1944 Toronto municipal election explained

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1944. Incumbent Frederick J. Conboy defeated Controller Lewis Duncan. The election was a notable defeat for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, a social democratic party) as it lost all representation on city council.

Toronto mayor

Conboy had served as mayor since 1940 and was seeking his fourth term of office. He was opposed by CCFer Lewis Duncan who had also run and lost in 1939 and 1940.

Results
  • Frederick J. Conboy - 78,383
  • Lewis Duncan - 58,712

    Board of Control

    The Board of Control had one open seat due to Duncan's run for mayor. Alderman William Dennison attempted to hold the seat for the CCF, but finished in distant seventh. Three other former aldermen ran for the seat Hiram E. McCallum, David Balfour, and communist Stewart Smith with Balfour winning the seat.

    Results
  • Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 73,383
  • Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 52,694
  • William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 52,485
  • David Balfour - 50,599
  • Hiram E. McCallum - 50,337
  • Stewart Smith - 41,277
  • William Dennison - 30,026
  • William Muir - 19,061
  • Harry Bradley - 7,743

    City council

    Ward 1 (Riverdale)
  • Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,999
  • Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 7,758
  • John McGuigan - 3,444
  • Stanley Ryerson - 1,959
  • Irene Humble - 1,475
    Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
  • Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,798
  • George A. Wilson - 4,432
  • Henry Glendinning - 2,538
  • May Birchard - 2,179
  • Harold Toye - 1,819
  • Gordon W. Armstrong - 819
    Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
  • John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,132
  • Harold Fishleigh - 2,915
  • John Frank (incumbent) - 1,917
  • J.R. Huffman - 909
  • William Smith - 488
  • Marjorie Garrow - 439
  • Charles Lewis - 408
  • Francis Burns - 321
    Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
  • Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,951
  • Norman Freed - 4,211
  • H.A. Ross - 3,829
  • Herbert Orliffe - 2,797
  • Charles Hamilton - 1,569
    Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
  • Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 7,083
  • Charles Sims - 7,016
  • Arthur Frost - 5,337
  • Harold Menzies - 3,473
  • Maxwell Armstrong - 2,460
    Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
  • Kenneth Bert McKellar - 8,903
  • Harold Timmins - 8,622
  • Jack Bennett (incumbent) - 6,707
  • George Granell - 3,749
  • Dewar Ferguson - 3,015
  • Patrick O'Donovan - 2,567
  • Nina Dean - 2,238
  • Patrick McKeown - 627
  • Charles Dymond - 469
    Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
  • Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 7,393
  • E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 5,542
  • Eva Sanderson - 2,756
  • Frank Cormack - 2,118
    Ward 8 (The Beaches)
  • Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,431
  • William Collings - 6,542
  • Murray Cotterill - 5,833
  • E.S. McGuinness - 5,377
  • H.L. McKinstry - 3,990
  • J.E. McMillan - 2,102
    Ward 9 (North Toronto)
  • John Innes (incumbent) - 14,252
  • Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 13,948
  • R.M. McLean - 3,499
  • Christien McCarty - 2,174

    Results taken from the January 3, 1944 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.

    References

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