# 1960 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1960. Six-year incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips was challenged by former mayor Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Phillips was returned to office.
The City of Toronto also held a referendum on whether to remove the Blue Law banning films and concerts on Sunday evenings. The measure passed 94,000 votes to 58,003.

## Toronto mayor

Phillips had first been elected to city council in 1926 and was elected mayor in 1954 and was reelected in 1956 and 1958. He faced two prominent challengers in the 1960 race. Former mayor and Board of Control member Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Each of the three candidates had the endorsement of one of the city's newspapers. The right-wing Toronto Telegram backed Phillips, the centre-right The Globe and Mail backed Newman, and the centre-left Toronto Daily Star backed Lamport. One of the central issues was over the expansion of the Toronto subway system by building the Bloor-Danforth Line. All candidates supported it, but there was debate over how it should be paid for.

### Results

    Nathan Phillips - 81,699
    Allan Lamport - 58,254
    Jean Newman - 31,999
    Ross Dowson - 1,643
    Harry Bradley - 1,511

## Plebiscite

A plebiscite was held on loosening Toronto's blue law to allow cinemas to open on Sundays.

### Sunday movies

    For - 81,821
    Against - 45,399
Source:

## Board of Control

Top spot on the Board of Control, and the associated budget chief position, was contested between two incumbent conservatives Donald Summerville and William Allen with Summerville winning the top spot. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member William Dennison was also reelected to the Board. The position left open by Newman's decision to run for mayor attracted three aldermen with Philip Givens narrowly beating CCF member Herbert Orliffe and Francis Chambers finishing further behind. A month later in January 1961 William Allen won the position of Metro Toronto Chairman and resigned from the board. Orliffe was appointed to replace him.
The two Controllers with the most votes also sit on Metropolitan Toronto Council.

### Results

    Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 110,893
    William Allen (incumbent) - 110,256
    William Dennison (incumbent) - 76,169
    Philip Givens - 66,972
    Herbert Orliffe - 65,418
    Francis Chambers - 30,696
    William Harris - 14,493
    Jessie Jackson - 14,062
    Mary Burke - 13,240

## 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.
In the elections for Toronto City Council, only one incumbent was defeated, May Birchard in Ward 2. In all but one ward where two incumbents were reelected two councillors switched position changing which would also represent the city on the board of Metro Toronto.

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 10,423
    Ken Waters (incumbent) - 10,224
    Theobald - 5,566
    Peter Ward - 2,092

### Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale)

    Margaret Campbell (incumbent) - 6,829
    Michael Grayson - 5,677
    May Birchard (incumbent) - 4,927
    Stanley Price - 4,095
    Thomas McAulay - 3,360
    Currey - 1,194

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    William Archer (incumbent) - 7,509
    Charles Tidy (incumbent) - 6,707
    John MacVicar - 3,977
    James Sanderson - 1,156

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

    David Rotenberg - 4,766
    Horace Brown - 3,626
    Murray Caplan - 2,508
    Jack Frankel - 2,364
    Charles Drukarsh - 2,290
    Ralph Meakes - 1,718
    Lily Sherizen - 1,654
    A.G. Finkelstein - 1,554
    Samuel Kwinter - 854
    Bruce Magnuson - 847
    Dorothy Cureatz - 596

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

    Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 6,667
    Joseph Piccininni - 4,873
    George Ben - 4,317
    Louis Lockhart - 3,162
    Lloyd White - 3,054
    Russell Doyle - 1,609
    Janet McMurray - 1,510
    John Jones - 1,055

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 12,590
    May Robinson (incumbent) - 11,201
    George Jackson - 3,381
    Michael Comar - 3,350
    A.J. Robertson - 3,285
    Stanley Steban - 3,197
    W.G. Martin - 2,855
    Pauline Miles - 2,360
    Jack Starkman - 1,428
    Anne Fritz - 1,142

### Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

    William Davidson (incumbent) - 7,226
    Mary Temple (incumbent) - 6,368
    Thomas Wilson - 5,258
    John O'Shea - 3,540

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 9,995
    Tom Wardle Sr. - 9,516
    S.T. Bullock - 7,963
    Chris Stavro - 7,347
    Joseph McNulty - 3,033
    S.A. Baker - 2,486
    A.A. Williams - 1,382
    E.V. Cox - 1,064
    Taiml Davis - 922
    John Square - 455

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 20,481
    Frank Nash (incumbent) - 11,907
    Helen Johnston - 9,916
    William Hall - 7,166
Results are taken from the December 6, 1960 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Changes

Controller William Allen resigned upon being elected Metro Chairman on January 9, 1962. On January 15, 1962 Controller William Dennison was appointed Metro Councillor and Herbert Orliffe was appointed Controller

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

    True Davidson - 5,047
    (incumbent)Jack Raymond Allen - 3,431
    Charles Howard Chandler - 3,275
    Royden Meyer Brigham - 2,687
    Norman Cheeseman - 1,690
    Albert Morgan - 222
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### Etobicoke
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Henry Oscar Waffle - 14,726
    Murray Johnson - 11,448
    C. Robert Bush - 8,549

#### Deputy Reeve

    John P. MacBeth - 14,899
    John Allen - 9,829
    Clifford Tinkham - 9,363
Source: "Waffle Easily Wins Etobicoke", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]06 Dec 1960: 9

### Forest Hill
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Laurie T. Simonsky - 2,674
    Perly - 1,814
    Labow - 743

#### Deputy Reeve

    Banks - 1,873
    Pivnick - 2,905
Source: and "Simonsky Again Forest Hill Reeve", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]06 Dec 1960: 9

### Leaside
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Charles Hiscott (acclaimed)

### Long Branch
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Marie Curtis (acclaimed)

### Mimico
#### Mayor

    Hugh Griggs
    (incumbent)William Arthur (Gus) Edwards

### New Toronto
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Donald Russell - 1,501
    White - 1,255
Source:

### North York
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 37,365
    Harold Segal 14,993

### Scarborough
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Albert Campbell (acclaimed)

### Swansea
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Dorothy Hague (acclaimed)

#### Deputy Reeve

    Harry Squarebriggs (acclaimed)

### Weston
#### Mayor

    George W. Bull - 1,683
    Clark - 1,026
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### York
#### Reeve

    Frederick Charles Taylor- 14,766
    (incumbent)Chris Tonks - 6,369
    Charles McMaster - 2,735
    Pauline Shapero - 1,912
Taylor defeated Tonks who had been ensnared in a conflict-of-interest scandal. Source: