1944 Toronto municipal election

Canadian elections September 2023 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 Fred Hamilton (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 right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1944 election 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 George A. Wilson - 4,432 Henry Glendinning - 2,538 May Birchard - 2,179 Harold Toye - 1,819 Gordon W. Armstrong - 819 Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,132 Harold Fishleigh - 2,915 John Frank (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 Norman Freed - 4,211 H.A. Ross - 3,829 Herbert Orliffe - 2,797 Charles Hamilton - 1,569 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 7,083 Charles Sims - 7,016 Arthur Frost - 5,337 Harold Menzies - 3,473 Maxwell Armstrong - 2,460 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Kenneth Bert McKellar - 8,903 Harold Timmins - 8,622 Jack Bennett (incumbent) - 6,707 George Granell - 3,749 Dewar Ferguson - 3,015 Patrick O'Donovan - 2,567 Nina Dean - 2,238 Patrick McKeown - 627 Charles Dymond - 469 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 7,393 E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 5,542 Eva Sanderson - 2,756 Frank Cormack - 2,118 Ward 8 (The Beaches) Walter Howell (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 Category:1944 elections in Canada 1944 Category:1944 in Ontario