Toronto municipal election, 1945
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1945. Controller Robert Hood Saunders
defeated incumbent Frederick J. Conboy
to be elected mayor.
Results
had two vacant seats in the 1945 election. Robert Saunders had left his seat to run for mayor and Fred Hamilton had retired. Five current or past alderman ran for the positions, with Hiram E. McCallum
and communist Stewart Smith
winning seats.
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 2, 1945 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
Robert Hood Saunders
Robert Hood Saunders, Q.C., CBE was mayor of Toronto from 1945 to 1948, President of the Canadian National Exhibition, chairman of the Ontario Hydro ....
defeated incumbent Frederick J. Conboy
Frederick J. Conboy
Frederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944....
to be elected mayor.
Toronto mayor
Conboy had served as mayor since 1940 and was seeking his fifth term of office, but he was decisively beaten by Saunders.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 ....
- 68,757 - Frederick J. ConboyFrederick J. ConboyFrederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944....
- 36,299
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 two vacant seats in the 1945 election. Robert Saunders had left his seat to run for mayor and Fred Hamilton had retired. Five current or past alderman ran for the positions, with 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...
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....
winning seats.
Results
- David Balfour (incumbent) - 47,931
- 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) - 45,942 - 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....
- 41,691 - 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...
- 41,201 - Leslie Saunders - 34,587
- E.C. Bogart - 34,258
- C.D Millen - 30,235
- Harry Bradley - 9,589
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....
)
- William Murdoch - 5,180
- Charles Walton - 4,306
- William Simpson - 2,710
- John McGuigan - 2,517
- W.S.B. Armstrong - 1,582
- Irene Humble - 1,357
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) - 5,426 - George A. Wilson (incumbent) - 3,925
- 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...
- 3,456
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 (incumbent) - 2,915
- William Smith - 601
- Francis Burns - 589
- Karl Prager - 402
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)
- Norman Freed (incumbent) - acclaimed
- 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) - acclaimed
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
- Charles Sims (incumbent) - 7,788
- Arthur Frost - 6,497
- Harold Menzies - 4,058
- Maxwell Armstrong - 2,338
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 (incumbent) - 9,068
- 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...
(incumbent) - 8,263 - William V. Muir - 4,745
- Dewar Ferguson - 4,292
- Patrick McKeown - 1,169
- Charles Dymond - 661
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - acclaimed
- Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - acclaimed
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) - 7,478
- William Collings (incumbent) - 7,104
- Murray CotterillMurray CotterillMurray Cotterill was a Canadian trade union activist and organizer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ....
- 5,132 - James Davis - 2,687
- Charles Wren - 2,505
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) - 10,684 - Melville Wilson - 7,605
- Robert Ferguson - 3,329
- Christine McCarty - 2,211
- R.M. McLean - 1,568
- Fred Vacher - 1,009
- W.H. Harris - 877
Results taken from the January 2, 1945 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.