1943 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1943.Incumbent Frederick J. Conboy was acclaimed as mayor. There was a very low voter turnout, but the election was a victory for the left as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and Communist Party each won two seats.
Toronto mayor For the second time in a row no one chose to run against incumbent Frederick J. Conboy and he was acclaimed as mayor. ;Results:'''Frederick J. Conboy''' - acclaimed
Board of Control All incumbents were re-elected Board of Control. ;Results:'''Lewis Duncan''' (incumbent) - 40,060:'''Robert Hood Saunders''' (incumbent) - 33,081:'''Fred Hamilton''' (incumbent) - 28,919:'''William J. Wadsworth''' (incumbent) - 27,031:C.E. Reynolds - 26,194:Minerva Reid - 18,320:J.C. Irwin - 16,860:G.P. Granell - 5,010:Harry Bradley - 3,590
City council Ward boundaries used in the 1943 election;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''Leslie Saunders''' (incumbent) - 3,743:'''Gordon Millen''' (incumbent) - 3,715:R.E. Wright - 2,333:W.S.B. Armstrong - 1,291;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''Louis Shannon''' (incumbent) - 3,452:'''William Dennison''' - 2,907:Henry Glendinning (incumbent) - 2,783;Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill):'''John Frank''' - 1,648:'''John S. Simmons''' (incumbent) - 1,396:W.R. Shaw - 1,078:Marjorie Garrow - 635:Harold Fishleigh - 462;Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District):'''J. B. Salsberg''' - 4,783:'''Nathan Phillips''' (incumbent) - 2,472:David Balfour (incumbent) - 2,432:Herbert Orliffe - 2,093:William Condle - 290;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods:'''Stewart Smith''' - 5,186:'''Ernest Bogart''' (incumbent) - 4,653:C.M. Carrie (incumbent) - 3,423:Maxwell Armstrong - 1,422;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''William V. Muir''' (incumbent)  - 4,413:'''Jack Bennett''' - 3,750:Kenneth Bert McKellar - 3,007:Robert Stuart - 2,439:F.G. McBrien - 2,098:George Harris - 1,514:H.E. Lister - 746:Nina Dean - 624:H.B. Branscombe - 539:R.M. Wilson - 398;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''Charles Rowntree''' (incumbent) - 3,749:'''E.C. Roelofson''' - 2,242:William C. Davidson (incumbent) - 2,169:Eva Sanderson - 1,757;Ward 8 (The Beaches):'''Hiram E. McCallum''' (incumbent) - 5,195:Walter Howell (incumbent) - 4,725:E.S. McGuinness - 2,606:H.L. McKinstry - 2,335;Ward 9 (North Toronto):'''John Innes''' (incumbent) - 6,479:'''Donald Fleming''' (incumbent) - 6,301:Christine McCarty - 3,123Results taken from the January 2, 1943 ''Globe and Mail'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References *Election Coverage. ''Globe and Mail''. January 2, 1943*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 2, 1943