Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1913. H.C. Hocken was elected to his first full term as mayor.
Toronto mayor
Mayor George Reginald Geary had resigned part way through his term and Hocken, who had received the most votes in the Board of Control election was appointed to succeed him. No major opponent emerged to challenge Hocken, but on the day of the nomination Thomas Davies chose to run.
- Results
- H.C. Hocken (incumbent) - 27,983
- Thomas Davies - 9,003
Board of Control
There was one change to the Board of Control as Alderman John O'Neill won a seat defeating Frank S. Spence.
- Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 15,861
- John O'Neill - 14,600
- J.O. McCarthy (incumbent) - 14,036
- Tommy Church (incumbent) - 12,765
- Frank S. Spence - 11,976
- Robert Yeomens - 10,713
- James Simpson - 10,122
- Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 9,388
- J.J. Ward - 9,278
- George R. Sweeny - 1,643
- Richard Woods - 498
City council
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 4,030
- Albert Edwin Walton - 3,789
- William Peyton Hubbard - 3,611
- William John Saunderson (incumbent) - 1,935
- William Edward Orr - 1,209
- Frank Britton - 602
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- S. Morley Wickett - 3,185
- Charles A. Risk - 2,844
- H.A. Rowland (incumbent) - 2,611
- Herbert Henry Ball - 1,686
- C.H. Beavis - 789
- James Henry - 543
- Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward)
- Marmaduke Rawlinson (incumbent) - 2,666
- Alfred Burgess - 2,146
- Sam McBride (incumbent) - 1,793
- David Bell - 1,702
- Duncan D. Reid - 1,138
- George Jarratt Castle - 993
- Harry Winberg - 814
- Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)
- John Wanless (incumbent) - 2,799
- George Weston (incumbent) - 2,597
- George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,341
- Robert McLeod - 1,634
- John Shayne - 1,569
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- John Wesley Meredith - 2,784
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 2,764
- Joseph May (incumbent) - 2,717
- R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 2,376
- R.W. Dockeray - 2,154
- S.A. Frost - 1,704
- Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale)
- Charles H. Maybee - 4,707
- Fred McBrien (incumbent) - 3,571
- David Spence (incumbent) - 3,537
- John A. Austin (incumbent) - 2,865
- R.J. Clarke - 2,106
- J. Stewart - 1,146
- Thomas Earls - 345
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- A.J. Anderson (incumbent) - 1,122
- Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 780
- John A. Macdonald - 545
- John Mullin - 261
Results taken from the January 2, 1913 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Vacancy
Ward 4 Alderman George McMurrich dies September 7, 1913 and is not replaced.
References
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1913
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