Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 5, 1891. Edward Frederick Clarke, was re-elected to his fourth term in office, defeating former alderman Ernest A. Macdonald.
Toronto mayor
Results Edward Frederick Clarke - 8,146 Ernest A. Macdonald - 6,953
References: "Clarke is still Mayor", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)"The Mayoralty Contest", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)
Aldermen elected to City Council Three per ward
St. Alban's Ward Hugh McMath - 506 William P. Atkinson - 458 James Gowanlock (incumbent) - 427 George Booth (incumbent) - 295 Edward Turry - 235
St. Andrew's Ward William Burns 1,049 J. Kerr 817 J. E. Verral (incumbent) 810 William Carlyle (incumbent) 759
St. David's Ward Thomas Allen (incumbent) 892 W. H. Gibbs (incumbent) 878 Thomas Foster 813 J. S. Boddy 663 Richard Wallace 596 James Walsh 497 J. A. McIllwain 120
St. George's Ward George E. Gillespie (incumbent) 583 George McMurrich 565 George Verral (incumbent) 509 Cornelius Flanaghan 395 John Maugham (incumbent) 360
St. James' Ward Alfred McDougall (incumbent) 970 William Middleton Hall 812 J. B. Boustead (incumbent) 791 Wallace Millichamp 689
St. John's Ward G. M. Rose 879 R. J. Score (incumbent) 731 R. J. Stanley 634 Frank Moses (incumbent) 521
St. Lawrence Ward Charles Small (incumbent) 952 John Hallam (incumbent) 716 James Pape 678 G. F. Frankland (incumbent) - 615
St. Mark's Ward George Lindsey (incumbent) 778 Dr. Joseph Orlando Orr 773 John Maloney 675 John James Graham 449 Benjamin Smith 232 John Ritchie 167
St. Matthew's Ward John Knox Leslie (incumbent) 559 Peter Macdonald (incumbent) 559 W. T. Stewart 519 G. S. Macdonald (incumbent) 503
St. Patrick's Ward James Joliffe 1,402 John Lucas (incumbent) 1,344 Thomas Pells (incumbent) 666 W. J. Little 604
St. Paul's Ward John Shaw (incumbent) acclaimed Bernard Saunders (incumbent) acclaimed W. J. Hill (incumbent) acclaimed
St. Stephen's Ward William Bell (incumbent) 1,302 John Bailey (incumbent) 1,166 R. H. Graham (incumbent) 1,132 Stephen Wilcock 933
St. Thomas' Ward Edward Hewitt (incumbent) 612 William Park 518 Edward Farquhar 505 Thomas McMullen (incumbent) 501 A. H. Rundle 333
References: "Clarke is still Mayor", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)"The Aldermanic Contests", The Globe, January 6, 1891, pg 8. (Proquest)NOMINATED A FOURTH TIME: E. A. Macdonald Will Run Against Mayor Clarke THE SPEECHES YESTERDAY Speeches for the Mayor Aid Macdonald's Proposed The Mayor He Talks At The Globe Not a Boomster The Mayor's Opponent Report Had Been Defied Mayor Clarke's Denial THE ALDERMEN Contests Promised in Every Ward But St. Pauls St. Andrew's Ward St. David's Ward SCHOOL TRUSTEES Elections by Acclamation to Many of the Wards The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 30 Dec 1890: 4.
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