Toronto municipal election, 1958

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Municipal elections were held in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1958. Four year incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips won reelection against Controller Ford Brand, who was supported by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and Toronto Labour Council, and Controller Joseph Cornish.

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.

Nathan Phillips (politician) Canadian politician

Nathan Phillips, was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, from 1955 to 1962. A lawyer by training, Phillips was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1926.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation former political party in Canada

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, agrarian, co-operative, and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed the first social-democratic government in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan. In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP). The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).

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Toronto mayor

One of the central issues was the proposal to develop the south side of Queen Street across from the new Toronto City Hall.

Toronto City Hall city hall

The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and landscape architect Richard Strong, and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965. It was built to replace Old City Hall, which had housed city offices since 1899. The current city hall, located at Nathan Phillips Square, is the city's fourth and was built to replace its predecessor which the city outgrew shortly after its completion. The area of Toronto City Hall and the civic square was formerly the location of Toronto's Old Chinatown, which was expropriated and bulldozed during the mid-1950s in preparation for a new civic building.

Results
Nathan Phillips - 53,776
Ford Brand - 30,736
Joseph Cornish - 17,089

Board of Control

The two sitting controllers running for reelection to the Board of Control, Jean Newman and William Allen, easily won reelection. Newman topped the polls for the second time and after the election she immediately announced her intention to run for mayor in 1960. The decision of Brand and Cornish to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the board. These were won by conservative east end Alderman Donald Summerville and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation-backed Alderman William Dennison. Only narrowly losing was former Toronto mayor Leslie Saunders. Other notable candidates included former Controller Roy Belyea, Alderman Ross Parry, and anti-Blue Laws advocate James Karfilis.

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.

Jean Dorothy Newman was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was the vice-chairman of the board of Control and president of the City Council. She was the first woman elected to Toronto’s Board of Control and the first woman to run for Mayor of Toronto.

William "Bill" Randall Allen, was a Toronto politician who served as the Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto from 1962 to 1969 and is the namesake of the W.R. Allen Road highway. Metropolitan Toronto was created by the Province of Ontario in 1952 and comprised Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, York, and East York. While these municipalities continued to manage some local matters, Metropolitan Toronto assumed the responsibilities of more expensive programs, such as the TTC, police, and welfare. The municipality was presided over by a "super mayor", or Metro Chairman, for its 46-year duration until amalgamation in 1998.

Results
Jean Newman (incumbent) - 59,243
William Allen (incumbent) - 52,462
Donald Summerville - 49,476
William Dennison - 33,612
Leslie Saunders - 33,469
Roy Belyea - 27,024
Ross Parry - 25,195
James Karfilis - 10,971
Harry Bradley - 10,499
Ross Dowson - 4,539
George Rolland - 3,834

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1958 election Toronto ward map 1964.PNG
Ward boundaries used in the 1958 election
Ward 1 (Riverdale)
Ken Waters (incumbent) - 7,675
Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 5,540
William Lang - 4,321
Peter Metheus - 1,159
Joe Rosenblatt - 521
Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale)
May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,355
Margaret Campbell - 3,295
Michael Grayson - 2,624
Stanley Price - 2,552
Douglas Shaw - 1,138
George Taylor - 925
Edwards - 881
Hugh Dowson - 520
Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
William Archer - 3,307
Charles Tidy - 2,601
John MacVicar (incumbent) - 1,980
Gordon Peck - 1,480
Richard James - 1,288
Ralph Meakes - 576
James Sanderson - 308
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 4,256
Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 3,600
David Rotenberg - 2,631
Mark Frank - 802
Albert Finkelstein - 794
Dorothy Cureatz - 500
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)
Philip Givens (incumbent) - 4,897
Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 3,866
Louis Lockhart - 2,085
Joseph Piccininni - 1,268
Peter D'Agostino - 1,086
Ben Nobleman - 823
Paul Pauk - 792
John Anture - 541
John Mracek - 488
Anthony Fascioni - 478
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
May Robinson (incumbent) - 8,492
Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 8,035
George Jackson - 2,761
Pauline Miles - 2,037
William Stevens - 2,008
Kenneth Sutherland - 1,607
Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)
Mary Temple - 4,339
William Davidson (incumbent) - 4,211
Thomas Wilson (incumbent) - 3,009
John O'Shea - 1,802
William Otis - 480
Ward 8 (The Beaches)
A.G. Cranham (incumbent) - 9,216
Alex Hodgins - 7,516
Chris Stavro - 5,276
Stanley Baker - 2,691
Edward Cox - 2,367
John Square - 1,341
Ward 9 (North Toronto)
Frank Nash (incumbent) - acclaimed
Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - acclaimed

Nash chosen Metro Councillor

Results are taken from the December 2, 1958 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Suburbs

East York

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Etobicoke

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Forest Hill

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Leaside

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Long Branch

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Mimico

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New Toronto

Mayor

North York

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Scarborough

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Swansea

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Weston

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York

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