# 1962 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1962. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, then the longest-serving mayor in Toronto history, lost to Controller Donald Summerville by a significant margin.
Two major referendums were also held in Metro Toronto. The most controversial was over water fluoridation, which passed by a slim margin of 166,960 to 163,240. The areas outside Toronto also voted to remove some of the last of the Blue Laws by allowing movies to be shown on Sundays, something that was already allowed in the city itself.

## Toronto mayor

Phillips had first been elected to city council in 1926 and was elected mayor in 1954. He had won an unprecedented four elections to become the longest-serving mayor in Toronto history. Summerville was much younger and had first been elected to council in 1955, representing the eastern Beaches area. One of the central issues of the campaign was a desire for change and a more youthful mayor. Summerville won by large margin more than doubling Phillips' total. Summerville won every ward in the city, including Phillips' former area. Less than a year into his term Summerville died of a heart attack while playing hockey and was replaced by Controller Philip Givens.

### Results

    Donald Summerville - 117,031
    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 51,933
    Frank Nasso - 4,966
    Ross Dowson - 1,119
    Harry Bradley - 815
    Charles Henry Mahoney - 406

## Board of Control

Summerville's decision to run for mayor opened one position on the Board of Control, the four-person executive committee elected at large across the city. This opening was won by former mayor Allan Lamport, who bested council members Margaret Campbell and Ken Waters. The two Controllers with the most votes also sit on Metropolitan Toronto Council.
    Philip Givens (incumbent) - 88,629
    Allan Lamport - 84,902
    William Dennison (incumbent) - 76,504
    Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 73,118
    Margaret Campbell - 72,108
    Ken Waters - 62,019
    Phyllis Clarke - 16,151
    Frederick Graham - 10,475
    Dorothy Cureatz - 6,752

## City council

Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council.

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 11,714
    Oscar Sigsworth - 7,853
    Thomas Clifford - 6,073
    Peter Ward - 2,024

### Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale)

    Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,809
    May Birchard - 4,465
    Stanley Price - 3,546
    June Marks - 2,946
    Thomas McAulay - 2,277
    Ernest Stanton - 1,941
    John MacVicar - 1,824
    Arthur J. Brown - 1,745
    Glen Dawson - 593
    Axel Olson - 215

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    William Archer (incumbent) - 9,076
    Charles Tidy (incumbent) - 7,844
    James Sanderson - 1,748

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

    David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 6,448
    Horace Brown (incumbent) - 5,764
    Francis Chambers - 5,525
    Jack Frankel - 2,364
    Sam Sherman - 1,788

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)

    George Ben - 7,045
    Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 6,623
    Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 6,237
    Lloyd White - 2,524
    John Jones - 1,289
    Michael Kaschuk - 1,123
    Stanley Linkovich - 1,051

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    May Robinson (incumbent) - 11,652
    Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 8,790
    Hugh Bruce - 7,346
    George Jackson - 2,677
    Pauline Miles - 2,460
    Harry Branscombe - 2,298
    William Varley - 1,310

### Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

    Mary Temple (incumbent) - 7,467
    William Davidson (incumbent) - 5,850
    Thomas Wilson - 3,433
    Ben Grys - 3,105
    James Stephens - 2,187

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 17,161
    Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 16,449
    Chris Stavro - 7,750
    John Square - 1,939

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Richard Horkins - 13,741
    Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 12,234
    Paul Pickett - 9,324
    Frank Nash (incumbent) - 7,420
    John Lawer - 6,945
Results are taken from the December 4, 1962 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Changes

Mayor Donald Summerville died on November 19, 1963. Controller Philip Givens became Acting Mayor and on November 25 was unanimously chosen Mayor. On November 28 Controller William Dennison was appointed a Metro Councillor; Ward 3 Alderman William Archer was chosen controller and Ward 3's remaining Alderman Charles Tidy was chosen Metro Councillor. On December 9 Helen Johnston was appointed Ward 3 Alderman.

## Suburbs
### East York
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)True Davidson 11,609
    C. Howard Chandler 4,997
Source:

### Etobicoke
#### Reeve

    John Palmer MacBeth (acclaimed)

#### Board of Control (2 elected)

    Murray Johnson 20,384
    John Carroll 17,218
    Andrew Macdonald 14,362
This was the first Board of Control elected in Etobicoke.

#### Town Council

Leonard Braithwaite became the first Black person to be elected to Etobicoke Town Council, as a councillor for Ward 4.
(source: Toronto Daily Star, page 19, December 4, 1962)

### Forest Hill
#### Reeve

    Edwin Pivnick (acclaimed)

### Leaside
#### Mayor

    Beth Nealson -3,551(recount)
    Lloyd Dickinson - 3,546 (recount)
Acting Mayor Lloyd M. Dickinson was initially declared the winner by 14 votes but Nealson won after a recount conducted on December 27, 1962.

### Long Branch
#### Reeve

    Leonard E. Ford 1,332
    Thomas Berry 657
    Cyril Lerbeton 223
Source:

### Mimico
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Hugh Griggs 2,832
    Gus Edwards 1,137
Source:

### New Toronto
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Donald Russell 2,619
    Clifford Johnson 730
Source:

### North York
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 30,181
    James Ditson Service 21,321
Source: The major campaign issue was the proposal to amalgamate Metropolitan Toronto's 13 municipalities into 6 boroughs. Goodhead opposed amalgamation while Service favoured it.

### Scarborough
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Albert Campbell 29,084
    Busby 13,286
Source:

### Swansea
#### Reeve

    Lucien Coe Kurata 1,086
    Edward Berkeley Higgins 1,018
    Charles Douglas Cameron 889
Source:

### Weston
#### Mayor

    (incumbent):George W. Bull 1,878
    Wood 909
Source:

### York
#### Reeve

    Jack Mould - 7,031
    Chris Tonks - 6,987
    Albert Stollard - 5,360
    Charles McMaster - 2,739
    Pauline Shapero - 1,558
Mould defeated former reeve Christopher Tonks. He was declared the victor by 44 votes after a recount.