1946 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1946. Incumbent Robert Hood Saunders ran unopposed and was acclaimed as mayor. Toronto mayor Results Robert Hood Saunders - acclaimed Board of Control One incumbent on the Board of Control lost, William J. Wadsworth. He was defeated by Alderman Bert McKellar. Communist Stewart Smith of the Labor-Progressive Party won the second position on the Board. Results Hiram E. McCallum (incumbent) - 42,126 Stewart Smith (incumbent) - 41,637 David Balfour (incumbent) - 40,632 Kenneth Bert McKellar - 35,627 William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 35,477 Leslie Saunders - 22,040 Harry Bradley - 6,796 City council right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1946 election Ward 1 (Riverdale) William Murdoch (incumbent) - 5,597 Charles Walton (incumbent) - 4,168 William Simpson - 3,481 Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 4,118 May Birchard - 3,014 George A. Wilson (incumbent) - 2,910 William Dennison - 2,472 Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 2,175 Allan Lamport - 1,911 Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 1,724 Earl Selkirk - 586 William Smith - 285 Karl Prager - 281 Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - acclaimed Norman Freed (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods) Arthur Frost (incumbent) - acclaimed Charles Sims (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Harold Timmins (incumbent) - 6,768 Dewar Ferguson - 5,510 William V. Muir - 3,960 William Clifton - 3,744 Harold Lock - 2,244 Patrick McKeown - 746 Charles Dymond - 362 Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) William Butt - 4,510 E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 4,220 Eva Sanderson - 2,157 Ward 8 (The Beaches) William Collings (incumbent) - 6,789 Walter Howell (incumbent) - 6,476 Murray Cotterill - 5,143 James Davis - 2,244 Ward 9 (North Toronto) John Innes (incumbent) - 11,092 Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 8,257 F.W. Rayfield - 2,950 R.M. McLean - 1,720 Fred Vacher - 1,623 Results taken from the January 2, 1946 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies. Changes Ward 3 Alderman John S. Simmons died on March 7, 1946."Toronto Florist Served 11 Years On City Council", Globe and Mail March 8, 1946: p.5. On March 18, 1946 Harold Fishleigh was appointed to replace him."Fishleigh Named For Council Seat", Globe and Mail March 19, 1946: p.5. References Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1946 Toronto 1946 Category:1946 in Ontario Category:January 1946 in Canada