1960 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 1960 Toronto mayoral election Toronto Mayoral no no 1958 Toronto municipal election 1958 December 5, 1960 1962 Toronto municipal election 1962 Nathan Phillips 81,699 46.7% File:Mayor Nathan Phillips wearing chain of office (cropped).jpg ON PC nohash Allan Lamport 58,254 33.3% File:Allan_Austin_Lamport.jpg 542A64 Jean Newman 31,999 18.3% File:Swearing in Jean Newman as Controller (cropped).jpg ON Liberal nohash Mayor of Toronto Nathan Phillips Nathan Phillips Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1960. Six-year incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips was challenged by former mayor Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Phillips was returned to office. The City of Toronto also held a referendum on whether to remove the Blue Law banning films and concerts on Sunday evenings. The measure passed 94,000 votes to 58,003. Toronto mayor Phillips had first been elected to city council in 1926 and was elected mayor in 1954 and was reelected in 1956 and 1958. He faced two prominent challengers in the 1960 race. Former mayor and Board of Control member Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Each of the three candidates had the endorsement of one of the city's newspapers. The right-wing Toronto Telegram backed Phillips, the centre-right The Globe and Mail backed Newman, and the centre-left Toronto Daily Star backed Lamport. One of the central issues was over the expansion of the Toronto subway system by building the Bloor-Danforth Line. All candidates supported it, but there was debate over how it should be paid for. Results Nathan Phillips - 81,699 Allan Lamport - 58,254 Jean Newman - 31,999 Ross Dowson - 1,643 Harry Bradley - 1,511 Plebiscite A plebiscite was held on loosening Toronto's blue law to allow cinemas to open on Sundays. Sunday movies For - 81,821 Against - 45,399 Source:"Results of Voting in City and Suburban Elections", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]06 Dec 1960: 1. Board of Control Top spot on the Board of Control, and the associated budget chief position, was contested between two incumbent conservatives Donald Summerville and William Allen with Summerville winning the top spot. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member William Dennison was also reelected to the Board. The position left open by Newman's decision to run for mayor attracted three aldermen with Philip Givens narrowly beating CCF member Herbert Orliffe and Francis Chambers finishing further behind. A month later in January 1961 William Allen won the position of Metro Toronto Chairman and resigned from the board. Orliffe was appointed to replace him. The two Controllers with the most votes also sit on Metropolitan Toronto Council."Metro's Day, Metro's Duty", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Dec 1960: 6. Results Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 110,893 William Allen (incumbent) - 110,256 William Dennison (incumbent) - 76,169 Philip Givens - 66,972 Herbert Orliffe - 65,418 Francis Chambers - 30,696 William Harris - 14,493 Jessie Jackson - 14,062 Mary Burke - 13,240 City council right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1960 election Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council. In the elections for Toronto City Council, only one incumbent was defeated, May Birchard in Ward 2. In all but one ward where two incumbents were reelected two councillors switched position changing which would also represent the city on the board of Metro Toronto. Ward 1 (Riverdale) Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 10,423 Ken Waters (incumbent) - 10,224 Theobald - 5,566 Peter Ward - 2,092 Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale) Margaret Campbell (incumbent) - 6,829 Michael Grayson - 5,677 May Birchard (incumbent) - 4,927 Stanley Price - 4,095 Thomas McAulay - 3,360 Currey - 1,194 Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) William Archer (incumbent) - 7,509 Charles Tidy (incumbent) - 6,707 John MacVicar - 3,977 James Sanderson - 1,156 Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) David Rotenberg - 4,766 Horace Brown - 3,626 Murray Caplan - 2,508 Jack Frankel - 2,364 Charles Drukarsh - 2,290 Ralph Meakes - 1,718 Lily Sherizen - 1,654 A.G. Finkelstein - 1,554 Samuel Kwinter - 854 Bruce Magnuson - 847 Dorothy Cureatz - 596 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 6,667 Joseph Piccininni - 4,873 George Ben - 4,317 Louis Lockhart - 3,162 Lloyd White - 3,054 Russell Doyle - 1,609 Janet McMurray - 1,510 John Jones - 1,055 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 12,590 May Robinson (incumbent) - 11,201 George Jackson - 3,381 Michael Comar - 3,350 A.J. Robertson - 3,285 Stanley Steban - 3,197 W.G. Martin - 2,855 Pauline Miles - 2,360 Jack Starkman - 1,428 Anne Fritz - 1,142 Ward 7 (Bloor West Village) William Davidson (incumbent) - 7,226 Mary Temple (incumbent) - 6,368 Thomas Wilson - 5,258 John O'Shea - 3,540 Ward 8 (The Beaches) Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 9,995 Tom Wardle Sr. - 9,516 S.T. Bullock - 7,963 Chris Stavro - 7,347 Joseph McNulty - 3,033 S.A. Baker - 2,486 A.A. Williams - 1,382 E.V. Cox - 1,064 Taiml Davis - 922 John Square - 455 Ward 9 (North Toronto) Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 20,481 Frank Nash (incumbent) - 11,907 Helen Johnston - 9,916 William Hall - 7,166 Results are taken from the December 6, 1960 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies. Changes Controller William Allen resigned upon being elected Metro Chairman on January 9, 1962. On January 15, 1962 Controller William Dennison was appointed Metro Councillor and Herbert Orliffe was appointed Controller Suburbs East York Reeve True Davidson - 5,047 (incumbent)Jack Raymond Allen - 3,431 Charles Howard Chandler - 3,275 Royden Meyer Brigham - 2,687 Norman Cheeseman - 1,690 Albert Morgan - 222 Source:"The Star Recommends These Candidates", Toronto Daily Star, November 26, 1960, page 6 Etobicoke Reeve (incumbent)Henry Oscar Waffle - 14,726 Murray Johnson - 11,448 C. Robert Bush - 8,549 Deputy Reeve John P. MacBeth - 14,899 John Allen - 9,829 Clifford Tinkham - 9,363 Source: "Waffle Easily Wins Etobicoke", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]06 Dec 1960: 9 Forest Hill Reeve (incumbent)Laurie T. Simonsky - 2,674 Perly - 1,814 Labow - 743 Deputy Reeve Banks - 1,873 Pivnick - 2,905 Source: and "Simonsky Again Forest Hill Reeve", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]06 Dec 1960: 9 Leaside Mayor (incumbent)Charles Hiscott (acclaimed) Long Branch Reeve (incumbent)Marie Curtis (acclaimed) Mimico Mayor Hugh Griggs (incumbent)William Arthur (Gus) Edwards New Toronto Mayor (incumbent)Donald Russell - 1,501 White - 1,255 Source: North York Reeve (incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 37,365 Harold Segal 14,993 Scarborough Reeve (incumbent)Albert Campbell (acclaimed) Swansea Reeve (incumbent)Dorothy Hague (acclaimed) Deputy Reeve Harry Squarebriggs (acclaimed) Weston Mayor George W. Bull - 1,683 Clark - 1,026 Source: York Reeve Frederick Charles Taylor- 14,766 (incumbent)Chris Tonks - 6,369 Charles McMaster - 2,735 Pauline Shapero - 1,912 Taylor defeated Tonks who had been ensnared in a conflict-of-interest scandal. Source: References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 6, 1960 Toronto municipal election 1960 Municipal election Toronto municipal election