Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1918. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his fourth consecutive term in office.
Toronto mayor Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. His opponent was Controller R.H. Cameron, who finished some ten thousand votes behind.
Results Tommy Church (incumbent) - 27,605 R.H. Cameron - 17,995
Board of Control There was considerable change to the Board of Control in this election. Three new members were elected: Cameron created one vacancy by choosing to run for mayor, and Thomas Foster had also decided to not run again. Incumbent William Henry Shaw was defeated. John O'Neill (incumbent) - 24,952 William D. Robbins - 19,000 Sam McBride - 17,850 Charles A. Maguire - 17,711 William Henry Shaw (incumbent) - 14,255 D.C. MacGregor - 14,468 Garnet Archibald - 8,992 Miles Vokes - 2,720 Edward Meek - 2,262
City council
Ward 1 (Riverdale) W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 4,744 Frank Marsden Johnson - 4,387 Richard Honeyford - 4,068 William Fenwick (incumbent) - 2, 866 Walter Brown - 1,961 James Jones - 1,024 Arthur J. Stubbings - 918
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Herbert Henry Ball (incumbent) - acclaimed J.R. Beamish (incumbent) - acclaimed Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) J. George Ramsden (incumbent) - 2,313 Fred McBrien (incumbent) - 2,186 F.W. Johnston - 1,857 Walter Garwood - 1,185 Charles W. Mugridge - 1,012 Thomas Vance - 915
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) Arthur Russell Nesbitt (incumbent) - 2,813 John Cowan - 2,468 John C. McMulkin (incumbent) - 2,400 Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,365
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) R.H. Graham (incumbent) - 4,347 W.R. Plewman - 4,228 Clifford Blackburn - 2,203 James Phinnemore - 1,799 James Coughlin - 965 Joseph Hubbard - 841 Thomas Vallentyne - 775 Albert Plenty - 649 Lewis Jarvis - 515
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 5,951 George Birdsall - 4,411 Brook Sykes - 3,789 Alvin L. Gadsby - 3,701
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,461 William Henry Weir - 1,151 William Maher - 733 Peter Grant - 880 Robert Agnew - 1,095
Results taken from the January 1, 1919 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Vacancy Ward 7 Alderman William Henry Weir dies December 11, 1918 and is not replaced.
References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 1, 1918