Toronto municipal election, 1944
Encyclopedia
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, 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.
Results
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
)
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
and Rosedale
)
Ward 3 (West Downtown
and Summerhill
)
Ward 4 (The Annex
, Kensington Market
and Garment District)
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
)
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Ward 8 (The Beaches
)
Ward 9 (North Toronto
)
Results taken from the January 3, 1944 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
Frederick J. Conboy
Frederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944....
defeated Controller Lewis Duncan
Lewis Duncan
James Lewis Duncan was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Duncan was the son of a physician and grandson of a Presbyterian minister. He studied at the University of Toronto and in Paris and won a silver medal as a student at Osgoode Hall Law School.He fought in World War I at the Somme, Vimy Ridge...
. The election was a notable defeat for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
(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. ConboyFrederick J. ConboyFrederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944....
- 78,383 - Lewis DuncanLewis DuncanJames Lewis Duncan was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Duncan was the son of a physician and grandson of a Presbyterian minister. He studied at the University of Toronto and in Paris and won a silver medal as a student at Osgoode Hall Law School.He fought in World War I at the Somme, Vimy Ridge...
- 58,712
Board of Control
The Board of ControlToronto Board of Control
Toronto Board of Control was a part of the municipal government of Toronto, Canada from 1904 until its abolition in 1969 and served as the executive committee of Toronto City Council. It consisted of four councillors elected city wide and was presided over by the mayor. Each voter could vote for up...
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
Hiram E. McCallum
Hiram Emerson McCallum was a mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1948-1951.Born in East Caledon, Ontario, his first job was at The Mail and Empire newspaper as a clerk in the advertising department. From there, he started his own printing plant in 1931...
, David Balfour, and communist Stewart Smith
Stewart Smith (politician)
Stewart Smith was a long-time leading member of the Communist Party of Canada. He also served on Toronto City Council for a period in the 1930s and 1940s....
with Balfour winning the seat.
Results
- Robert Hood SaundersRobert Hood SaundersRobert Hood Saunders, Q.C., CBE was mayor of Toronto from 1945 to 1948, President of the Canadian National Exhibition, chairman of the Ontario Hydro ....
(incumbent) - 73,383 - Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 52,694
- William J. WadsworthWilliam J. WadsworthWilliam J. Wadsworth was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Canada.He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto his family moved to the West Toronto Junction while he was still a youth...
(incumbent) - 52,485 - David Balfour - 50,599
- Hiram E. McCallumHiram E. McCallumHiram Emerson McCallum was a mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1948-1951.Born in East Caledon, Ontario, his first job was at The Mail and Empire newspaper as a clerk in the advertising department. From there, he started his own printing plant in 1931...
- 50,337 - Stewart SmithStewart Smith (politician)Stewart Smith was a long-time leading member of the Communist Party of Canada. He also served on Toronto City Council for a period in the 1930s and 1940s....
- 41,277 - William Dennison - 30,026
- William Muir - 19,061
- Harry Bradley - 7,743
City council
Ward 1 (RiverdaleRiverdale, Toronto
Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south....
)
- Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,999
- Gordon MillenGordon MillenGordon Millen was a politician from Toronto, Canada. He served several years on city council before being elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament....
(incumbent) - 7,758 - John McGuigan - 3,444
- Stanley Ryerson - 1,959
- Irene Humble - 1,475
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown, Toronto
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association....
and Rosedale
Rosedale, Toronto
Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....
)
- Louis ShannonLouis ShannonJ. Louis Shannon was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada who served for many years on Toronto City Council and the Toronto Board of Control....
(incumbent) - 5,798 - George A. Wilson - 4,432
- Henry Glendinning - 2,538
- May BirchardMay BirchardMay Birchard was a municipal politician and poverty activist in Toronto, Canada. Born in Toronto she married F.J. Birchard, an agricultural scientist who was an expert on grain. During the First World War the family moved to Winnipeg...
- 2,179 - Harold Toye - 1,819
- Gordon W. Armstrong - 819
Ward 3 (West Downtown
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west...
and Summerhill
Summerhill, Toronto
The Summerhill neighbourhood in central Toronto was named after 'Summer Hill' house, built in 1842 by Canadian transportation baron Charles Thompson.Much of the area was once part of the Thompson estate but was subdivided by his heirs in the 1880s....
)
- 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
The Annex
The Annex is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The traditional boundaries of the neighbourhood are north to Dupont Street, south to Bloor Street, west to Bathurst Street and east to Avenue Road...
, Kensington Market
Kensington Market
Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that "Kensington...
and Garment District)
- Nathan PhillipsNathan Phillips (politician)Nathan Phillips, KC was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario.-Early life:Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later...
(incumbent) - 4,951 - Norman Freed - 4,211
- H.A. Ross - 3,829
- Herbert OrliffeHerbert OrliffeHerbert Orliffe was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He immigrated with his family form Newcastle, England at age 8 and settled in Toronto. His father operated a grocery store on Harbord Street...
- 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
Parkdale, Toronto
Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...
)
- Kenneth McKellar - 8,903
- Harold TimminsHarold TimminsHarold Aberdeen Watson Timmins was a Canadian politician and jurist.Timmins was born in Alliston, Ontario, the son of James S. Timmins and Charlotte Amelia Watson, and raised in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale where he attended Parkdale Collegiate Institute before studying at the University...
- 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
The Beaches
The Beaches is a neighbourhood and popular tourist destination located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the east side of the "Old" City of Toronto. The original boundaries of the neighbourhood are from Fallingbrook Avenue on the east to Kingston Road on the north, to Woodbine Avenue...
)
- Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,431
- William Collings - 6,542
- Murray CotterillMurray CotterillMurray Cotterill was a Canadian trade union activist and organizer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ....
- 5,833 - E.S. McGuinness - 5,377
- H.L. McKinstry - 3,990
- J.E. McMillan - 2,102
Ward 9 (North Toronto
North Toronto
North Toronto was a town located in the northern part of the Old Toronto district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It occupies a geographically central location within the current boundaries of the city of Toronto. It is a relatively narrow strip, centred around Yonge Street; it extends from the CP...
)
- John InnesJohn Innes (politician)John Innes was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in around 1900 when he was in his twenties. A carpenter by trade he built a home in on Merton Street in North Toronto. He then became a developer, building several other homes around the area...
(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.