• Source: 1947 Toronto municipal election

      • Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1947. With little serious opposition Robert Hood Saunders was re-elected as mayor.
      The election was a major defeat for the communist Labor-Progressive Party faction on city council, with Controller Stewart Smith and Alderman Dewar Ferguson being defeated. This left the party with only two seats on city council, Norman Freed and Charles Sims. This was somewhat mitigated by two communists winning seats on the Toronto Board of Education.
      The vote also featured three referendums. Two were approved that would have a lasting effect on the city of Toronto. One called for the creation of the Regent Park housing project in the east end of the city. The second approved the city buying up the land northwest of the intersection of Bay and Queen streets for a city square and municipal buildings. This would later be the site of Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall. Rejected for a third time was a proposal to move to three year municipal terms.


      Toronto mayor


      Mayor Robert Hood Saunders faced only fringe candidates: Frank O'Hearn, who would go on to found the New Capitalist Party, and Trotskyist Murray Dowson.

      Results
      Robert Hood Saunders - 92,762
      Frank O'Hearn - 9,477
      Murray Dowson - 3,180


      Board of Control


      The only major change on the Board of Control was the defeat of Stewart Smith, the leader of the Communist faction at city hall. He was ousted by North Toronto alderman John Innes.

      Results
      Hiram E. McCallum (incumbent) - 58,524
      John Innes - 53,137
      David Balfour (incumbent) - 51,578
      Kenneth Bert McKellar (incumbent) - 49,680
      Stewart Smith (incumbent)- 42,106
      M.A. Sanderson - 26,136
      Harry Bradley - 10,749
      Harry Clairmont - 4,858


      City council



      Ward 1 (Riverdale)
      Charles Walton (incumbent) - 4,788
      Leslie Saunders - 4,596
      William Murdoch (incumbent) - 3,969
      W. Simpson - 2,067
      Harry Marley - 1,606
      Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
      Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 4,102
      Everett Weaver - 3,215
      May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,079
      George A. Wilson - 3,015
      William Dennison - 2,248
      Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
      Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 3,397
      Allan Lamport (incumbent) - 2,884
      John McVicar - 1,245
      Harry Gilbert - 682
      Karl Prager - 271
      Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
      Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,910
      Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,690
      Francis Chambers - 3,703
      C.G. Hamilton - 1,121
      Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
      Charles Sims (incumbent) - 7,283
      Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 6,848
      Margaret Luckock - 4,936
      Patrick McKeown - 1,335
      Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
      George Granell - 8,526
      William Clifton - 6,803
      Dewar Ferguson (incumbent) - 5,775
      D.J. Bennett - 5,091
      Eamon Park - 1,825
      Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
      William Butt (incumbent) - 5,773
      E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 3,557
      J.A. Service - 2,240
      Ward 8 (The Beaches)
      W.H. Collings (incumbent) - 8,120
      Roy Mealing - 5,678
      William Howell (incumbent) - 5,319
      Murray Cotterill - 4,756
      James Davis - 1,522
      Ward 9 (North Toronto)
      Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 8,307
      Leonard Reilly - 6,173
      W.H. Harris - 5,999
      Alex Thompson - 4,109
      H.V. Locke - 3,542
      R.M. McLean - 1,480
      Results taken from the January 2, 1947 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.


      References


      Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1947

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