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.

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 boundaries used in the 1952 election

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 Belyea (incumbent) - 14,007; Leonard Reilly (incumbent) - 10,241; David Burt - 9,807

Results are taken from the December 8, 1953 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Outside Toronto

North York

Nelson A. Boylen re-elected as reeve.

Scarborough

Oliver E. Crockford re-elected as reeve.

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References

Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 2, 1952

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