# January 1936 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1936. Sam McBride was elected mayor in a three-way race in which incumbent James Simpson finished third.

## Toronto mayor

Sitting controller and former mayor McBride was elected mayor. defeating incumbent James Simpson. Simpson had been elected mayor the year previously. He was the first Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member and first socialist elected mayor of the city. The CCF was still a minority in "Tory Toronto" and Simpson's anti-Catholic sentiments also hurt him with the electorate. Former alderman Harry W. Hunt, who had also placed second to Simpson in 1935, finished second again although he had the endorsement of the three conservative newspapers: The Globe, The Mail, and the Telegram. The Star endorsed McBride after having endorsed Simpson the previous election.

### Results

    Sam McBride - 48,723
    Harry W. Hunt - 43,036
    James Simpson (incumbent) - 32,636

## Board of Control

There was only a single change on the Board of Control: former controller J. George Ramsden returned to the Board filling the space vacated by McBride.

### Results

    Ralph Day (incumbent) - 68,335
    William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 62,838
    J. George Ramsden - 52,170
    William D. Robbins (incumbent) - 51,465
    Joseph Elijah Thompson - 31,546
    Benjamin Miller - 30,613
    Tim Buck - 20,873
    Harry Bradley - 4,986

## City council
### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 9,673
    Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 9,335
    Harry Bell - 2,630

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Adelaide Plumptre - 4,203
    John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,114
    Allan Lamport - 2,942
    William Dennison - 1,992
    Percy Bishop - 1882
    George Lewis - 713
    Thomas James - 412
    Lewis Jones - 171

### Ward 3 (Central Business District)

    John Laidlaw (incumbent) - 3,795
    John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,713
    Albert Gardner - 2,675

### Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)

    Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 4,941
    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,811
    H.M. Goodman - 2,466
    J.B. Salsberg - 2,343
    Max Federman - 816
    S.C. Schiller - 225

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)

    Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 7,211
    Robert Leslie (incumbent) - 5,621
    Ward Markle - 3,010
    Clifford Blackburn - 2,089
    Stewart Smith - 1,967
    James Conner - 1,718
    Thomas Black - 1,210
    Charles Kerr - 1,057
    Valentine Burda - 240
    L.L. Jarvis - 163

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 12,885
    D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 7,526
    William Miller - 4,605
    William V. Muir - 3,536
    Richard Jones - 1,967
    Harry Stephenson - 1,661
    Bertram Tipping - 1,030
    Robert Harding - 373

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    George H. Gardiner (incumbent) - 5,125
    Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 3,603
    Charles Rowntree - 3,206
    McMurray - 895
    Russell Thompson - 533
    Shaw - 296

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 9,291
    Walter Howell (incumbent) - 8,338
    Fred Baker - 7,823
    Bert Leavens - 2,508
    Philip Hughes - 682

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Douglas McNish (incumbent) - 8,479
    William D. Ellis (incumbent) - 8,353
    Ross Sheppard - 5,665
    Charles Reeves - 1,548
    Alfred Burgess - 1,005
Results taken from the January 2, 1936 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Vacancy

Mayor Sam McBride died on November 14, 1936. Controller William D. Robbins who had been serving as Acting Mayor due to McBride's ill health was unanimously appointed Mayor on November 18; the Board of Control vacancy was not filled.