1948 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1948. Robert Hood Saunders was re-elected as mayor in an election that also saw no changes on the Board of Control or City Council.

Toronto mayor
Mayor Robert Hood Saunders faced only Trotskyist Ross Dowson and was easily reelected.


 * Results
 * Robert Hood Saunders - 118,097
 * Ross Dowson - 15,008

Board of Control
All four members of the Toronto Board of Control were re-elected.
 * Results
 * Hiram E. McCallum (incumbent) - 83,812
 * John Innes (incumbent) - 80,834
 * David Balfour (incumbent) - 77,087
 * Kenneth Bert McKellar (incumbent) - 75,356
 * Stewart Smith - 47,791
 * Harry Bradley - 15,711
 * Harry Clairmont - 4,858

City council



 * Ward 1 (Riverdale)
 * Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,970
 * Charles Walton (incumbent) - 7,059
 * Eugene Murdoch - 4,730
 * Harry Marley - 2,501
 * Arnold Lorenz - 1,967


 * Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
 * Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 6,628
 * Everett Weaver (incumbent) - 5,288
 * May Birchard - 4,048
 * William Dennison - 2,892
 * Roy Boskett - 356


 * Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
 * Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 4,712
 * Allan Lamport (incumbent) - 3,848
 * Frank Nasso - 943
 * Will Smith - 514


 * Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
 * Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 7,346
 * Norman Freed (incumbent) - 6,304
 * Francis Chambers - 6,243
 * William Gallaher - 588


 * Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
 * Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 9,525
 * Charles Sims (incumbent) - 8,030
 * Joseph Gould - 7,333
 * Margaret Luckock - 3,192
 * Patrick McKeown - 796


 * Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
 * Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 13,924
 * George Granell (incumbent) - 15,589
 * Dewar Ferguson - 7,830
 * Samuel Thomas - 2,331


 * Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
 * William Butt (incumbent) - 7,629
 * E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 7,115
 * John Lenglet - 3,259


 * Ward 8 (The Beaches)
 * W.H. Collings (incumbent) - acclaimed
 * Roy Mealing (incumbent) - acclaimed


 * Ward 9 (North Toronto)
 * Leonard Reilly (incumbent) - 12,643
 * Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 11,458
 * Frank Nash - 9,366

Results taken from the January 2, 1949 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies. Ward 4 results from January 5, 1948, issue.

Changes
Ward 7 Alderman William Butt died January 10, 1948; Charles Rowntree was appointed replacement January 19.

Mayor Robert Hood Saunders resigned February 23, 1948, when he was appointed chairman of Ontario Hydro; Controller Hiram E. McCallum was unanimously appointed mayor; Ward 7 Alderman E.C. Roelfson was appointed controller February 24; William Davidson appointed alderman March 1, 1948.