Toronto municipal election, 1952

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1952. Incumbent mayor Allan Lamport easily won against former alderman Nathan Phillips.

There were two referendum questions on the ballot. One called for municipal terms in the city to be extended from one year to two. This measure was rejected, but was later passed in the 1955 election. The second measure was to approve funds for the construction of the Regent Park housing project, which was passed by a slim margin.

Toronto mayor

Lamport and Phillips had contested the mayoralty a year earlier in 1951. Phillips' vote increased substantially in the rematch, but Lamport was still easily reelected.

Results
Allan Lamport - 81,448
Nathan Phillips - 41,923

Board of Control

All four incumbents were reelected to the Board of Control despite several high profile candidates running as well. Two sitting aldermen, Joseph Cornish and John McMechan, ran for spots, but finished fifth and sixth. In seventh was former Controller and Communist Stewart Smith.

Results
Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 71,597
Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 61,154
David Balfour (incumbent) - 58,898
Ford Brand (incumbent) - 58,648
Joseph Cornish - 41,086
John McMechan - 30,219
Stewart Smith - 19,061
Harry Bradley - 17,480
Frederick Vacher - 7,065
Mahoney - 7,046

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1952 election
Ward 1 (Riverdale)
William Allen (incumbent) - 9,886
Ken Waters - 8,583
Spence - 2,368
Morrison - 1,961
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
William Dennison - 4,090
Edgar Roxborough - 3,657
C.M. Edwards - 2,436
Irene [1] Nash - 1,086
Wilson - 1,085
Ross - 843
Taylor - 773
Burke - 611
Hill - 490
Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
John McVicar (incumbent) - 4,826
Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 4,154
Richard Newson - 1,238
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
Allan Grossman (incumbent) - 6,143
Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 5,920
Norman Freed - 3,156
Henderson - 1,053
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Joseph Gould - 6,490
Philip Givens (incumbent) - 6,294
Harold Menzies - 4,851
Charles Sims - 3,692
Lockhart - 1,372
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
May Robinson (incumbent) - 10,291
Frank Clifton - 7,177
Lester Nelson - 6,350
Colucci - 4,065
Hector MacArthur - 2,174
Genovese - 1,747
Patrick McKeown - 1,112
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
William Davidson (incumbent) - 6,017
John Kucherepa (incumbent) - 4,441
John Duncan - 4,260
Selkirk - 2,919
Ward 8 (The Beaches)
Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 11,898
Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,913
McNulty - 4,671
William Probert - 3,603
John Square - 893
Ward 9 (North Toronto)
Roy Belyea (incumbent) - 14,007
Leonard Reilly (incumbent) - 10,241
David Burt - 9,807

Results taken form the December 8, 1953 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Outside Toronto

North York

Nelson A. Boylen re-elected as reeve.

Scarborough

Robert E. Crockford re-elected as reeve.

References

  1. ↑ My Mother, died 28 Feb 2001
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