1945 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1945. Controller Robert Hood Saunders defeated incumbent Frederick J. Conboy 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 Saunders - 68,757
- Frederick J. Conboy - 36,299
Board of Control[]
The Board of Control had two vacant seats in the 1945 election. Robert Saunders had left his seat to run for mayor and had retired. Five current or past alderman ran for the positions, with Hiram E. McCallum and communist Stewart Smith winning seats.
- Results
- David Balfour (incumbent) - 47,931
- William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 45,942
- Stewart Smith - 41,691
- Hiram E. McCallum - 41,201
- Leslie Saunders - 34,587
- - 34,258
- Gordon Millen - 30,235
- Harry Bradley - 9,589
City council[]
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- - 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 and Rosedale)
- Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,426
- (incumbent) - 3,925
- May Birchard - 3,456
- Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
- (incumbent) - 3,132
- Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 2,915
- William Smith - 601
- Francis Burns - 589
- Karl Prager - 402
- Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
- (incumbent) - acclaimed
- Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - acclaimed
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
- (incumbent) - 7,788
- Arthur Frost - 6,497
- - 4,058
- Maxwell Armstrong - 2,338
- Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
- (incumbent) - 9,068
- Harold Timmins (incumbent) - 8,263
- - 4,745
- - 4,292
- Patrick McKeown - 1,169
- Charles Dymond - 661
- Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
- (incumbent) - acclaimed
- (incumbent) - acclaimed
- Ward 8 (The Beaches)
- (incumbent) - 7,478
- William Collings (incumbent) - 7,104
- Murray Cotterill - 5,132
- James Davis - 2,687
- Charles Wren - 2,505
- Ward 9 (North Toronto)
- John Innes (incumbent) - 10,684
- - 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.
References[]
- Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1945
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 2, 1945
Categories:
- 1945 elections in Canada
- Municipal elections in Toronto
- 1945 in Ontario