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1946 Toronto municipal election

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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

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. On March 18, 1946 Harold Fishleigh was appointed to replace him.

References

Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1946

References

"Toronto Florist Served 11 Years On City Council", Globe and Mail March 8, 1946: p.5.
"Fishleigh Named For Council Seat", Globe and Mail March 19, 1946: p.5.

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