1932 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election
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 Each of Hamilton's eight wards. Electors would send two Alderman per ward to City Hall in addition to four Controllers and one Mayor elected at-large. | ||||||||||||||||
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The 1932 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 5, 1932 to select one Mayor, four Controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario City Council, two from each of the city's eight wards. Voters also cast ballots for trustees for the public school board.[1]
Campaign
Held during the economic depression of the 1930s, the election was marked by differences between two ideologically different groups. The Hamilton-branch of the Independent Labour Party stood on a social-democratic platform of advancing the rights of working people and trade unionists in the light of the economic situation of the time.[2] Alternately, a number of candidates stood on a platform that advocated a classical liberal economic policy and referred to themselves as the Policy For 1933 slate.[3] Each group ran candidates for the Board of Control and aldermen, but neither mayoral candidate identified as a member of either slate. Two Communist Party candidates stood in the traditionally working class Wards Seven and Eight in the city's north-end.
The city's Home Owners' Association endorsed candidates based on their policies and opposition to a council-manager system of municipal government. As a group of property owners, the association endorsed right-leaning candidates of whom a majority were also affiliated with the Policy for 1933 group.[4]
The election was notable for the loss of five incumbent aldermen. Four of the aldermen were independents, three of whom were defeated by Policy for 1933 candidates. One Policy for 1933 alderman was defeated by an Independent Labour Party candidate in Ward Eight, the only instance of the party defeating a sitting right-wing alderman.[5]
Mayor
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Board of Control
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Aldermen
Ward One
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Ward Two
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Ward Three
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Ward Four
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Ward Five
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Ward Six
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Ward Seven
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Ward Eight
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References
- ^ "How Aldermanic Candidates Ran," Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday, December 6, 1932, pp. 16.
- ^ "Vote Labor (Advertisement)," Hamilton Spectator, Saturday, December 3, 1932, pp. 12.
- ^ "Municipal Elections - Policy for 1933 (Advertisement)," Hamilton Spectator, Saturday, November 26, 1932, pp. 21.
- ^ "Home Owners' Association candidates (Advertisement)," Hamilton Spectator, Saturday, December 3, 1932, pp. 10.
- ^ Voters Inject New Blood Into Council," Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday, December 6, 1932, pp. 16.
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