January 1950 Toronto municipal election
Introduction Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 2, 1950.This was the last time election were held in January, as a ballot measure passed changing the election date to the first Monday in December. This attempt to increase turnout went into effect immediately and an election was held December 4, 1950.The central issue of the campaign was whether to legalize sport on Sundays, with Controller Allan Lamport the main proponent. A referendum was held on the subject, and it passed by a slim margin.
Toronto mayor Incumbent Hiram E. McCallum easily won reelection against two minor candidates, former police officer Charles Mahoney and Trotskyist Ross Dowson. ;Results:'''Hiram E. McCallum''' – 133,320:Charles Mahoney – 19,658:Ross Dowson – 15,600
Board of Control All sitting members of the Board of Control chose to run for reelection. Alderman Louis Shannon attempted to win a seat, but finished fifth. ;Results:'''John Innes''' (incumbent) – 96,139:'''Leslie Saunders''' (incumbent) – 87,799:'''David Balfour''' (incumbent) – 78,090:'''Allan Lamport''' (incumbent) – 72,436:Louis Shannon – 72,059:Stewart Smith – 45,251:Harry Bradley- 21,719:Frederick Vacher – 9,850
City council Ward boundaries used in the 1950 election;Ward 1 (Riverdale):'''John McMechan''' (incumbent) – 9,328:'''William Allen''' – 8,512:Kenneth Waters – 8,060:Roy Cadwell – 3,299:Harry Marley – 2,263;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale):'''Joseph Cornish''' – 6,237:'''Beverley Sparling''' – 5,642:May Birchard – 5,560:Sylvester Perry – 2,064:William MacKenzie – 1,422:Harold West – 692;Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill):'''Harold Fishleigh''' (incumbent) – acclaimed:'''Howard Phillips''' (incumbent)  – acclaimed;Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District):'''Nathan Phillips''' (incumbent) – 7,941:'''Norman Freed''' (incumbent) – 6,553:Francis Chambers  – 6,319:Alfred Whiskin – 649:Francis Love – 648;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods):'''Joseph Gould''' – 10,252:'''Arthur Frost''' (incumbent) – 10,110:Charles Sims (incumbent) – 8,462:Pat McKeown – 1,086;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale):'''George Granell''' (incumbent) – 15,029:'''Lester Nelson''' – 8,299:William Duckworth – 7,971:Robert Colucci – 7,573:Dewar Ferguson – 5,596:Harry Branscombe – 3,720;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction):'''William Davidson''' – 8,727:'''Alfred Cowling''' (incumbent) – 8,005:David Sanderson – 5,989;Ward 8 (The Beaches):'''Ross Lipsett''' – 13,686:'''W.H. Collings''' (incumbent) – 12,174:Roy Mealing (incumbent)  – 9,560:Maurice Punshon – 3,646:William Probert – 3,040:John Square – 968;Ward 9 (North Toronto):'''Frank Nash''' (incumbent) – 15,677:'''Roy E. Belyea''' (incumbent) – 15,486:William Mitchell – 10,542Results taken from the January 3, 1950 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.
References * Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 3, 1950