# 1949 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1949. Hiram E. McCallum was elected to his first full term as mayor.

## Toronto mayor

Mayor Robert Hood Saunders had resigned in 1948 and Controller McCallum was appointed to succeed him. McCallum faced only Trotskyist Ross Dowson in winning his first full term. Dowson won almost 20% in his run, the best result the perennial candidate would ever receive and the best result for an open Trostkyist in a North American election.

### Results

    Hiram E. McCallum - 97,715
    Ross Dowson - 23,777

## Board of Control

Two sitting members of the Board of Control were defeated. Alderman E.C. Roelfson had been appointed to the Board to replace McCallum when he was made mayor. Roelofson received few votes when running, placing seventh. Also defeated was incumbent K.B. McKellar. The two new arrivals were former Alderman Leslie Saunders and former Alderman and Member of Provincial Parliament Allan Lamport.

### Results

    John Innes (incumbent) - 53,599
    Leslie Saunders - 57,746
    David Balfour (incumbent) - 55,271
    Allan Lamport - 52,037
    Stewart Smith - 43,364
    Kenneth Bert McKellar (incumbent) - 41,846
    Leonard Reilly - 20,756
    E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 11,905
    Harry Bradley- 9,701

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

    Charles Walton (incumbent) - 8,516
    John McMechan - 7,660
    Harry Marley - 3,392
    Arnold Lorenz - 2,715

### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

    Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 6,308
    Everett Weaver (incumbent) - 5,107
    May Birchard - 4,177
    Sylvester Perry - 1,314

### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

    Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 3,865
    Howard Phillips - 2,956
    Edith Probert - 1,436
    John MacVicar - 1,078
    Frank Frier - 724
    Francis Burns - 249
    Samuel Hawthorne - 218

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

    Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 5,967
    Norman Freed (incumbent) - 5,927
    Francis Chambers - 5,736
    William Gallaher - 525

### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods

    Charles Sims (incumbent) - 8,429
    Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 7,980
    Joseph Gould - 7,714
    Patrick McKeown - 1,132

### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

    George Granell (incumbent) - 12,434
    W.F. Clifton (incumbent) - 11,295
    Dewar Ferguson - 5,904
    Lester Nelson - 3,712
    Gene Dopp - 1,712

### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

    Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 5,461
    Alfred Cowling - 3,347
    William Davidson (incumbent) - 3,129
    David Sanderson - 2,739
    Earl Selkirk - 2,387

### Ward 8 (The Beaches)

    Roy Mealing (incumbent) - 10,640
    W.H. Collings (incumbent) - 10,594
    William Probert - 3,040
    Maurice Punshon - 3,646

### Ward 9 (North Toronto)

    Frank Nash - 9,089
    Roy E. Belyea - 7,639
    Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 7,377
    William Mitchell - 10,542
    Harry Cooke - 1,533
    Frederick Vacher - 1,438
    John Crook - 714
    Carl Lewis - 561
Results taken from the January 3, 1949 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

## Vacancy

Ward 1 Alderman Charles Walton resigned upon appointment to the Toronto Transportation Commission on November 29, 1949 and was not replaced.