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
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