1948 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1948.Robert Hood Saunders was re-elected as mayor in an election that also saw no changes on the Board of Control or City Council.
Toronto mayor Mayor Robert Hood Saunders faced only Trotskyist Ross Dowson and was easily reelected. ;Results:'''Robert Hood Saunders''' - 118,097:Ross Dowson - 15,008
Board of Control All four members of the Toronto Board of Control were re-elected. ;Results:'''Hiram E. McCallum''' (incumbent) - 83,812:'''John Innes''' (incumbent) - 80,834:'''David Balfour''' (incumbent) - 77,087:'''Kenneth Bert McKellar''' (incumbent) - 75,356:Stewart Smith - 47,791:Harry Bradley - 15,711:Harry Clairmont - 4,858
City council Ward boundaries used in the 1948 election;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''Leslie Saunders''' (incumbent) - 7,970:'''Charles Walton''' (incumbent)  - 7,059:Eugene Murdoch - 4,730:Harry Marley - 2,501:Arnold Lorenz - 1,967;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''Louis Shannon''' (incumbent) - 6,628:'''Everett Weaver''' (incumbent) - 5,288:May Birchard - 4,048:William Dennison - 2,892:Roy Boskett - 356;Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill):'''Harold Fishleigh''' (incumbent) - 4,712:'''Allan Lamport'''  (incumbent) - 3,848:Frank Nasso - 943:Will Smith - 514;Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District):'''Nathan Phillips''' (incumbent) - 7,346:'''Norman Freed''' (incumbent) - 6,304:Francis Chambers - 6,243:William Gallaher - 588;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods:'''Arthur Frost''' (incumbent) - 9,525:'''Charles Sims''' (incumbent) - 8,030:Joseph Gould - 7,333:Margaret Luckock - 3,192:Patrick McKeown - 796;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''Frank Clifton''' (incumbent) - 13,924:'''George Granell''' (incumbent) - 15,589:Dewar Ferguson - 7,830:Samuel Thomas - 2,331;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''William Butt''' (incumbent) - 7,629:'''E.C. Roelofson''' (incumbent) - 7,115:John Lenglet - 3,259;Ward 8 (The Beaches):'''W.H. Collings''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Roy Mealing''' (incumbent)  - acclaimed;Ward 9 (North Toronto):'''Leonard Reilly''' (incumbent) - 12,643:'''Melville Wilson''' (incumbent) - 11,458:Frank Nash - 9,366Results taken from the January 2, 1949 ''Globe and Mail'' and might not exactly match final tallies. Ward 4 results from January 5, 1948, issue.
Changes Ward 7 Alderman William Butt died January 10, 1948; Charles Rowntree was appointed replacement January 19.Mayor Robert Hood Saunders resigned February 23, 1948, when he was appointed chairman of Ontario Hydro; Controller Hiram E. McCallum was unanimously appointed mayor; Ward 7 Alderman E.C. Roelfson was appointed controller February 24; William Davidson appointed alderman March 1, 1948.
References *Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 2, 1949*Election Coverage. ''Globe and Mail''. January 2, 1949