page_title: 1947 Toronto municipal election
section_title: City council
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 Toronto municipal election / City council
caption_attribution_description: English: map of Toronto wards as used in 1964
context_page_description: Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1947. With little serious opposition Robert Hood Saunders was re-elected as mayor.
  The election was a major defeat for the communist Labor-Progressive Party faction on city council, with Controller Stewart Smith and Alderman Dewar Ferguson being defeated. This left the party with only two seats on city council, Norman Freed and Charles Sims. This was somewhat mitigated by two communists winning seats on the Toronto Board of Education.
  The vote also featured three referendums. Two were approved that would have a lasting effect on the city of Toronto. One called for the creation of the Regent Park housing project in the east end of the city. The second approved the city buying up the land northwest of the intersection of Bay and Queen streets for a city square and municipal buildings. This would later be the site of Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall. Rejected for a third time was a proposal to move to three year municipal terms.
context_section_description: Ward 1 (Riverdale)
  Charles Walton (incumbent)  - 4,788
  Leslie Saunders - 4,596
  William Murdoch (incumbent) - 3,969
  W. Simpson - 2,067
  Harry Marley - 1,606
  Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
  Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 4,102
  Everett Weaver - 3,215
  May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,079
  George A. Wilson - 3,015
  William Dennison - 2,248
  Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
  Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 3,397
  Allan Lamport  (incumbent) - 2,884
  John McVicar - 1,245
  Harry Gilbert - 682
  Karl Prager - 271
  Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
  Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,910
  Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,690
  Francis Chambers - 3,703
  C.G. Hamilton - 1,121
  Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
  Charles Sims (incumbent) - 7,283
  Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 6,848
  Margaret Luckock - 4,936
  Patrick McKeown - 1,335
  Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
  George Granell - 8,526
  William Clifton - 6,803
  Dewar Ferguson (incumbent) - 5,775
  D.J. Bennett - 5,091
  Eamon Park - 1,825
  Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
  William Butt (incumbent) - 5,773
  E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 3,557
  J.A. Service - 2,240
  Ward 8 (The Beaches)
  W.H. Collings (incumbent) - 8,120
  Roy Mealing - 5,678
  William Howell (incumbent) - 5,319
  Murray Cotterill - 4,756
  James Davis - 1,522
  Ward 9 (North Toronto)
  Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 8,307
  Leonard Reilly - 6,173
  W.H. Harris - 5,999
  Alex Thompson - 4,109
  H.V. Locke - 3,542
  R.M. McLean - 1,480
  Results taken from the January 2, 1947 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
caption: Ward boundaries used in the 1947 election
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