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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1930. In a close mayoral election Bert Wemp ousted two term incumbent Sam McBride. The main issue of the election was a proposed downtown beautification scheme that would have rebuilt roads in the core. The proposal was rejected in a referendum after voters in the suburbs voted against it. McBride was the plan's leading proponent, and its rejection hurt his reelection bid.

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McBride had been elected mayor in 1928 and had been in office two years. He was defeated by controller and ''

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'' editor Bert Wemp by 4,378 votes. Also running was controller A.E. Hacker, but he finished in distant third. ;Results : Bert Wemp - 54,309 : Sam McBride - 49,933 : Albert E. Hacker - 3,210

Board of Control

Only one member of the Board of Control elected in the last election was running for reelection: W.A. Summerville. Hacker and Wemp had both chosen to run for mayor. Joseph Gibbons had been appointed to the board of

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and was replaced mid-term by Alderman Frank Whetter, but he was defeated when he tried to run for a full term. Elected were two candidates considered representatives of labour: James Simpson and William D. Robbins. The other new Controller was Claude Pearce, who had strong support from Roman Catholic voters. ;Results : W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 47,418 : Claude Pearce - 46,692 : James Simpson - 44,921 : William D. Robbins - 39,023 :Benjamin Miller - 37,156 : Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 31,772 :Brook Sykes - 28,043 :Wesley Benson - 25,054 :Harry Bradley - 2,617

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 8,567 : Robert Allen (incumbent) - 7,187 : Lorne Trull - 6,382 : Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 5,047 :William Taylor - 3,184 :Harry Perkins - 1,837 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) : John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 6,754 : John Winnett (incumbent) - 5,972 :

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(incumbent) - 5,017 :Joseph Miller - 5,386 :Robert Yeomans - 4,191 :Hugh Sutherland - 3,486 :Frank Gallagher - 1,010 ;Ward 3 (

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) : J. George Ramsden - 6,256 : Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,562 : Andrew Carrick (incumbent) - 4,286 :H.L. Rogers - 4,211 :George Yorke - 4,102 :Wallace Kennedy - 2,576 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) : Samuel Factor (incumbent) - 4,022 : Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,995 : Charles Ward - 3,386 :John McMulkin - 3,086 :George King - 1,941 :Jacob Romer - 1,124 ;Ward 5 ( Trinity-Bellwoods) :

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(incumbent) - 6,060 : Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 5,035 : Robert Leslie - 5,013 :Louis Fine - 3,825 :James Phinnemore - 3,111 :Garnet Archibald - 2,765 :Mary McNab - 1,161 :Max Shur - 317 ;Ward 6 (

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and Parkdale) : Joseph Wright (incumbent) - 10,576 : D.C. MacGregor - 8,330 : John Boland (incumbent) - 7,325 :John Laxton (incumbent) - 7,125 :S.I. Wright - 5,404 :Joseph King - 978 :James Gill - 912 :Albert Smith - 550 ;Ward 7 ( West Toronto Junction) : William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 5,701 : Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 4,576 : Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 4,381 :John Whetton - 2,861 :George Watson - 830 ;Ward 8 (

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) : Walter Howell (incumbent) - 7,921 : Ernest Bray - 7,569 : Albert Burnese (incumbent) - 7,123 : Robert Baker (incumbent) - 7,037 :William Robertston - 2,978 Results taken from the January 2, 1930 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 2, 1930 {{Toronto elections Toronto municipal election

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