1895 Toronto municipal election
Election in Toronto, Canada
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 8, 1895. Mayor Warring Kennedy was narrowly elected to a second term in office, narrowly defeating former mayor Robert John Fleming, in a rematch of the previous year's election. Kennedy was re-elected based on support from the Protestant Protective Association and the Orange Order. The main issue in the election was a proposal championed by former alderman Ernest A. Macdonald to build an aqueduct or canal linking the Humber River with Georgian Bay; with opponents of the scheme being returned to council while proponents were defeated.[1]
Toronto mayor
- Results
- Warring Kennedy (incumbent) - 10,260
- Robert John Fleming - 10,212
- vote totals are after recounts
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Aldermen elected to City Council
Four alderman were elected to sit on Toronto City Council in each of six wards. Fourteen incumbents were re-elected; four rookie alderman were elected and four candidates who were not on council in 1894 but had been in previous years, returned.[1]
- First Ward
- Thomas Allen (incumbent) - 1,149
- Edward Blong - 1,099
- John Knox Leslie- 992
- H.R. Frankland (incumbent) - 954
- C.C. Small (incumbent) - 840
- William Barrett - 784
- Peter Macdonald (incumbent) - 661
- Harry Ellis - 442
- G.S. Macdonald - 323
- Second Ward
- Daniel Lamb (incumbent) - 1,756
- John Hallam (incumbent) - 1,635
- Joseph Oliver - 1,398
- Thomas Davies (incumbent) - 1,339
- Francis S. Spence - 1,298
- George Anderson - 1,039
- Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 1,026
- Dr. Samuel G. Thompson - 925
- William L. Beale - 643
- Ewart Farquahar - 535
- James O'Hara - 202
- Joseph A. Livingstone - 40
- Third Ward
- George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,507
- John Shaw 2,410
- Bernard Saunders - 1,888
- O.B. Sheppard (incumbent) - 1,759
- James B. Boustead- 1,751
- Wallace Millichamp - 1,185
- J.A. Proctor - 927
- A.G. McLean - 877
- Frank Somers - 854
- R.L. Fraser - 818
- Ernest A. Macdonald - 693
- Dr. McCully - 249
- Fourth Ward
- William Burns (incumbent) - 2,217
- Wm. P. Hubbard (incumbent) - 2,213
- James Crane (incumbent) - 1,839
- James Jolliffe (incumbent) -1,189
- B. Alison - 1,084
- George Verral - 979
- A.F. Jury - 903
- Thompson Porter - 795
- Alex R. Williamson - 697
- George Williams - 512
- Henry Cohen - 353
- Fifth Ward
- Robert H. Graham - 1,638
- William Bell - 1,595
- John Dunn (incumbent) - 1,587
- Andrew Bates (incumbent) - 1,098
- Arthur R. Denison - 1,001
- William Dunlop - 630
- Dr. A. Noxon - 622
- L.K. Munro - 569
- George Evans - 244
- John Ward - 244
- William J. Smith - 180
- Louis Richey - 88
- James S. Martin - 87
- Sixth Ward
- James Scott - 1,391
- Thomas Murray (incumbent) - 1,094
- Gorge Gilbert Rowe - 1,009
- John J. Graham (incumbent) - 849
- Charles L. Denison - 745
- Henry M. East - 597
- W.J. Peck - 444
- John C. McLean - 353
- J.R. Code - 281
- Thomas Lilly - 279
- Arthur Bollard - 173
- Dr. John Hunter - 157
- R.H. Holmes - 40