# 1964 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1964. Incumbent mayor Philip Givens defeated former mayor Allan Lamport.

## Toronto mayoral race

Philip Givens had become mayor in late 1963 after the unexpected death of Donald Dean Summerville. He had previously served many years on city council. He was opposed by Allan A. Lamport, a veteran politician who had served as mayor a decade earlier from 1952 to 1954. Both candidates were affiliated with the Liberal Party, but Lamport ran on a more conservative platform.

### Results

    Philip Givens - 62,628
    Allan Lamport - 52,143
    Ross Dowson - 3,026
    Charles Mahoney - 1,903

## Board of Control

The Toronto Board of Control had one vacancy due to Lamport's decision to run for mayor. Former alderwoman Margaret Campbell bested aldermen George Ben and Richard Horkins to win the position. The Board election was citywide with the top four elected. The two controllers with the most votes also sit on Metropolitan Toronto Council.

### Results

    William Dennison (incumbent) - 68,892
    Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 66,280
    William Archer (incumbent) - 65,593
    Margaret Campbell - 60,900
    George Ben - 59,751
    Richard Horkins - 47,906
    Harry Bradley - 12,949
    Phyllis Clarke - 10,284
    Fred Graham - 9,673
    Patricia Mitchell - 6,750

## City council

Two City Council incumbents were defeated. In the Beaches Alice Summerville, widow of Mayor Summerville, reclaimed her husband's former seat and defeated incumbent Alex Hodgins. In the west end William Davidson, who had first been elected to council in 1926, was defeated in a surprise upset by Ben Grys. Two candidates were elected from each ward, with the top vote-getter also winning a seat on Metro Toronto council. Due to the acclamation in Ward 1 Council chose Fred Beavis as that Ward's Metro representative.

### Ward 1 (Riverdale)

    Fred Beavis (incumbent) - acclaimed
    Oscar Sigsworth (incumbent) - acclaimed

### Ward 2 (East Regent Park and Rosedale)

    Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,381
    June Marks - 4,268
    May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,717
    Thomas O'Neil - 3,104
    John Sault - 2,610
    Donald Weir - 1,902
    Stanley Price - 1,350
    John Currey - 691

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    Charles Caccia - 4,930
    Helen Johnston (incumbent) - 3,194
    Harold Fishleigh - 2,528
    John MacVicar - 2,259
    Jack Frankel - 1,975
    John Knox - 1,741
    Peter Ward - 356
    James Sanderson - 192

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

    David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 7,795
    Horace Brown (incumbent) - 6,439
    Samuel Kwinter - 1,717
    Dorothy Cureatz - 1,417

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

    Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 8,091
    Harold Menzies - 4,750
    William Boytchuk - 3,949
    John Jones - 1,234
    Charles Weir - 1,216
    Edward Cox - 1,096
    James Westhead - 869

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    Hugh Bruce - 6,836
    Ken Dear - 4,984
    Tony O'Donohue - 4,853
    Archie Chisholm - 4,636
    Robert Grossi - 3,039
    Elio Madona - 3,016
    Pauline Miles - 2,365
    Michael Comar - 2,248
    Sam Fuda - 2,114
    Anne Fritz - 1,675
    Hugh Foley - 1,410
    Steven Mitchell - 605
    Michael Vicko - 499

### Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

    Mary Temple (incumbent) - 13,512
    Ben Grys - 10,241
    William Davidson (incumbent) - 4,778
    Charles Edwards - 914

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 11,449
    Alice Summerville - 10,871
    Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,418
    Edward Gillien - 823
    John Square - 556

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Paul Pickett - 12,372
    Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 8,774
    David Crombie - 8,371
    Kenneth David - 6,378
    Willem Meyer - 4,335
    Jules Pelletier - 3,532
Results are taken from the December 8, 1964 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

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

    (incumbent)True Davidson 9,374
    Leslie Saunders 5,332
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)
Davidson defeated former Toronto mayor Saunders to be re-elected reeve.

### Etobicoke
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)John Palmer MacBeth (acclaimed)

#### Board of Control (2 elected)

    (incumbent)Murray Johnson 17,247
    (incumbent)John Carroll 16,159
    Dorothy Hobbs 8,889
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### Forest Hill
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Edwin Pivnick 2,309
    Sidney Banks 1,030
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### Leaside
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Beth Nealson 4,126
    Lloyd Dickinson 2,982

### Long Branch
#### Reeve

    Thomas Berry 858
    (incumbent)Leonard E. Ford 711
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### Mimico
#### Mayor

    (incumbent)Hugh Griggs (acclaimed)
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### New Toronto
#### Mayor

* (incumbent)Donald Russell (acclaimed)
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### North York
#### Reeve

    James Ditson Service 37,942
    (incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 24,337
    Gerald Long 1,886
    Water Reiter 1,287
James Ditson Service is elected Reeve of North York, upsetting incumbent Norman Goodhead.

#### Board of Control

    G. Gordon Hurlburt 30,976
    Irving Paisley 29,118
    Frank Watson 25,830
    Basil H. Hall 23,554
    Paul Hunt 19,558
    Gerald Gallagher 16,547
    Gordon Mattershead 10,848
    Robert Douglas 10,253
    John Gamble 6,461
    Edward Conlorz 6,356
    Malcolm Carinduff 2,754
The 1964 election saw the creation of North York's inaugural Board of Control.
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

#### Township Council

Paul Godfrey and Robert Yuill are elected as ward councillors.

### Scarborough
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Albert Campbell 24,931
    George Barker 9,901
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### Swansea
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Lucien Kurata 1,847
    Helen Begg 1,198
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### Weston
#### Mayor

    C.W. Boddington 1,144
    M.L. Cott 810
    C.W. Caskey 681
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

### York
#### Reeve

    (incumbent)Jack Mould 11,467
    Chris Tonks 7,984
    Charles McMaster 1,268
(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)