December 1950 Toronto municipal election
# December 1950 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1950. It was the second time the elections were held in December (the first was in 1936); traditionally elections occurred on New Year's Day. Incumbent mayor Hiram E. McCallum narrowly defeated Allan Lamport. The defeat of Norman Freed and the failure of Charles Sims to regain his seat would bring to a close the communist Labor-Progressive Party's presence on Toronto's City Council though the party, and its successor, the Communist Party of Canada would continue to elect members as school trustees for several decades.

## Toronto mayor

McCallum, running for his fourth one-year term, was challenged by Controller Lamport. McCallum had faced only token opposition in his previous elections, but Lamport came surprisingly close to defeating him. For much of election night it looked as though Lamport would win, but it was swung by McCallum's ten thousand vote margin in the North Toronto Ward 9.

### Results

    Hiram E. McCallum - 86,491
    Allan Lamport - 84,987

## Board of Control

Lamport's decision to run for mayor left one vacancy on the Board of Control. This opening was won by Alderman Louis Shannon, with Ford Brand, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council finishing fifth and Alderman W.H. Collings in sixth. Former Controller and communist Stewart Smith made another attempt to return to the board, but finished seventh.

### Results

    John Innes (incumbent) - 93,656
    David Balfour (incumbent) - 81,577
    Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 80,703
    Louis Shannon - 74,859
    Ford Brand - 66,235
    W.H. Collings - 59,380
    Stewart Smith - 28,309
    Charles Henry Mahoney - 8,210
    Frederick Vacher - 7,653

## City council

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    John McMechan (incumbent) - 12,381
    William Allen (incumbent) - 12,294
    Titchener-Smith - 4,794

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Joseph Cornish (incumbent) - 8,310
    Beverley Sparling (incumbent) - 8,061
    Sylvester Perry - 3,710

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 6,294
    Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 8,767
    Massey Edwards - 1,938
    Probert - 1,440

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

    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 8,767
    Francis Chambers - 7,403
    Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,611
    Friedman - 2,088
    McConnell - 788
    Francis Love - 437

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 12,479
    Joseph Gould (incumbent) - 12,362
    Charles Sims - 5,646
    Midanik - 1,585
    Haddrall - 784

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Robert Colucci - 15,282
    George Granell (incumbent) - 14,609
    Lester Nelson (incumbent) - 14,129
    Dewar Ferguson - 4,801

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    Alfred Cowling (incumbent) - 8,971
    William Davidson (incumbent) - 8,878
    David Sanderson - 5,189

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 17,323
    Alex Hodgins - 15,310
    William Probert - 4,601
    Maurice Punshon - 4,205
    John Square - 1,443

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Frank Nash (incumbent) - 19,493
    Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) - 19,488
    Lewis - 4,328

Results taken from the December 5, 1950 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Changes

Controller John Innes died July 16, 1951; Ward 7 Alderman Alfred Cowling was appointed Controller September 5 and David Sanderson was appointed Alderman September 17.

