Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1907. Incumbent Mayor of Toronto Emerson Coatsworth was re-elected to a second one-year term, defeating Socialist Party of Canada candidate James Lindala and Robert Buist Noble, who was also a socialist. Lindala's strong showing and the mayor's reduced vote total was seen as a repudiation of Coatsworth with The Globe newspaper declaring on its front page "that an unknown Socialist tailor of foreign birth should poll over eight thousand votes for the Mayoralty of Toronto against a barrister of irreproachable personal character, who at one time represented his native city in Parliament... proves how utterly repugnant has been the jellyfish administration of the past year.""UNKNOWN SOCIALIST POLLS A LARGE TOTE FOR MAYOR: Shaw and Jones Go Down to Defeat in the Municipal Elections . .. WANTS CHEAPER POWER Citizens Pass the By-law by an Overwhelming Majority All the Other By-laws Are Defeated-- There Will he Seven New Men in the City Council Messrs- Hocken and Harrison Are Added to the Board of Control Voters Show Some Candidates What a Policy of Surrender to the Street Railway Company Means What Mayor Coatsworth Thinks of the Result", The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]02 Jan 1907: 1 Coatsworth did not run for a third term the following year.
Toronto mayor
Results Emerson Coatsworth - 13,698 James Lindala - 8,286 Robert Buist Noble - 1,330
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Board of Control Two incumbent members of the Toronto Board of Control were re-elected, while Controllers S. Alfred Jones and John Shaw were defeated. William Spence Harrison and Horatio Clarence Hocken joined the Board.
John J. Ward (incumbent) - 9,362 William Spence Harrison - 9,054 Horatio Clarence Hocken - 8,639 William Peyton Hubbard (incumbent) - 8,483 Robert Fleming - 7,077 S. Alfred Jones (incumbent) - 6,710 John Shaw (incumbent) - 6,465 John Dunn - 5,038 Thomas Davies - 1,390 Joel Marvin Briggs - 496
Source: and FOUR CANDIDATES FOE MAYORALTY: His Worship is Likely to Have an Easy Victory TEN FOR CONTROLLERS Seventeen Nominations For the Board of Education An Exceedingly Quiet Meeting and little Heckling-- No Enthusiasm Over the Retiring Civic Cabinet's Renomination Socialists Are in the Field FOR MAYOR, The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]25 Dec 1906: 11
Plebiscites Four plebiscites were held. Proposals for $3 million to be spent on a trunk sewer, $110,000 to build a bridge over Yonge Street to accommodate streetcars and $125,000 for a new entrance to the Exhibition grounds were defeated. A proposal was approved to allow the city to enter into negotiations to purchase electricity from the new public Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario rather than private electricity companies, despite the criticisms of the mayor and the opposition of private electric companies.
Power by-law For -10,696 Against -2,905
Exhibition by-law For - 4,015 Against - 8,841
Trunk sewer by-law For - 5,427 Against - 7,515
Yonge Street Bridge by-law For - 4,354 Against - 7,812
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City council
Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward.
First Ward (Riverdale) Daniel Chisholm (incumbent) - 1,758 Edward Hales - 1,402 James Wilson - 1,282 William Temple Stewart (incumbent) - 1,142 William John Saunderson - 1,107
Second Ward (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Thomas Foster - 1,719 James Hales - 1,402 Tommy Church (incumbent) - 1,653 Dr. John Noble (incumbent) - 1,172 Edward Strachan Cox - 1,065 Frederick Hogg - 816 Patrick O'Connor - 725
Third Ward (Central Business District and The Ward) George Reginald Geary (incumbent) - 2,608 John Wilson Bengough - 2,389 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 1,058 J.A. Humphrey - 936 Francis William Johnston - 883 John Harris - 755 John Solomon Granatstein - 409 Abraham Friedman - 135
Fourth Ward (Spadina) George McMurrich (incumbent) - 2,507 Robert Crawford Vaughan (incumbent) - 2,501 Thomas Alexander Lytle - 1,862 Harry Lovelock - 1516 Alexander R. Williamson - 1,062 Dr. Charles E. Stacey - 940
Fifth Ward (Trinity-Bellwoods) Albert James Keeler (incumbent) - 1,953 Robert Henry Graham - 1,559 Peter Whytock - 1,479 John Aldridge - 1,173 William Carlyle - 1,063 Blayney Harvey Scott- 969 William J. Bell - 645 Henry Egbert Hurd - 622 John Albert Couch - 500 Henry T. Meredith - 463
Sixth Ward (Brockton and Parkdale) James Henry McGhie (incumbent) - 2,654 John James Graham (incumbent) - 2,176 John Henry Adams (incumbent) - 1,850 Thomas Hurst - 1,415
Source: MANY STARTERS IN ALDERMANIC RACE: The Nomination Meetings Were Devoid of Excitement THE BY-LAWS SUPPORTED Street Railway Loops Are Subjected to Criticism Nearly Fifty Candidates for Aldermanic Honors Signify Their Intention to Stay in the Field No Great Surprises in Connection With the Nominations The Meetings Were Orderly, The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]25 Dec 1906: 7 and
References Results taken from the January 2, 1907 Toronto Globe and might not exactly match final tallies.