Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1915. Tommy Church was elected mayor defeating Jesse O. McCarthy.
Toronto mayor
Incumbent mayor H.C. Hocken chose not to run for re-election. Two well-known members of the Board of Control ran to replace him: Tommy Church and Jesse O. McCarthy. Church won. As with most elections at this time in history, it was also a contest between the two main newspapers with the Toronto Daily Star supporting McCarthy and the Toronto Telegram supporting Church.
Results
Tommy Church - 26,041
Jesse O. McCarthy - 19,573
Board of Control
The decision of both Church and McCarthy to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the Board of Control. A third opening was created by the defeat of labour leader James Simpson, who had been elected to the Board the year before. The spots were filled by Thomas Foster, Frank S. Spence, and Joseph Elijah Thompson.
John O'Neill (incumbent) - 20,751
Thomas Foster - 18,608
Frank S. Spence - 17,747
Joseph Elijah Thompson - 16,505
James Simpson (incumbent) - 16,349
Fred McBrien - 15,447
John Wanless - 13,044
City council
Ward 1 (Riverdale) William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 3,987 Albert Walton (incumbent) - 3,353 Robert Yeomans - 2,922 W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) - 2,900 A.H. Wagstaff - 2,754 William Orr - 1,700 George Smith - 1,148 George Daniels - 765 George Wellings - 325
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Samuel Wickett (incumbent) - 3,028 Charles A. Risk (incumbent) - 2,586 Herbert Henry Ball - 2,134 Charles Beavis - 2,009 John Cooper - 1,789
Ward 3 (Central Business District and The Ward) Charles A. Maguire (incumbent) - 4,356 Sam McBride (incumbent) - 3,993 J. George Ramsden - 2,107 John Skelton - 1,783 Albert Hassard - 884 Rudolph Paulich - 150
Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District) R.H. Cameron (incumbent) - 3,286 Louis Singer (incumbent) - 2,865 John Cowan - 2,339 Robert McLeod - 1,673 Henry Dworkin - 1,281
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) John Dunn (incumbent) - 6,298 John Warren - 3,578 John Wesley Meredith (incumbent) - 3,498 Joseph May - 3,138 Alfred Moore - 964
Ward 6 (Brockton and Parkdale) David Spence (incumbent) - 5,727 Thomas Roden - 2,319 Joseph Gibbons - 3,724 George Birdsall - 2,524 D.C. MacGregor - 2,198 Albert Chamberlain - 1,491 Arthur Atkinson - 819 John Brown - 538 Kenneth McKenzie - 544 Richard Holmes - 417 George Pettit - 304
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Samuel Ryding (incumbent) - 1,218 William Henry Weir - 1,141 Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 1,026 Alexander Chisholm - 400 Maxwell Armstrong - 292
Results taken from the January 2, 1915 Toronto Daily Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Vacancy
Ward 2 Alderman Samuel Wickett dies December 7, 1915 and is not replaced.