1944 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, 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.
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. Conboy - 78,383
- Lewis Duncan - 58,712
Board of Control[]
The Board of Control 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
- Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 73,383
- (incumbent) - 52,694
- William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 52,485
- David Balfour - 50,599
- Hiram E. McCallum - 50,337
- Stewart Smith - 41,277
- William Dennison - 30,026
- William Muir - 19,061
- Harry Bradley - 7,743
City council[]
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,999
- Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 7,758
- John McGuigan - 3,444
- Stanley Ryerson - 1,959
- Irene Humble - 1,475
- Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
- Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,798
- - 4,432
- - 2,538
- May Birchard - 2,179
- Harold Toye - 1,819
- Gordon W. Armstrong - 819
- Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
- (incumbent) - 3,132
- Harold Fishleigh - 2,915
- (incumbent) - 1,917
- J.R. Huffman - 909
- William Smith - 488
- Marjorie Garrow - 439
- Charles Lewis - 408
- Francis Burns - 321
- Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
- Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,951
- - 4,211
- H.A. Ross - 3,829
- Herbert Orliffe - 2,797
- Charles Hamilton - 1,569
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
- (incumbent) - 7,083
- - 7,016
- Arthur Frost - 5,337
- - 3,473
- Maxwell Armstrong - 2,460
- Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
- - 8,903
- Harold Timmins - 8,622
- (incumbent) - 6,707
- - 3,749
- - 3,015
- Patrick O'Donovan - 2,567
- Nina Dean - 2,238
- Patrick McKeown - 627
- Charles Dymond - 469
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- (incumbent) - 7,393
- (incumbent) - 5,542
- Eva Sanderson - 2,756
- Frank Cormack - 2,118
- Ward 8 (The Beaches)
- (incumbent) - 9,431
- William Collings - 6,542
- Murray Cotterill - 5,833
- E.S. McGuinness - 5,377
- H.L. McKinstry - 3,990
- J.E. McMillan - 2,102
- Ward 9 (North Toronto)
- John Innes (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.
References[]
- Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 3, 1944
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 3, 1944
- 1944 elections in Canada
- Municipal elections in Toronto
- 1944 in Ontario