1964 Toronto municipal election

none September 2023 1964 Toronto mayoral election Toronto Mayoral no no 1962 Toronto municipal election 1962 December 7, 1964 1966 Toronto municipal election 1966 Philip Givens 62,628 52% 1969 Philip Givens.jpg ON Liberal nohash Allan Lamport 52,143 43% File:Allan_Austin_Lamport.jpg 542A64 Mayor of Toronto Philip Givens Philip Givens Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1964. Incumbent mayor Philip Givens defeated former mayor Allan Lamport. Toronto mayoral race Philip Givens had become mayor in late 1963 after the unexpected death of Donald Dean Summerville. He had previously served many years on city council. He was opposed by Allan A. Lamport, a veteran politician who had served as mayor a decade earlier from 1952 to 1954. Both candidates were affiliated with the Liberal Party, but Lamport ran on a more conservative platform. Results Philip Givens - 62,628 Allan Lamport - 52,143 Ross Dowson - 3,026 Charles Mahoney - 1,903 Board of Control The Toronto Board of Control had one vacancy due to Lamport's decision to run for mayor. Former alderwoman Margaret Campbell bested aldermen George Ben and Richard Horkins to win the position. The Board election was citywide with the top four elected. 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."Dual Role: Metro's 2-Hatted 2 Dozen" The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]09 Dec 1964: 5 Results William Dennison (incumbent) - 68,892 Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 66,280 William Archer (incumbent) - 65,593 Margaret Campbell - 60,900 George Ben - 59,751 Richard Horkins - 47,906 Harry Bradley - 12,949 Phyllis Clarke - 10,284 Fred Graham - 9,673 Patricia Mitchell - 6,750 City council right|thumb|300px|Ward boundaries used in the 1964 election Two City Council incumbents were defeated. In the Beaches Alice Summerville, widow of Mayor Summerville, reclaimed her husband's former seat and defeated incumbent Alex Hodgins. In the west end William Davidson, who had first been elected to council in 1926, was defeated in a surprise upset by Ben Grys. Two candidates were elected from each ward, with the top vote-getter also winning a seat on Metro Toronto council. Due to the acclamation in Ward 1 Council chose Fred Beavis as that Ward's Metro representative. Ward 1 (Riverdale) Fred Beavis (incumbent) - acclaimed Oscar Sigsworth (incumbent) - acclaimed Ward 2 (East Regent Park and Rosedale) Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,381 June Marks - 4,268 May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,717 Thomas O'Neil - 3,104 John Sault - 2,610 Donald Weir - 1,902 Stanley Price - 1,350 John Currey - 691 Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) Charles Caccia - 4,930 Helen Johnston (incumbent) - 3,194 Harold Fishleigh - 2,528 John MacVicar - 2,259 Jack Frankel - 1,975 John Knox - 1,741 Peter Ward - 356 James Sanderson - 192 Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 7,795 Horace Brown (incumbent) - 6,439 Samuel Kwinter - 1,717 Dorothy Cureatz - 1,417 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 8,091 Harold Menzies - 4,750 William Boytchuk - 3,949 John Jones - 1,234 Charles Weir - 1,216 Edward Cox - 1,096 James Westhead - 869 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) Hugh Bruce - 6,836 Ken Dear - 4,984 Tony O'Donohue - 4,853 Archie Chisholm - 4,636 Robert Grossi - 3,039 Elio Madona - 3,016 Pauline Miles - 2,365 Michael Comar - 2,248 Sam Fuda - 2,114 Anne Fritz - 1,675 Hugh Foley - 1,410 Steven Mitchell - 605 Michael Vicko - 499 Ward 7 (Bloor West Village) Mary Temple (incumbent) - 13,512 Ben Grys - 10,241 William Davidson (incumbent) - 4,778 Charles Edwards - 914 Ward 8 (The Beaches) Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 11,449 Alice Summerville - 10,871 Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,418 Edward Gillien - 823 John Square - 556 Ward 9 (North Toronto) Paul Pickett - 12,372 Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 8,774 David Crombie - 8,371 Kenneth David - 6,378 Willem Meyer - 4,335 Jules Pelletier - 3,532 Results are taken from the December 8, 1964 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies. Suburbs East York Reeve (incumbent)True Davidson 9,374 Leslie Saunders 5,332 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Davidson defeated former Toronto mayor Saunders to be re-elected reeve. Etobicoke Reeve (incumbent)John Palmer MacBeth (acclaimed) Board of Control (2 elected) (incumbent)Murray Johnson 17,247 (incumbent)John Carroll 16,159 Dorothy Hobbs 8,889 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Forest Hill Reeve (incumbent)Edwin Pivnick 2,309 Sidney Banks 1,030 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Leaside Mayor (incumbent)Beth Nealson 4,126 Lloyd Dickinson 2,982 Long Branch Reeve Thomas Berry 858 (incumbent)Leonard E. Ford 711 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Mimico Mayor (incumbent)Hugh Griggs (acclaimed) (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) New Toronto Mayor (incumbent)Donald Russell (acclaimed) (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) North York Reeve James Ditson Service 37,942 (incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 24,337 Gerald Long 1,886 Water Reiter 1,287 James Ditson Service is elected Reeve of North York, upsetting incumbent Norman Goodhead. Board of Control G. Gordon Hurlburt 30,976 Irving Paisley 29,118 Frank Watson 25,830 Basil H. Hall 23,554 Paul Hunt 19,558 Gerald Gallagher 16,547 Gordon Mattershead 10,848 Robert Douglas 10,253 John Gamble 6,461 Edward Conlorz 6,356 Malcolm Carinduff 2,754 The 1964 election saw the creation of North York's inaugural Board of Control. (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Township Council Paul Godfrey and Robert Yuill are elected as ward councillors. Scarborough Reeve (incumbent)Albert Campbell 24,931 George Barker 9,901 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Swansea Reeve (incumbent)Lucien Kurata 1,847 Helen Begg 1,198 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) Weston Mayor C.W. Boddington 1,144 M.L. Cott 810 C.W. Caskey 681 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) York Reeve (incumbent)Jack Mould 11,467 Chris Tonks 7,984 Charles McMaster 1,268 (source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964) References Election coverage. Toronto Star. December 8, 1964 "Toronto's Municipal Election". Toronto Star. December 13, 1964 Toronto municipal election 1966 Municipal election Toronto municipal election