Toronto municipal election, 1940

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1940. Incumbent Ralph Day was re-elected mayor. The election saw little change with all incumbent councillors and Board of Control members being reelected.

Toronto mayor

Day was challenged for a second time by lawyer Lewis Duncan.

Results

Ralph Day - 61,480

Lewis Duncan - 38,011

Board of Control

Two aldermen attempted to win seats on the Board of Control, David A. Balfour and communist Stewart Smith. Neither were successful as all four incumbents were reelected.

Results

Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 78,672

Douglas McNish (incumbent) - 68,774

Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 60,124

William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 55,756

David A. Balfour - 43,261

Stewart Smith - 19,641

Robert Harding - 6,548

City council

Ward boundaries used in the 1940 election

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 8,901

Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 8,152

Charles Minett - 2,161

Harry Bell - 1,717

William Richards - 1,024

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,593

Adelaide Plumptre (incumbent) - 5,272

Tupper Bigelow - 1,593

George Harris - 920

George A. Wilson - 559

James McCausland - 459

Ward 3 (Central Business District)

John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,983

Percy Quinn (incumbent) - 3,908

Jean Laing - 1,217

Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)

Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 5,427

Robert Hood Saunders - 4,900

Claude Pearce - 2,761

J.B. Salsberg - 2,154

Louis Zuker - 1,362

Lloyd Muritt - 381

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods

Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 9,963

Charles Carrie - 7,556

Fred Collins - 2,686

Pat V. Roach - 1,534

Charles Lewis - 1,506

Charles Kerr - 1,149

Charles Graham - 572

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

William V. Muir (incumbent) - 8,503

D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 8,213

George Robinson - 6,554

George Grannell - 5,792

Jack Bennett - 2,613

Richard Jones - 1,140

William Logie - 733

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 6,395

H.M. Davy (incumbent) - 5,277

Frank Whetter - 2,893

Harold Clarke - 801

Harry Bradley - 518

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 9,889

Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,404

Hiram E. McCallum - 6,330

Ernest Woollon - 4,988

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 8,154

John Innes (incumbent) - 7,186

Harry Kennedy - 6,690

William D. Ellis - 4,494

Douglas Hodder - 378

Results taken from the January 2, 1940 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.

References

• Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1940