrick''' (incumbent) - 3,172:J. George Ramsden - 3,059:F.W. Johnston - 2,608:C.A. Reed - 2,062:W. Harper - 594;Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District):'''Sam McBride''' - 3,426:'''Nathan Phillips''' - 2,908:'''Claude Pearce''' (incumbent) - 2,728:E.B. Westwood - 2,190:L.A. Maldover - 1,999:C.W. Mogridge - 982:Sam Brown - 632:P.W. Benner - 399;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods):'''Clifford Blackburn''' (incumbent) - 6,464:'''William James Stewart''' - 5,155:'''Benjamin Miller''' - 4,381:J. Phinnemore - 3,939:John Macdonald - 2,035:Arthur E. Fegan - 813;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''Brook Sykes''' - 9,138:'''Samuel Thomas Wright''' - 7,849:'''John Laxton''' - 6,290:W.M. Maltby - 5,394:Guy Roach - 4,559:Richard Tuthill - 2,838:James Gill - 794;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''Samuel Ryding''' (incumbent) - 3,743:'''Frank Whetter''' (incumbent) - 3,407:'''H.M Davy''' (incumbent) - 3,227:W.A. Baird - 3,157;Ward 8 (East Toronto):'''Robert Baker''' (incumbent) - 5,886:'''Robert Dibble''' - 4,459:'''Joseph T. Turner''' - 3,781:J.H. Lennox - 2,591:William Robertston - 1,149:John Doggett - 1,135:C.G. Dawkes - 833Results taken from the January 1, 1924 ''Toronto Daily Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References *Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 1, 1924