Toronto municipal election, 1946

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1946. Incumbent Robert Hood Saunders 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

Bert McKellar - 35,627

William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 35,477

Leslie Saunders - 22,040

Harry Bradley - 6,796

City council

File:Toronto ward map 1964.PNG

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