1946 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1946.Incumbent Robert Hood Saunders ran unopposed and was acclaimed as mayor.
Toronto mayor ;Results:'''Robert Hood Saunders''' - acclaimed
Board of Control One incumbent on the Board of Control lost, William J. Wadsworth. He was defeated by Alderman Bert McKellar. Communist Stewart Smith of the Labor-Progressive Party won the second position on the Board. ;Results:'''Hiram E. McCallum''' (incumbent) - 42,126:'''Stewart Smith''' (incumbent) - 41,637:'''David Balfour''' (incumbent) - 40,632:'''Kenneth Bert McKellar''' - 35,627:William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 35,477:Leslie Saunders - 22,040:Harry Bradley - 6,796
City council Ward boundaries used in the 1946 election;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''William Murdoch''' (incumbent) - 5,597:'''Charles Walton''' (incumbent)  - 4,168:William Simpson - 3,481;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''Louis Shannon''' (incumbent) - 4,118:'''May Birchard''' - 3,014:George A. Wilson (incumbent)  - 2,910:William Dennison - 2,472;Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill):'''John S. Simmons''' (incumbent) - 2,175:'''Allan Lamport''' - 1,911:Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 1,724:Earl Selkirk - 586:William Smith - 285:Karl Prager - 281;Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District):'''Nathan Phillips''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Norman Freed''' (incumbent) - acclaimed;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods):'''Arthur Frost''' (incumbent) - acclaimed:'''Charles Sims''' (incumbent) - acclaimed;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''Harold Timmins''' (incumbent) - 6,768:'''Dewar Ferguson''' - 5,510:William V. Muir - 3,960:William Clifton - 3,744:Harold Lock - 2,244:Patrick McKeown - 746:Charles Dymond - 362;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''William Butt''' - 4,510:'''E.C. Roelofson''' (incumbent) - 4,220:Eva Sanderson - 2,157;Ward 8 (The Beaches):'''William Collings''' (incumbent) - 6,789:Walter Howell (incumbent) - 6,476:Murray Cotterill - 5,143:James Davis - 2,244;Ward 9 (North Toronto):'''John Innes''' (incumbent) - 11,092:'''Melville Wilson''' (incumbent) - 8,257:F.W. Rayfield - 2,950:R.M. McLean - 1,720:Fred Vacher - 1,623Results taken from the January 2, 1946 ''Globe and Mail'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References *Election Coverage. ''Globe and Mail''. January 2, 1946