The following is a list of articles on municipal elections for Toronto City Council in the City of Toronto , Ontario , Canada . For many years, municipal elections occurred annually in Toronto. After 1956, elections occurred every other year until 1966 after which elections occurred in 1969 and 1972 before reverting to a 2 year cycle. After 1982, elections again occurred every third year and, after the 2006 election the term of city council grew to 4 years.
The four member Toronto Board of Control was introduced with the 1904 election and was accompanied by a reduction in the number of alderman elected per ward from four to three. The Board of Control was abolished with the 1969 municipal election.
For most of the first half of the twentieth century elections were held on or around New Year's Day. Voting day was on the first Monday of December from 1950 until 1978 when it moved to the second Monday in November. Beginning in 2010, election day is on the fourth Monday of October.
City of Toronto - pre-amalgamation [ edit ]
Election
Date
Mayor
Ward seats
Votes
1894
January 1
Warring Kennedy
24 (6 wards)
13,500
1895
January 7
Warring Kennedy
24 (6 wards)
10,261
1896
January 6
Robert Fleming
24 (6 wards)
10,281
1897
January 4
Robert Fleming
24 (6 wards)
11,969
1898
January 3
John Shaw
24 (6 wards)
12,618
1899
January 2
John Shaw
24 (6 wards)
11,395
1900
January 1
Ernest A. Macdonald
24 (6 wards)
11,845
1901
January 7
Oliver Aiken Howland
24 (6 wards)
12,300
1902
January 6
Oliver Aiken Howland
24 (6 wards)
13,424
1903
January 5
Thomas Urquhart
24 (6 wards)
8,634
1904
January 1
Thomas Urquhart
18 (6 wards)
acclaimed
1905
January 2
Thomas Urquhart
18 (6 wards)
15,173
1906
January 1
Emerson Coatsworth
18 (6 wards)
16,425
1907
January 1
Emerson Coatsworth
18 (6 wards)
13,698
1908
January 1
Joseph Oliver
18 (6 wards)
14,022
1909
January 1
Joseph Oliver
18 (6 wards)
27,128
1910
January 1
George Reginald Geary
20 (7 wards)
19,017
1911
January 2
George Reginald Geary
20 (7 wards)
30,931
1912
January 1
George Reginald Geary
20 (7 wards)
acclaimed
1913
January 1
Horatio Clarence Hocken
20 (7 wards)
27,983
1914
January 1
Horatio Clarence Hocken
20 (7 wards)
21,471
1915
January 1
Tommy Church
20 (7 wards)
25,520
1916
January 1
Tommy Church
20 (7 wards)
28,541
1917
January 1
Tommy Church
20 (7 wards)
acclaimed
1918
January 1
Tommy Church
20 (7 wards)
27,587
1919
January 1
Tommy Church
24 (8 wards)
26,020
1920
January 1
Tommy Church
24 (8 wards)
25,689
1921
January 1
Tommy Church
24 (8 wards)
35,959
1922
January 1
Charles A. Maguire
24 (8 wards)
acclaimed
1923
January 1
Charles A. Maguire
24 (8 wards)
46,362
1924
January 1
W. W. Hiltz
24 (8 wards)
44,265
1925
January 1
Thomas Foster
24 (8 wards)
32,885
1926
January 1
Thomas Foster
24 (8 wards)
47,771
1927
January 1
Thomas Foster
24 (8 wards)
42,617
1928
January 1
Sam McBride
24 (8 wards)
50,324
1929
January 1
Sam McBride
24 (8 wards)
47,931
1930
January 1
Bert Wemp
24 (8 wards)
54,309
1931
January 1
William James Stewart
24 (8 wards)
57,500
1932
January 1
William James Stewart
26 (9 wards)
acclaimed
1933
January 1
William James Stewart
26 (9 wards)
113,283
1934
January 1
William James Stewart
18 (9 wards)
104,406
1935
January 1
James Simpson
18 (9 wards)
126,997
Jan. 1936
January 1
Sam McBride
18 (9 wards)
124,395
Dec. 1936
December 7
William D. Robbins
18 (9 wards)
100,907
1937
December 6
Ralph Day
18 (9 wards)
120,392
1939
January 2
Ralph Day
18 (9 wards)
146,424
1940
January 1
Ralph Day
18 (9 wards)
99,461
1941
January 1
Frederick J. Conboy
18 (9 wards)
88,701
1942
January 1
Frederick J. Conboy
18 (9 wards)
acclaimed
1943
January 1
Frederick J. Conboy
18 (9 wards)
acclaimed
1944
January 1
Frederick J. Conboy
18 (9 wards)
137,095
1945
January 1
Robert Hood Saunders
18 (9 wards)
105,156
1946
January 1
Robert Hood Saunders
18 (9 wards)
acclaimed
1947
January 1
Robert Hood Saunders
18 (9 wards)
105,419
1948
January 1
Robert Hood Saunders
18 (9 wards)
133,105
1949
January 1
Hiram E. McCallum
18 (9 wards)
121,492
Jan 1950
January 2
Hiram E. McCallum
18 (9 wards)
168,578
Dec 1950
December 4
Hiram E. McCallum
18 (9 wards)
171,478
1951
December 3
Allan Lamport
18 (9 wards)
156,951
1952
December 1
Allan Lamport
18 (9 wards)
123,371
1953
December 7
Allan Lamport
18 (9 wards)
101,144
1954
December 6
Nathan Phillips
18 (9 wards)
118,984
1955
December 5
Nathan Phillips
18 (9 wards)
99,738
1956
December 3
Nathan Phillips
18 (9 wards)
90,186
1958
December 1
Nathan Phillips
18 (9 wards)
101,601
1960
December 5
Nathan Phillips
18 (9 wards)
175,106
1962
December 3
Donald Summerville
18 (9 wards)
176,270
1964
December 7
Philip Givens
18 (9 wards)
119,700
1966
December 5
William Dennison
18 (9 wards)
156,073
1969
December 1
William Dennison
22 (11 wards)
152,982
1972
December 4
David Crombie
22 (11 wards)
189,370
1974
December 2
David Crombie
22 (11 wards)
120,190
1976
December 6
David Crombie
22 (11 wards)
132,341
1978
November 13
John Sewell
22 (11 wards)
186,653
1980
November 10
Art Eggleton
22 (11 wards)
183,615
1982
November 8
Art Eggleton
22 (11 wards)
159,838
1985
November 12
Art Eggleton
22 (11 wards)
160,129
1988
November 14
Art Eggleton
16 (16 wards)
140,515
1991
November 12
June Rowlands
16 (16 wards)
194,767
1994
November 12
Barbara Hall
16 (16 wards)
163,160
City of Toronto - post-amalgamation [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Elections in Toronto
Municipal elections