# 1952 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1952. Incumbent mayor Allan Lamport easily won against former alderman Nathan Phillips.
There were two referendum questions on the ballot. One called for municipal terms in the city to be extended from one year to two. This measure was rejected, but was later passed in the 1955 election. The second measure was to approve funds for the construction of the Regent Park housing project, which was passed by a slim margin.
The province of Ontario passed legislation on April 7, 1953 federating the City of Toronto and twelve surrounding suburban townships and villages into the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. A Metropolitan Toronto Council came into being on April 15, 1953 and was made up of the Metro Chairman, Frederick Gardiner, who had been appointed by the province, the Mayor of Toronto, the City of Toronto's two most senior Controllers, nine senior aldermen from each of the City of Toronto (the top finisher in each ward), and the twelve suburban mayors and reeves.

## Toronto mayor

Lamport and Phillips had contested the mayoralty a year earlier in 1951. Phillips' vote increased substantially in the rematch, but Lamport was still easily reelected.

### Results

    Allan Lamport - 81,448
    Nathan Phillips - 41,923

## Board of Control

All four incumbents were reelected to the Board of Control despite several high-profile candidates running as well. Two sitting aldermen, Joseph Cornish and John McMechan, ran for spots, but finished fifth and sixth. In seventh was former Controller and Communist Stewart Smith.

### Results

    Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 71,597
    Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 61,154
    David Balfour (incumbent) - 58,898
    Ford Brand (incumbent) - 58,648
    Joseph Cornish - 41,086
    John McMechan - 30,219
    Stewart Smith - 19,061
    Harry Bradley - 17,480
    Frederick Vacher - 7,065
    Mahoney - 7,046

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

    William Allen (incumbent) - 9,886
    Ken Waters - 8,583
    Spence - 2,368
    Morrison - 1,961

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    William Dennison - 4,090
    Edgar Roxborough - 3,657
    C.M. Edwards - 2,436
    Irene Nash - 1,086
    Wilson - 1,085
    Ross - 843
    Taylor - 773
    Burke - 611
    Hill - 490

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    John McVicar (incumbent) - 4,826
    Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 4,154
    Richard Newson - 1,238

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

    Allan Grossman (incumbent) - 6,143
    Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 5,920
    Norman Freed - 3,156
    Henderson - 1,053

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

    Joseph Gould - 6,490
    Philip Givens (incumbent) - 6,294
    Harold Menzies - 4,851
    Charles Sims - 3,692
    Lockhart - 1,372

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    May Robinson (incumbent) - 10,291
    Frank Clifton - 7,177
    Lester Nelson - 6,350
    Colucci - 4,065
    Hector MacArthur - 2,174
    Genovese - 1,747
    Patrick McKeown - 1,112

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    William Davidson (incumbent) - 6,017
    John Kucherepa (incumbent) - 4,441
    John Duncan - 4,260
    Selkirk - 2,919

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 11,898
    Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,913
    McNulty - 4,671
    William Probert - 3,603
    John Square - 893

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) - 14,007
    Leonard Reilly (incumbent) - 10,241
    David Burt - 9,807
Results are taken from the December 3, 1953 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Outside Toronto
### East York

(Election held on December 14)

#### Reeve

    Harry G. Simpson - acclaimed

#### Deputy Reeve

    Marie Taylor - 3,994
    Norman Cheeseman - 3,635
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### Etobicoke

(Election held on December 6)

#### Reeve

    Beverley Lewis (acclaimed)

#### Deputy Reeve

    Edward A. Horton - 7,297
    William V. Muir - 2,765
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### Forest Hill
#### Reeve

    Charles O. Bick - acclaimed

#### Deputy Reeve

    Lawrence Simonsky - acclaimed
Source: "Start Municipal Election Battles in Three Suburbs Today; Forest Hill Reeve Retires", Baker, Alden. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]17 Nov 1952: 9

### Leaside

(Election held on December 14)

#### Mayor

    Howard T. Burrell - 2,340
    Robert Clark - 1,098

#### Reeve

    David Brown (acclaimed)

#### Deputy Reeve

    Royce Frith - 1,839
    Ernest Frey - 1,779
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### Long Branch

(Election held on December 6)

#### Reeve

    Marie Curtis - 1,318
    Thomas Carter (incumbent) - 1,168
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### Mimico
#### Mayor

* A.D. Norris (acclaimed)
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### New Toronto
#### Mayor

    E.W. Grant (acclaimed)
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### North York

(Election held on December 1)

#### Reeve

    Fred McMahon - 6,382
    Nelson A. Boylen (incumbent) - 4,771
    H.C. Gay - 4,256
    Peter N. Byberg - 2,629
Source: "Lawyer Provides Upset: 3-Time North York Reeve Beaten", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]02 Dec 1952: C5. and "McMahon defeats Boylen in N. York", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]02 Dec 1952: 22.

### Scarborough

(Election held on December 6)

#### Reeve

    Oliver E. Crockford - 8,428
    James Vander Meulen - 3,803
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### Swansea
#### Reeve

    Dorothy Hague - acclaimed
Source: "Seven Municipalities Within Greater Toronto Going to Polls Today", Baker, Alden. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]06 Dec 1952: 4.

### Weston
#### Mayor

    Richard C. Seagrave (acclaimed)

#### Reeve

    J.F. Petrie (acclaimed)

#### Deputy Reeve

    Ernest Lunnon (acclaimed)
Source: "Top Weston Officials Receive Acclamation", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]20 Nov 1952: 5.

### York Township

(Election held on December 8)

#### Reeve

    Frederick W. Hall - 10,288
    Charles McMaster - 5,178
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