1951 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 1951. Allan Lamport defeated incumbent Hiram E. McCallum in the mayoral election.

Toronto mayor

Lamport had challenged McCallum the previous year but had lost by a narrow margin. McCallum had originally planned on retiring and being succeeded by Controller John Innes, but Innes died unexpectedly during the year. The 1951 also saw an attempt at the mayoralty by alderman Nathan Phillips, who finished a distant third. In Phillips' autobiography he states that he expected fellow Conservative McCallum to retire, but that their both running split to vote and allowed Lamport to become the first Liberal elected to run the city since 1909. Lamport ran under the slogan "Toronto needs a fighting mayor."

Results

Allan Lamport - 72,648

Hiram E. McCallum - 59,492

Nathan Phillips - 24,811

Board of Control

The only new arrival on the Board of Control was Ford Brand, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council. He filled the seat that had been held by Innes who had died while in office. Former Controller and avowed Communist Stewart Smith made another attempt to return to the board, but finished a distant fifth.

Results

Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 95,838

Ford Brand - 92,725

David Balfour (incumbent) - 91,474

Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 87,440

Stewart Smith - 31,317

Frederick Vacher - 20,039

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1952 election

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

John McMechan (incumbent) - acclaimed

William Allen (incumbent) - acclaimed

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

Joseph Cornish (incumbent) - 7,777

Beverley Sparling (incumbent) - 6,659

Perry - 3,809

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 5,248

John McVicar - 4,494

Wilson - 1,257

Feeley - 929

Trottier - 750

Smith - 722

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

Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 6,412

Allan Grossman - 4,381

Norman Freed - 4,250

Campbell - 3,290

Garfunkel - 1,573

Darell Draper - 1,377

Reeves - 404

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)

Philip Givens 7,240

Ernest Bogart - 7,122

Harold Menzies - 6,600

Charles Sims - 5,612

Segal - 1,526

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

May Robinson - 12,086

George Granell (incumbent) - 9,497

Frank Clifton - 8,993

Lester Nelson - 5,690

Ferguson - 3,696

Wilson - 2,141

Patrick McKeown - 1,282

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

William Davidson (incumbent) - 8,546

David Sanderson - 7,602

John Kucherepa- 4,531

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 13,837

Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 11,736

McNulty - 4,018

William Probert - 3,399

Banks - 3,290

Hoolans - 2,200

John Square - 758

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

Roy Belyea (incumbent) - acclaimed

Leonard Reilly - acclaimed

Results taken from the December 4, 1951 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

• Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 4, 1951