1940 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1940. Incumbent Ralph Day was re-elected mayor. The election saw little change with all incumbent councillors and Board of Control members being reelected.
Toronto mayor[]
Day was challenged for a second time by lawyer Lewis Duncan.
- Results
- Ralph Day - 61,480
- Lewis Duncan - 38,011
Board of Control[]
Two aldermen attempted to win seats on the Board of Control, David A. Balfour and communist Stewart Smith. Neither were successful as all four incumbents were reelected.
- Results
- Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 78,672
- (incumbent) - 68,774
- (incumbent) - 60,124
- William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 55,756
- David A. Balfour - 43,261
- Stewart Smith - 19,641
- Robert Harding - 6,548
City council[]
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 8,901
- (incumbent) - 8,152
- Charles Minett - 2,161
- Harry Bell - 1,717
- William Richards - 1,024
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,593
- Adelaide Plumptre (incumbent) - 5,272
- Tupper Bigelow - 1,593
- George Harris - 920
- - 559
- James McCausland - 459
- Ward 3 (Central Business District)
- (incumbent) - 3,983
- Percy Quinn (incumbent) - 3,908
- Jean Laing - 1,217
- Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
- Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 5,427
- Robert Hood Saunders - 4,900
- - 2,761
- J.B. Salsberg - 2,154
- Louis Zuker - 1,362
- Lloyd Muritt - 381
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
- (incumbent) - 9,963
- - 7,556
- Fred Collins - 2,686
- Pat V. Roach - 1,534
- Charles Lewis - 1,506
- Charles Kerr - 1,149
- Charles Graham - 572
- Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
- (incumbent) - 8,503
- (incumbent) - 8,213
- George Robinson - 6,554
- - 5,792
- - 2,613
- Richard Jones - 1,140
- William Logie - 733
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- (incumbent) - 6,395
- (incumbent) - 5,277
- Frank Whetter - 2,893
- Harold Clarke - 801
- Harry Bradley - 518
- Ward 8 (The Beaches)
- (incumbent) - 9,889
- (incumbent) - 9,404
- Hiram E. McCallum - 6,330
- Ernest Woollon - 4,988
- Ward 9 (North Toronto)
- Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 8,154
- John Innes (incumbent) - 7,186
- Harry Kennedy - 6,690
- - 4,494
- Douglas Hodder - 378
Results taken from the January 2, 1940 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
References[]
- Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1940
Categories:
- 1940 elections in Canada
- Municipal elections in Toronto
- 1940 in Ontario