Toronto municipal election, 1964

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1964. Incumbent mayor Philip Givens defeated former mayor Allan Lamport.

Toronto mayoral race

Philip Givens had become mayor in late 1963 after the unexpected death of Donald Dean Summerville. He had previously served many years on city council. He was opposed by Allan A. Lamport, a veteran politician who had served as mayor a decade earlier from 1952 to 1954. Both candidates were affiliated with the Liberal Party, but Lamport ran on a more conservative platform.

Results
Philip Givens - 62,628
Allan Lamport - 52,143
Ross Dowson - 3,026
Charles Mahoney - 1,903

Board of Control

The Board of Control had one vacancy due to Lamport's decision to run for mayor. Former alderwoman Margaret Campbell bested aldermen George Ben and Richard Horkins to win the position. The Board election was city-wide with the top four elected.

Results
William Dennison (incumbent) - 68,892
Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 66,280
William Archer (incumbent) - 65,593
Margaret Campbell - 60,900
George Ben - 59,751
Richard Horkins - 47,906
Harry Bradley - 12,949
Phyllis Clarke - 10,284
Fred Graham - 9,673
Patricia Mitchell - 6,750

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1964 election

Two City Council incumbents were defeated. In the Beaches Alice Summerville, widow of Mayor Summerville, reclaimed her husband's former seat and defeated incumbent Alex Hodgins. In the west end William Davidson, who had first been elected to council in 1926, was defeated in a surprise upset by Ben Grys. Two candidates were elected from each ward, with the top vote-getter also winning a seat on Metro Toronto council. Due to the acclamation in Ward 1 Council chose Fred Beavis as that Ward's Metro representative.

Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Fred Beavis (incumbent) - acclaimed
Oscar Sigsworth (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 2 (East Regent Park and Rosedale)
Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,381
June Marks - 4,268
May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,717
Thomas O'Neil - 3,104
John Sault - 2,610
Donald Weir - 1,902
Stanley Price - 1,350
John Currey - 691
Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
Charles Caccia - 4,930
Helen Johnston (incumbent) - 3,194
Harold Fishleigh - 2,528
John MacVicar - 2,259
Jack Frankel - 1,975
John Knox - 1,741
Peter Ward - 356
James Sanderson - 192
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 7,795
Horace Brown (incumbent) - 6,439
Samuel Kwinter - 1,717
Dorothy Cureatz - 1,417
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 8,091
Harold Menzies - 4,750
William Boytchuk - 3,949
John Jones - 1,234
Charles Weir - 1,216
Edward Cox - 1,096
James Westhead - 869
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
Hugh Bruce - 6,836
Ken Dear - 4,984
Tony O'Donohue - 4,853
Archie Chisholm - 4,636
Robert Grossi - 3,039
Elio Madona - 3,016
Pauline Miles - 2,365
Michael Comar - 2,248
Sam Fuda - 2,114
Anne Fritz - 1,675
Hugh Foley - 1,410
Steven Mitchell - 605
Michael Vicko - 499
Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)
Mary Temple (incumbent) - 13,512
Ben Grys - 10,241
William Davidson (incumbent) - 4,778
Charles Edwards - 914
Ward 8 (The Beaches)
Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 11,449
Alice Summerville - 10,871
Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,418
Edward Gillien - 823
John Square - 556
Ward 9 (North Toronto)
Paul Pickett - 12,372
Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 8,774
David Crombie - 8,371
Kenneth David - 6,378
Willem Meyer - 4,335
Jules Pelletier - 3,532


Results taken form the December 8, 1964 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Outside Toronto

North York

Paul Godfrey is elected to the Board of Control and Robert Yuill as ward alderman.


Scarborough

Albert Campbell re-elected as reeve.

References

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