1939 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1939. Incumbent Ralph Day was re-elected mayor over former lawyer Lewis Duncan. Toronto mayor Day was expected to be acclaimed, but in December lawyer and Liberal Lewis Duncan entered the race. Day but won by a significant margin in a high turnout race. Results Ralph Day - 93,060 Lewis Duncan - 53,364 Board of Control All four Board of Control incumbents were reelected despite a group of high-profile challengers. Closest to winning a seat was Alderman William Croft in fifth place. In sixth place was communist Tim Buck and in seventh Alderman Robert Hood Saunders. Finishing surprisingly far back in eighth was former mayor William D. Robbins. Neither were successful as all four incumbents were reelected. Results Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 80,720 Douglas McNish (incumbent) - 73,252 Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 54,516 William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 49,446 William Croft - 48,798 Tim Buck - 43,112 Robert Hood Saunders - 40,973 William D. Robbins - 24,745 Harry Bradley - 3,489 City council Ward 1 (Riverdale) Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 9,583 Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 8,464 Charles Minett - 4,374 Fred Kantel - 3,063 John Francis Hughes - 1,414 Samuel Kirk - 735 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Adelaide Plumptre (incumbent) - 6,563 Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,829 George A. Wilson - 4,184 D.J. Shannon - 1,434 Matthew C. Wilson - 615 Bob King - 541 Alfred Gagne - 536 Aaron Newton - 367 Ward 3 (Central Business District) John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 5,325 Percy Quinn (incumbent) - 5,202 Jean Laing - 1,604 Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 7,230 David A. Balfour - 6,339 J.B. Salsberg (incumbent) - 5,830 Joseph Stewart - 1,216 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 10,506 Stewart Smith (incumbent) - 8,121 Charles Ward - 6,519 Pat V. Roach - 2,943 Jacob Romer - 1,384 Frederick Cottrell - 697 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) William V. Muir - 11,163 D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 10,319 George Grannell (incumbent) - 8,922 Neil Cameron - 7,878 Richard Jones - 1,384 William Logie - 1,166 Joseph King - 544 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 8,901 H.M. Davy - 7,140 Harold Clarke - 1,858 John Whetton - 1,548 Ward 8 (The Beaches) Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 13,175 Walter Howell (incumbent) - 10,094 Ernest Woollon - 7,104 Gifford Baker - 2,309 Ward 9 (North Toronto) Donald Fleming - 11,340 John Innes - 10,134 William D. Ellis (incumbent) - 7,982 Basil Donnelly - 3,195 Results taken from the January 3, 1939 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies. References Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 3, 1939 Category:1939 elections in Canada 1939 Category:1939 in Ontario Category:January 1939 in Canada