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

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 boundaries used in the 1946 election

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

• Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1946