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.

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

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

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.

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