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 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
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
Swansea
- Reeve
- (x)Dorothy Hague (acclaimed)
Weston
- Mayor
- (x)Harry Clark (acclaimed)
York
- Reeve
- (x)Fred W. Hall
References
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 6, 1955
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