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649:"MANY IN FIELD FOR ALDERMEN: Seventeen Candidates Running in Sixth Ward OLD MEMBERS LINED UP Aldermanic Candidates Favor Power By-law A Number off Them Advocate Purchase of Toronto Electric Ught Company's Plant-- Filtration of Water Favored by Many of Those Seeking Office",
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305:Edward Hales (incumbent) - 1,292
552:James Arthur McCausland - 1,332
408:Wesley Sandfield Johnston - 998
358:William Norton Eastwood - 1,291
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317:Charles Fletcher Leidy - 360
314:John Coatsworth Graham - 481
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102:Dr Beattie Nesbitt - 6,504
567:John Edward Jarrott - 665
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518:William James King - 355
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239:Joel Marvin Briggs - 232
233:Robert Buist Noble - 745
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411:Frank W. Johnston - 960
189:William Spence Harrison
176:Horatio Clarence Hocken
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503:John Aldridge - 1,008
462:Thomas Alexander Lytle
429:James Phinnemore - 239
308:Zephaniah Hilton - 995
294:William Temple Stewart
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201:William Peyton Hubbard
168:William Peyton Hubbard
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361:Ewart Farquahar - 864
311:William Worrell - 991
300:William J. Saunderson
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512:Thomas Gillies - 699
423:Frederick Hogg - 716
396:John Wilson Bengough
290:(incumbent) - 2,079
273:Toronto City Council
230:Hugh MacMath - 1,013
191:(incumbent) - 10,310
179:(incumbent) - 16,844
43:, defeated Alderman
494:(incumbent) - 1,375
492:Albert James Keeler
488:(incumbent) - 2,152
482:(incumbent) - 2,338
480:Robert Henry Graham
464:(incumbent) - 3,240
458:(incumbent) - 3,409
452:(incumbent) - 3,492
399:(incumbent) - 2,382
370:Josiah Rogers - 199
347:(incumbent) - 2,238
341:(incumbent) - 2,656
302:(incumbent) - 1,356
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222:John Enoch Thompson
203:(incumbent) - 9,203
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564:Thomas Hurst - 774
535:James Henry McGhie
500:Joseph May - 1,029
426:David Lorsch - 663
391:(incumbent)- 2,885
355:(incumbent)- 1,921
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442:including
149:interurban
129:plebiscite
123:Plebiscite
651:The Globe
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282:Riverdale
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245:The Globe
207:John Shaw
195:J.J. Ward
117:The Globe
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529:Parkdale
525:Brockton
523:Ward 6 (
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381:The Ward
375:Ward 3 (
331:Rosedale
325:Ward 2 (
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92:- 14,022
558:- 1,017
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543:- 2,164
537:- 2,498
444:Spadina
405:- 2,148
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84:Results
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