Toronto municipal election, 1956
Encyclopedia
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 1956. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips
was easily reelected. Jean Newman
became the first woman elected to the Board of Control
, and topped the poll to become budget chief.
, elected two years earlier, faced only limited opposition from Trotskyist Ross Dowson
and was easily reelected.
Results
members chose to run for reelection. Controller and former mayor Leslie Saunders was pushed off the board by Jean Newman's victory.
Results
)
Ward 2 (Regent Park
and Rosedale
)
Ward 3 (West Downtown
and Summerhill
)
Ward 4 (The Annex
, Kensington Market
and Garment District)
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy
)
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale
)
Ward 7 (Bloor West Village
)
Ward 8 (The Beaches
)
Ward 9 (North Toronto
)
Results taken form the December 4, 1956 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
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...
was easily reelected. Jean Newman
Jean Newman
Jean Newman was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. She served as Controller budget chief and was the first woman to run for Mayor of Toronto....
became the first woman elected to 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...
, and topped the poll to become budget chief.
Toronto mayor
Nathan PhillipsNathan 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...
, elected two years earlier, faced only limited opposition from Trotskyist Ross Dowson
Ross Dowson
Ross Jewitt Dowson was a Canadian Trotskyist political figure.-Early life:Dowson joined the Trotskyist movement as a teenager during the Great Depression. The Canadian Trotskyist movement collapsed at the beginning of World War II as leaders such as Jack MacDonald, Maurice Spector and Earle Birney...
and was easily reelected.
Results
- Nathan PhillipsNathan 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...
- 80,352 - Ross DowsonRoss DowsonRoss Jewitt Dowson was a Canadian Trotskyist political figure.-Early life:Dowson joined the Trotskyist movement as a teenager during the Great Depression. The Canadian Trotskyist movement collapsed at the beginning of World War II as leaders such as Jack MacDonald, Maurice Spector and Earle Birney...
- 9,834
Board of Control
All four sitting Board of ControlToronto 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...
members chose to run for reelection. Controller and former mayor Leslie Saunders was pushed off the board by Jean Newman's victory.
Results
- Jean NewmanJean NewmanJean Newman was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. She served as Controller budget chief and was the first woman to run for Mayor of Toronto....
- 54,785 - Ford Brand (incumbent) - 54,178
- William AllenWilliam Allen (Canadian politician)William Randall Allen, QC 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 Expressway . Metropolitan Toronto was created by the Province of Ontario in 1952 and comprised Toronto, North York,...
(incumbent) - 54,038 - Joseph CornishJoseph CornishF. Joseph Cornish, Q.C. was a lawyer, judge and Toronto politician who served as alderman for Ward 2 and as a member of the Toronto Board of Control as well as a Metro Toronto Councillor....
(incumbent) - 49,385 - Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 47,048
- Harry Bradley - 16,450
- Charles Sims - 6961
- George Rolland - 5,632
City council
Ward 1 (RiverdaleRiverdale, 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....
)
- Ken Waters (incumbent) - 6,318
- Fred BeavisFred BeavisFrederick J. Beavis was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, who briefly served as interim mayor of the city in 1978.Beavis operated the Beavis Bros. Roofing Co. with his brothers before becoming a full-time politician....
- 3,636 - Jean Brown - 3,412
- George Phillips (incumbent) - 2,578
- Dominic Di Stasi - 1,657
- Basil Ingleby - 494
Ward 2 (Regent Park
Regent Park
Regent Park is a neighbourhood located in Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Regent Park is Canada's oldest and largest social housing project; built in the late 1940s. Formerly the centre of the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, it is bounded by Gerrard Street East to the north, River Street to the east,...
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....
)
- William Dennison (incumbent) - 4,962
- May BirchardMay BirchardMay Birchard was a municipal politician and poverty activist in Toronto, Canada. Born in Toronto she married F.J. Birchard, an agricultural scientist who was an expert on grain. During the First World War the family moved to Winnipeg...
- 2,614 - Sterling Campbell - 2,567
- Edgar Roxborough (incumbent) - 2,380
- Andrew Kavanaugh - 569
- Philip Rowley - 528
Ward 3 (West Downtown
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...
and Summerhill
Summerhill, Toronto
The Summerhill neighbourhood in central Toronto was named after 'Summer Hill' house, built in 1842 by Canadian transportation baron Charles Thompson.Much of the area was once part of the Thompson estate but was subdivided by his heirs in the 1880s....
)
- Ross Parry (incumbent) - 4,149
- John MacVicar - 1,980
- Richard James - 2,537
Ward 4 (The Annex
The Annex
The Annex is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The traditional boundaries of the neighbourhood are north to Dupont Street, south to Bloor Street, west to Bathurst Street and east to Avenue Road...
, 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)
- Herbert OrliffeHerbert OrliffeHerbert Orliffe was a municipal politician in Toronto, Canada. He immigrated with his family form Newcastle, England at age 8 and settled in Toronto. His father operated a grocery store on Harbord Street...
(incumbent) - 4,437 - Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 3,449
- David RotenbergDavid RotenbergDavid Rotenberg is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.Rotenberg was born in Toronto, and educated at the...
- 2,692 - Dorothy Cureatz - 628
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy
Little Italy, Toronto
Little Italy, sometimes referred to as College Street West, is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its numerous Italian Canadian restaurants and businesses. There is also a significant Latin American and Portuguese community in the area...
)
- Philip GivensPhilip GivensPhilip Gerald Givens, QC was a Mayor of Toronto, Canada, Member of Parliament and judge.Raised in Toronto, Givens attended Harbord Collegiate Institute....
(incumbent) - 6,226 - Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 5,177
- Ben Nobleman - 1,500
- Paul Pauk - 1,092
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...
)
- May Robinson (incumbent) - 8,691
- Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 7,171
- William Stevens - 3,884
- Wallace Martin - 2,066
- John Shedden - 1,795
- George Jackson - 1,498
Ward 7 (Bloor West Village
Bloor West Village
Bloor West Village is a shopping district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located along Bloor Street, it encompasses all businesses along Bloor Street between Jane Street and Ellis Park Road, consisting of more than 400 shops, restaurants and services. The mix of stores include specialty clothing...
)
- William Davidson (incumbent) - 5,122
- John KucherepaJohn KucherepaJohn William Kucherepa was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons.Kucherepa was born in Toronto, Ontario where he attended the Humberside Collegiate Institute and Western High School of Commerce in his youth...
(incumbent) - 5,069 - Thomas Wilson - 1,548
- Stewart - 1,077
- William Repka - 579
Ward 8 (The Beaches
The Beaches
The Beaches is a neighbourhood and popular tourist destination located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the east side of the "Old" City of Toronto. The original boundaries of the neighbourhood are from Fallingbrook Avenue on the east to Kingston Road on the north, to Woodbine Avenue...
)
- Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 12,567
- Albert G. Cranham (incumbent) - 9,577
- Chris Stavro - 2,488
- John Square - 1,146
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...
)
- Frank Nash (incumbent) - 12,084
- Kenneth Ostrander - 10,515
- Alex Thompson - 8,064
Results taken form the December 4, 1956 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.