1950 Sudbury municipal election

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The 1950 Sudbury municipal election was held on December 4, 1950, as voters in Sudbury, Ontario, and its outlying communities voted to elect mayors, alderman, school trustees, the hydro commissioner and the reeve of McKim Township. In addition the voters were asked to decide on three propositions, whether to allow Sunday sport, ash collection and a two-year term for municipal elections.

At this time the city was divided into three wards; Fournier, McCormick and Ryan. Three aldermen were elected for each ward. They were selected by choosing the top three contestants with the highest number of recorded ballots (i.e those contestants who place first, second and third).

The municipal election of 1950 represented the start of a key shift in the demographic of city council. It was in this election that citizens of Sudbury elected two women to serve as alderman for the first time in the city’s history. They were Grace Hartman, who would later become the city's first woman mayor, and Dr. Faustina Kelly Cook.

On an interesting side note, William S. Beaton, the incumbent, ran against Peter Fenton, the mayor of Sudbury from 1930 to 1932.

Results

The results are taken from the December 5, 1950, edition of the Sudbury Daily Star .

City of Sudbury Election Results, 1950 [1]
Mayoral Contest
CandidateVotes
Adv. PollsFournier WardMcCormick WardRyan WardTotal
BEATON (elected)15718157920094321
Whissell11170574811763640
Fenton 142697198691871
Aldermanic Contest
Fournier WardMcCormick WardRyan Ward
CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotes
LAMOUREUX(elected)1944 HARTMAN (elected)2238THOMPSON(elected)2568
COOK(elected)1434BARLOW(elected)1867COE(elected)1916
GODIN (elected)1010 MONAGHAN (elected)1219ANDERSON(elected)1553
Campeau843Furchner1148McNeill1442
Theriault748O’Neil529 Germa 1264
Cler308Nesbit673
Plebiscites
Sunday Sport
DecisionVotes
Adv. PollsFournier WardMcCormick WardRyan WardTotal
NO(decided)221578211726376354
Yes1997685812643117
Two Year Term
DecisionVotes
Adv. PollsFournier WardMcCormick WardRyan WardTotal
NO(decided)351742242929987204
Yes55946207882007
Ash Collection
DecisionVotes
Adv. PollsFournier WardMcCormick WardRyan WardTotal
NO(decided)291846200228146691
Yes1263783810232510
Hydro Commission
CandidateVotes
Adv. PollsFournier WardMcCormick WardRyan WardTotal
LANDREVILLE (elected)212180128319465439
Dash20442172819614151
McKim Township
for Reeve
CandidateVotes
GatchelNew SudburyMinnow LakeLockerbyTotal
SOMERS, M.E.(elected)1873158662121580
Miller, Geo. F.7231561923681439

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References

  1. The Sudbury Daily Star. (December 5, 1950) p.7