1946 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1946. Incumbent Robert Hood Saunders ran unopposed and was acclaimed as mayor.

Toronto mayor[edit]

Results: Robert Hood Saunders - acclaimed

Board of Control[edit]

One incumbent on the Board of Control lost, William J. Wadsworth. He was defeated by Alderman Bert McKellar. Communist Stewart Smith of the Labor-Progressive Party won the second position on the Board.

Results: Hiram E. McCallum (incumbent) - 42,126; Stewart Smith (incumbent) - 41,637; David Balfour (incumbent) - 40,632; Kenneth Bert McKellar - 35,627; William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 35,477; Leslie Saunders - 22,040; Harry Bradley - 6,796

City council[edit]

Ward 1 (Riverdale): William Murdoch (incumbent) - 5,597; Charles Walton (incumbent) - 4,168; William Simpson - 3,481

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale): Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 4,118; May Birchard - 3,014; George A. Wilson (incumbent) - 2,910; William Dennison - 2,472

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill): John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 2,175; Allan Lamport - 1,911; Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 1,724; Earl Selkirk - 586; William Smith - 285; Karl Prager - 281

Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District): Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - acclaimed; Norman Freed (incumbent) - acclaimed

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods): Arthur Frost (incumbent) - acclaimed; Charles Sims (incumbent) - acclaimed

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale): Harold Timmins (incumbent) - 6,768; Dewar Ferguson - 5,510; William V. Muir - 3,960; William Clifton - 3,744; Harold Lock - 2,244; Patrick McKeown - 746; Charles Dymond - 362

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction): William Butt - 4,510; E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 4,220; Eva Sanderson - 2,157

Ward 8 (The Beaches): William Collings (incumbent) - 6,789; Walter Howell (incumbent) - 6,476; Murray Cotterill - 5,143; James Davis - 2,244

Ward 9 (North Toronto): John Innes (incumbent) - 11,092; Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 8,257; F.W. Rayfield - 2,950; R.M. McLean - 1,720; Fred Vacher - 1,623

Results taken from the January 2, 1946 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.

References[edit]

Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1946