January 1950 Toronto municipal election
# January 1950 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1950. This was the last time election were held in January, as a ballot measure passed changing the election date to the first Monday in December. This attempt to increase turnout went into effect immediately and an election was held December 4, 1950. The central issue of the campaign was whether to legalize sport on Sundays, with Controller Allan Lamport the main proponent. A referendum was held on the subject, and it passed by a slim margin.

## Toronto mayor

Incumbent Hiram E. McCallum easily won reelection against two minor candidates, former police officer Charles Mahoney and Trotskyist Ross Dowson.

### Results

    Hiram E. McCallum – 133,320
    Charles Mahoney – 19,658
    Ross Dowson – 15,600

## Board of Control

All sitting members of the Board of Control chose to run for reelection. Alderman Louis Shannon attempted to win a seat, but finished fifth.

### Results

    John Innes (incumbent) – 96,139
    Leslie Saunders (incumbent) – 87,799
    David Balfour (incumbent) – 78,090
    Allan Lamport (incumbent) – 72,436
    Louis Shannon – 72,059
    Stewart Smith – 45,251
    Harry Bradley- 21,719
    Frederick Vacher – 9,850

## City council

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    John McMechan (incumbent) – 9,328
    William Allen – 8,512
    Kenneth Waters – 8,060
    Roy Cadwell – 3,299
    Harry Marley – 2,263

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Joseph Cornish – 6,237
    Beverley Sparling – 5,642
    May Birchard – 5,560
    Sylvester Perry – 2,064
    William MacKenzie – 1,422
    Harold West – 692

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) – acclaimed
    Howard Phillips (incumbent) – acclaimed

### Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)

    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) – 7,941
    Norman Freed (incumbent) – 6,553
    Francis Chambers – 6,319
    Alfred Whiskin – 649
    Francis Love – 648

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    Joseph Gould – 10,252
    Arthur Frost (incumbent) – 10,110
    Charles Sims (incumbent) – 8,462
    Pat McKeown – 1,086

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    George Granell (incumbent) – 15,029
    Lester Nelson – 8,299
    William Duckworth – 7,971
    Robert Colucci – 7,573
    Dewar Ferguson – 5,596
    Harry Branscombe – 3,720

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    William Davidson – 8,727
    Alfred Cowling (incumbent) – 8,005
    David Sanderson – 5,989

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Ross Lipsett – 13,686
    W.H. Collings (incumbent) – 12,174
    Roy Mealing (incumbent) – 9,560
    Maurice Punshon – 3,646
    William Probert – 3,040
    John Square – 968

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Frank Nash (incumbent) – 15,677
    Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) – 15,486
    William Mitchell – 10,542

Results taken from the January 3, 1950 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

