1946 Toronto municipal election explained

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

Results
  • Robert Hood Saunders - acclaimed

    Board of Control

    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

    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

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