1955 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1955. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, elected a year earlier, was easily reelected.

Two referendums were held with the elections. One, which passed, was to extend the municipal term to two years. Previously elections had been held every year. There was also a vote on funding a new Toronto City Hall, which was rejected by voters.

Toronto mayor

Nathan Phillips was opposed for reelection after his first year in office by Board of Control member Roy Belyea, who had been a staunch opponent of Phillips during the year. Also running was Trotskyist Ross Dowson.

Results: Nathan Phillips - 70,647; Roy Belyea - 26,717; Ross Dowson - 2,374

Board of Control

There were two vacancies on the Board of Control after Roy Belyea's decision to run for mayor and Controller David Balfour's decision to retire.

Results: Ford Brand (incumbent) - 59,264; Joseph Cornish (incumbent) - 55,162; William Allen - 53,455; Leslie Saunders - 46,528; Arthur Brown - 41,351; Harry Bradley - 14,802; Alex Hodgins - 13,503; Harry Hunter - 9,493; George Rolland - 3,923; George Stanton - 3,863

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1955 election

Ward 1 (Riverdale): Ken Waters (incumbent) - 6,945; George Phillips - 2,916; Fred Beavis - 2,828; Stanley Hare - 2,137; Christie - 1,403; Montgomery - 960; Basil Ingleby - 886; Jean Brown - 3,412

Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale): William Dennison (incumbent) - 5,366; Edgar Roxborough (incumbent) - 4,051; May Birchard - 2,127; Douglas Shaw - 1,528; Philip Rowley - 683

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill): Ross Parry - 4,149; Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 2,802; John MacVicar (incumbent) - 2,260; Richard James - 1,737

Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District): Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 4,515; Francis Chambers - 3,746; David Rotenberg - 2,086; Robert Laxer - 1,073; Levitt - 824; John Anture - 386; Dorothy Cureatz - 362

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy): Philip Givens (incumbent) - 5,605; Harold Menzies - 4,929; Teslia - 1,907; Paul Pauk - 1,228; Tennant - 1,140; Di Stasi - 872

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale): May Robinson (incumbent) - 10,233; Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 9,473; Grittani - 2,797; George Jackson - 2,274

Ward 7 (Bloor West Village): William Davidson (incumbent) - 5,506; John Kucherepa (incumbent) - 4,993; Thomas Wilson - 2,124; William Repka - 653

Ward 8 (The Beaches): Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 13,139; Albert G. Cranham - 8,456; Brawley - 2,542; Chris Stavro - 1,682; Davis - 1,252; John Square - 529

Ward 9 (North Toronto): Jean Newman (incumbent) - 14,984; Frank Nash - 12,736; Waterfield - 3,101

Results are taken from the December 6, 1955 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Suburbs

Etobicoke, East York, Mimico, and Forest Hill elected their councils for two-year terms in 1954 and did not hold elections in 1955.

Leaside

Mayor

Charles H. Hiscott

Hiscott defeated Councillor Joseph Bannigan to replace retiring mayor Howard Burrell

Long Branch

Reeve

(x)Marie Curtis (acclaimed)

New Toronto

Mayor (x)Donald R. Russell (acclaimed)

North York

Reeve

(x)Fred J. McMahon
Maurice T. Hook

McMahon was re-elected, defeating his challenger Deputy Reeve Maurice T. Hook

Scarborough

Reeve

Gus Harris

Harris defeated the incumbent, Oliver Crockford

Swansea

Reeve

(x)Dorothy Hague (acclaimed)

Weston

Mayor

(x)Harry Clark (acclaimed)

York

Reeve

(x)Fred W. Hall

gollark: Why not be even MORE ambitious and create a better protocol without all the legacy baggage?

gollark: No, clearly green.

gollark: In the sense of "on the discord for it", yes.

gollark: In the sense of "ingame", no.

gollark: No.

References

Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 6, 1955

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