1944 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1944. Incumbent Frederick J. Conboy defeated Controller Lewis Duncan. The election was a notable defeat for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, a social democratic party) as it lost all representation on city council.

Toronto mayor[edit]

Conboy had served as mayor since 1940 and was seeking his fourth term of office. He was opposed by CCFer Lewis Duncan who had also run and lost in 1939 and 1940.

Results: Frederick J. Conboy - 78,383; Lewis Duncan - 58,712

Board of Control[edit]

The Board of Control had one open seat due to Duncan's run for mayor. Alderman William Dennison attempted to hold the seat for the CCF, but finished in distant seventh. Three other former aldermen ran for the seat Hiram E. McCallum, David Balfour, and communist Stewart Smith with Balfour winning the seat.

Results: Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 73,383; Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 52,694; William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 52,485; David Balfour - 50,599; Hiram E. McCallum - 50,337; Stewart Smith - 41,277; William Dennison - 30,026; William Muir - 19,061; Harry Bradley - 7,743

City council[edit]

Ward 1 (Riverdale): Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,999; Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 7,758; John McGuigan - 3,444; Stanley Ryerson - 1,959; Irene Humble - 1,475

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale): Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,798; George A. Wilson - 4,432; Henry Glendinning - 2,538; May Birchard - 2,179; Harold Toye - 1,819; Gordon W. Armstrong - 819

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill): John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,132; Harold Fishleigh - 2,915; John Frank (incumbent) - 1,917; J.R. Huffman - 909; William Smith - 488; Marjorie Garrow - 439; Charles Lewis - 408; Francis Burns - 321

Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District): Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,951; Norman Freed - 4,211; H.A. Ross - 3,829; Herbert Orliffe - 2,797; Charles Hamilton - 1,569

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods: Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 7,083; Charles Sims - 7,016; Arthur Frost - 5,337; Harold Menzies - 3,473; Maxwell Armstrong - 2,460

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale): Kenneth Bert McKellar - 8,903; Harold Timmins - 8,622; Jack Bennett (incumbent) - 6,707; George Granell - 3,749; Dewar Ferguson - 3,015; Patrick O'Donovan - 2,567; Nina Dean - 2,238; Patrick McKeown - 627; Charles Dymond - 469

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction): Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 7,393; E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 5,542; Eva Sanderson - 2,756; Frank Cormack - 2,118

Ward 8 (The Beaches): Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,431; William Collings - 6,542; Murray Cotterill - 5,833; E.S. McGuinness - 5,377; H.L. McKinstry - 3,990; J.E. McMillan - 2,102

Ward 9 (North Toronto): John Innes (incumbent) - 14,252; Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 13,948; R.M. McLean - 3,499; Christien McCarty - 2,174

Results taken from the January 3, 1944 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.

References[edit]

Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 3, 1944
Election Coverage. Toronto Star. January 3, 1944