1892 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 4, 1892. Robert John Fleming, was elected to his first term in office, defeating financier and Board of Trade president Edmund Boyd Osler, John McMillan, and former mayor and Member of Parliament James Beaty.^[1]

Toronto mayor

Results: Robert John Fleming - 8,581; Edmund Boyd Osler - 8,204; John McMillan - 4,652; James Beaty - 597

Source:^[2]

Plebiscites

Two plebiscites were conducted; one to soften Toronto's blue laws by allowing streetcars to operate on Sundays and a second on having school books provided to students for free.

Sunday streetcars: Yea - 9,950; Nay - 13,997

Free school books: Yea - 11,346; Nay - 7,907

Source:^[1]

Aldermen elected to City Council

Wards were redrawn and consolidated for this election meaning some wards had more incumbents running than there were seats. Instead of 13 wards electing three alderman each, there were now six wards, each electing four alderman to sit on Toronto City Council.

Map of Toronto's newly redrawn wards, published in *The Globe*, 1 January 1892.

First Ward: Charles C. Small (incumbent) - 1,311; John Knox Leslie (incumbent) - 1,272; George S. Macdonald - 944; W.T. Stewart - 896; Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 881; T. Allen (incumbent) - 857; J. Pape (incumbent) - 763

Second Ward: John Hallam (incumbent) - 2,163; Daniel Lamb - 2,149; Thomas Foster - 1,530; David Carlyle - 1,519; Edward Hewitt (incumbent) - 1,398; P. O'Connor - 1,071; K. Farquahar (incumbent) - 947; W.W. Park - 946

Third Ward: Bernard Saunders (incumbent) - 2,940; George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,195; Richard John Score (incumbent) - 2,136; John Shaw (incumbent) - 2,010; John Flett (incumbent) - 1,961; W.J. Hill (incumbent) - 1,944; G.M. Rose (incumbent) - 1,924; William N. Hall - 930; Ernest A. Macdonald - 523

Fourth Ward: William Carlyle - 2,795; William Burns (incumbent) - 2,451; James Jolliffe (incumbent) - 2,225; George Verral (incumbent) - 2,090; Frederick Phillips (incumbent) - 1,912; John Lucas - 1,521

Fifth Ward: William Bell (incumbent) - 2,339; Thomas Crawford - 1,870; R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 1,843; John Bailey (incumbent) - 1,635; J.E. Verral (incumbent) - 1,363; T.K Rogers - 906; Peter Whittock - 484; John Mulvey - 238; Charles T. Pearce - 160

Sixth Ward: James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 1,215; W.F. Atkinson (incumbent) - 1,201; Dr. J. O. Orr (incumbent) - 1,143; John Maloney (incumbent) - 1,096; William Crealock (incumbent) - 1,033; Hugh MacMath (incumbent) - 986; Thomas Murray - 799; George B. Boyle - 235

Source:^[1] and ^[3]

References

Aldermanic results taken from the January 5, 1892, Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.

^ ^a ^b ^c "FLEMING WINS THE FIGHT: He is Elected by Nearly 300 Majority SUNDAY CARS BADLY BEATEN Twenty Members of the Last Council Re-elected FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ADOPTED Some of the Best Men in Council Beheaded A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD NOTES OF THE CONTEST--THE WOMEN ELECT SEVERAL OF THEIR CANDIDATES--THE MAYOR-ELECT SPEAKS MR. FLEMING AT THE NEWS FROM THE TELEGRAM WINDOWS AT MR. OSLER'S COMMITTEE ROOMS AT M'MILLAN'S HEADQUARTERS MATORALTT RECAPITULATION SUNDAY CARS RECAPITULATION FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ALDERMANIC CONTESTS FIRST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE CONTESTS TWO MISSING SUBDIVISIONS NOTES", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1892: 8.
^ "MAYOR FLEMINGS FOURTH TRIUMPH: Re-elected by the Substantial Majority of 1,585 CITIZENS ENDORSE THE ISLAND STREET RAILWAY", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 1.
^ "FOUR OF THEM IN THE FIELD: Fleming, Osler, M'Millan, Beaty All Running YESTERDAY'S NOMINATIONS Mayor Clarke Enters a Vigorous Defence of Himself HOSTS OF ALDERMANE NOMINERES IN EVERY DISTRICT--A LADY TRUSTEE FOR EVERY WARD MR. SMITH BOOMS MR. OSLER MR. BEATY'S CLAIMS MR. FLEMING'S QUALIFICATIONS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR CLARKE MAYOR CLARKE DEFENCE HIMSELF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS SO MONEY IN IT MR. OSLER'S ADDRESS MR. BEATY SPEAKS", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]29 Dec 1891: 5-8

[results-1] "FLEMING WINS THE FIGHT: He is Elected by Nearly 300 Majority SUNDAY CARS BADLY BEATEN Twenty Members of the Last Council Re-elected FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ADOPTED Some of the Best Men in Council Beheaded A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD NOTES OF THE CONTEST--THE WOMEN ELECT SEVERAL OF THEIR CANDIDATES--THE MAYOR-ELECT SPEAKS MR. FLEMING AT THE NEWS FROM THE TELEGRAM WINDOWS AT MR. OSLER'S COMMITTEE ROOMS AT M'MILLAN'S HEADQUARTERS MATORALTT RECAPITULATION SUNDAY CARS RECAPITULATION FREE SCHOOL BOOKS ALDERMANIC CONTESTS FIRST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE CONTESTS TWO MISSING SUBDIVISIONS NOTES", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1892: 8.

[2] "MAYOR FLEMINGS FOURTH TRIUMPH: Re-elected by the Substantial Majority of 1,585 CITIZENS ENDORSE THE ISLAND STREET RAILWAY", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 1.

[3] "FOUR OF THEM IN THE FIELD: Fleming, Osler, M'Millan, Beaty All Running YESTERDAY'S NOMINATIONS Mayor Clarke Enters a Vigorous Defence of Himself HOSTS OF ALDERMANE NOMINERES IN EVERY DISTRICT--A LADY TRUSTEE FOR EVERY WARD MR. SMITH BOOMS MR. OSLER MR. BEATY'S CLAIMS MR. FLEMING'S QUALIFICATIONS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR CLARKE MAYOR CLARKE DEFENCE HIMSELF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS SO MONEY IN IT MR. OSLER'S ADDRESS MR. BEATY SPEAKS", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]29 Dec 1891: 5-8

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1892 Toronto municipal election

Toronto mayor

Plebiscites

Aldermen elected to City Council

References

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