Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1924. Wesley Hiltz was elected mayor defeating two prominent challengers.
Toronto mayor Incumbent mayor Charles A. Maguire had chosen to retire prior to the election. Three high-profile candidates attempted to succeed him. Tommy Church had served as mayor from 1915 to 1921, longer than any other person prior to him. Wesley Hiltz was chair of the Toronto Board of Education. Controller Joseph Singer had been nominated as a candidate for mayor but decided to withdraw in order not to split the anti-Tommy Church vote. Col. John Allister Currie was a leader of Canadian forces during the Boer War and a sitting Conservative Party MPP. Hiltz was victorious by a significant margin.
Results Wesley Hiltz - 44,265 Tommy Church - 33,875 John Allister Currie - 4,312
Board of Control There were two new members of the Board of Control returned in this election: A.E. Hacker and R.H. Cameron.
Results Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 42,778 Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 34,435 A.E. Hacker - 32,689 R.H. Cameron - 30,621 D.C. MacGregor - 26,637 William D. Robbins - 26,594 F.M. Johnston - 22,542 J.R. Beamish - 20,161
City council Ward 1 (Riverdale) W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 7,762 Robert Luxton (incumbent) - 5,129 George J. Smith - 5,082 L.W. Trull - 3,497 W.H. Fenwick - 2,803 C.H. Stock - 573
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) John Winnett - 4,295 Bert Wemp - 3,776 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 3,614 Herbert Henry Ball - 3,407 A.E. Brocklesby - 2,400 S.C. Parks - 1,873 J.N. Day - 694
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Frank Fenton - 4,522 Harry W. Hunt - 4,001 Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 3,172 J. George Ramsden - 3,059 F.W. Johnston - 2,608 C.A. Reed - 2,062 W. Harper - 594
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) Sam McBride - 3,426 Nathan Phillips - 2,908 Claude Pearce (incumbent) - 2,728 E.B. Westwood - 2,190 L.A. Maldover - 1,999 C.W. Mogridge - 982 Sam Brown - 632 P.W. Benner - 399
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Clifford Blackburn (incumbent) - 6,464 William James Stewart - 5,155 Benjamin Miller - 4,381 J. Phinnemore - 3,939 John Macdonald - 2,035 Arthur E. Fegan - 813
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Brook Sykes - 9,138 Samuel Thomas Wright - 7,849 John Laxton - 6,290 W.M. Maltby - 5,394 Guy Roach - 4,559 Richard Tuthill - 2,838 James Gill - 794
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 3,743 Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 3,407 H.M Davy (incumbent) - 3,227 W.A. Baird - 3,157
Ward 8 (East Toronto) Robert Baker (incumbent) - 5,886 Robert Dibble - 4,459 Joseph T. Turner - 3,781 J.H. Lennox - 2,591 William Robertston - 1,149 John Doggett - 1,135 C.G. Dawkes - 833
Results taken from the January 1, 1924 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1924