Toronto municipal election, 1933
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 2, 1933. William James Stewart
William James Stewart
William James Stewart was a Canadian politician. Stewart also owned and operated the Bates and Dodds Funeral Home on Queen Street West in Toronto.- Mayor of Toronto :...

 was elected to his third term by the largest margin in city history.

Toronto mayor

William James Stewart had been elected mayor in 1931, and was running in his third election. He was easily reelected with his closest opponent being Alderman Robert Leslie.

Results
William James Stewart
William James Stewart
William James Stewart was a Canadian politician. Stewart also owned and operated the Bates and Dodds Funeral Home on Queen Street West in Toronto.- Mayor of Toronto :...

- 85,407
Robert Leslie - 26,007
H.B. Tuthill - 1,869

Board of Control

For the first time since its creation the composition of the Board of Control
Toronto Board of Control
Toronto Board of Control was a part of the municipal government of Toronto, Canada from 1904 until its abolition in 1969 and served as the executive committee of Toronto City Council. It consisted of four councillors elected city wide and was presided over by the mayor. Each voter could vote for up...

 was unchanged by the election.

Results
J. George Ramsden
J. George Ramsden
Joseph George Ramsden was a long active municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Thornhill and first became active in politics working for Alexander Mackenzie in a York East by-election. He served for fifteen years as Chief Inspector for the Department of Indian Affairs, which saw...

(incumbent) - 55,503
Sam McBride (incumbent) - 55,323
James Simpson
James Simpson (politician)
James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario...

(incumbent) - 54,218
William D. Robbins
William D. Robbins
William Dullam Robbins was the 45th Mayor of Toronto from 1936 to 1937. He was appointed mayor after the death of incumbent Sam McBride and remained in office until defeated by Ralph Day in the 1937 elections. Robbins was considered a representative of labour in Toronto city politics, but was also...

(incumbent) - 48,061
Albert Hacker - 37,019
John Boland - 36,645
William Miller - 18,836
Cotton - 11,871
Alice Buck - 10,155
W.J. Haire - 3,066
J.H.H. Ballantyne - 2,183

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale
Riverdale, Toronto
Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south....

)
Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 7,357
Ralph Day
Ralph Day
Ralph C. Day was Mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1938 to 1940. He was also an accomplished funeral director, owning his own funeral home. He also served as chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission in the 1960s and 1970s....

(incumbent) - 6,852
Robert Allen - 5,600
Gordon Millen
Gordon Millen
Gordon Millen was a politician from Toronto, Canada. He served several years on city council before being elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament....

 - 5,001
Lorne Trull - 4,777
Ernest Sears - 1,782
Thomas Cooney - 1,069


Ward 2 (Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown, Toronto
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association....

 and Rosedale
Rosedale, Toronto
Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....

)
Harry Gladstone Clarke
Harry Gladstone Clarke
Harry Gladstone Clarke was a Canadian parliamentarian and insurance agent.Clarke was an alderman on Toronto City Council for Ward 2, when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Rosedale...

(incumbent) - 5,468
John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 4,300
John Winnett (incumbent) - 3,660
James Cameron - 3,459
John Murray - 1,025


Ward 3 (Central Business District
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west...

)
Harry W. Hunt (incumbent) - 3,631
H.L. Rogers (incumbent) - 2,943
John Corcoran - 2,519
Andrew Carrick - 2,093
Frank Ward - 835
Abraham Goldberg - 374


Ward 4 (Kensington Market
Kensington Market
Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that "Kensington...

 and Garment District)
Nathan Phillips
Nathan Phillips (politician)
Nathan Phillips, KC was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario.-Early life:Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later...

(incumbent) - 4,707
J.J. Glass (incumbent) - 4,273
Claude Pearce - 4,193
Abraham Singer - 3,464


Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
Thomas Holdswoth (incumbent) - 7,932
Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 7,524
George Duthie - 4,883
Charles Ward - 4,052
Thomas Black - 2,419
S.D. Cushen - 1,469
James Conner - 1,905
John Martin - 650


Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
Parkdale, Toronto
Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...

)
William Duckworth
William Duckworth (politician)
William Duckworth was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Dovercourt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1948 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member....

(incumbent) - 9,523
D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 9,267
John Russell - 7,948
Harold Tracy - 5,115
John Laxton - 4,250
Brook Sykes - 2,568
Robert Stanley - 2,482
William Black - 1,682
Thomas Cruden - 1,353
James Hicks - 1,108


Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Canada.He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto his family moved to the West Toronto Junction while he was still a youth...

(incumbent) - 6,479
Alexander Chisholm (incumbent) - 5,499
Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 5,009
Harry Wynn - 2,494
George Watson - 2,226
John Whetton - 1,421


Ward 8 (East Toronto
East Toronto
East Toronto, Ontario was an incorporated community in what is today a part of the city of Toronto, Canada. It covered much of what is today the Upper Beaches neighbourhood, stretching up to Danforth Avenue in the north. The central street in the community was Main Street, running south from...

)
Goldwin Elgie (incumbent) - 12,029
Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 9,221
Robert Baker - 8,432
Walter Howell (incumbent) - 7,397
David Weir - 1,907
John McGonnell - 807


Ward 9 (North Toronto
North Toronto
North Toronto was a town located in the northern part of the Old Toronto district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It occupies a geographically central location within the current boundaries of the city of Toronto. It is a relatively narrow strip, centred around Yonge Street; it extends from the CP...

)
Harold Kirby (incumbent) - 7,854
William D. Ellis (incumbent) - 6,506
Neil MacMillan (incumbent) - 4,973


Results taken from the January 3, 1933 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
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