Toronto municipal election, 1944

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1944. Incumbent Frederick J. Conboy defeated Controller Lewis Duncan. The election was a notable defeat for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, a social democratic party) as it lost all representation on city council.

Toronto Provincial capital city in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

Frederick Joseph Conboy was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Lewis Duncan Canadian politician, Lawyer, Military officer, veteran of WWI.

James Lewis Duncan was a Canadian politician and lawyer.

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Toronto mayor

Conboy had served as mayor since 1940 and was seeking his fourth term of office. He was opposed by CCFer Lewis Duncan who had also run and lost in 1939 and 1940.

Results
Frederick J. Conboy - 78,383
Lewis Duncan - 58,712

Board of Control

The Board of Control had one open seat due to Duncan's run for mayor. Alderman William Dennison attempted to hold the seat for the CCF, but finished in distant seventh. Three other former aldermen ran for the seat Hiram E. McCallum, David Balfour, and communist Stewart Smith with Balfour winning the seat.

The Board of Control of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a part of its municipal government until it was abolished in 1969. It served as the executive committee of the Toronto City Council, consisting of four "controllers" elected citywide and presided over by the Mayor. Beginning in 1904, the Board of Control was directly elected by the city's electorate. Each voter could vote for up to four candidates, and the four with the most votes were elected. By tradition the controller who received the most votes would get the powerful budget chief position.

William Donald Dennison was a Canadian social-democratic politician that served in both the Ontario Legislative Assembly and finally as the City of Toronto's mayor. He served two nonconsecutive terms as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 1940s and early 1950s. After his provincial-level career, he focused on Toronto's municipal politics, holding offices as an alderman, member of the Toronto Board of Control, and finally as the city's mayor. He was the mayor from 1967 to 1972, winning two consecutive three-year terms. Prior to entering politics, he was a school principal and teacher. As of 2015 he was the last mayor of Toronto to be a member of the Orange Order.

Hiram E. McCallum Canadian politician

Hiram Emerson McCallum was a mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1948-1951. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Results
Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 73,383
Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 52,694
William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 52,485
David Balfour - 50,599
Hiram E. McCallum - 50,337
Stewart Smith - 41,277
William Dennison - 30,026
William Muir - 19,061
Harry Bradley - 7,743

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1944 election Toronto ward map 1964.PNG
Ward boundaries used in the 1944 election
Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 7,999
Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 7,758
John McGuigan - 3,444
Stanley Ryerson - 1,959
Irene Humble - 1,475
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,798
George A. Wilson - 4,432
Henry Glendinning - 2,538
May Birchard - 2,179
Harold Toye - 1,819
Gordon W. Armstrong - 819
Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,132
Harold Fishleigh - 2,915
John Frank (incumbent) - 1,917
J.R. Huffman - 909
William Smith - 488
Marjorie Garrow - 439
Charles Lewis - 408
Francis Burns - 321
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,951
Norman Freed - 4,211
H.A. Ross - 3,829
Herbert Orliffe - 2,797
Charles Hamilton - 1,569
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods
Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 7,083
Charles Sims - 7,016
Arthur Frost - 5,337
Harold Menzies - 3,473
Maxwell Armstrong - 2,460
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
Kenneth McKellar - 8,903
Harold Timmins - 8,622
Jack Bennett (incumbent) - 6,707
George Granell - 3,749
Dewar Ferguson - 3,015
Patrick O'Donovan - 2,567
Nina Dean - 2,238
Patrick McKeown - 627
Charles Dymond - 469
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 7,393
E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 5,542
Eva Sanderson - 2,756
Frank Cormack - 2,118
Ward 8 (The Beaches)
Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,431
William Collings - 6,542
Murray Cotterill - 5,833
E.S. McGuinness - 5,377
H.L. McKinstry - 3,990
J.E. McMillan - 2,102
Ward 9 (North Toronto)
John Innes (incumbent) - 14,252
Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 13,948
R.M. McLean - 3,499
Christien McCarty - 2,174

Results taken from the January 3, 1944 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.

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