Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1951. Allan Lamport defeated incumbent Hiram E. McCallum in the mayoral election.
Toronto mayor Lamport had challenged McCallum the previous year but had lost by a narrow margin. McCallum had originally planned on retiring and being succeeded by Controller John Innes, but Innes died unexpectedly during the year. The 1951 also saw an attempt at the mayoralty by alderman Nathan Phillips, who finished a distant third. In Phillips' autobiography he states that he expected fellow Conservative McCallum to retire, but that their both running split to vote and allowed Lamport to become the first Liberal elected to run the city since 1909.Nathan Phillips. Mayor of All the People McClelland and Stewart, 1967 Lamport ran under the slogan "Toronto needs a fighting mayor."
Results Allan Lamport - 72,648 Hiram E. McCallum - 59,492 Nathan Phillips - 24,811
Board of Control The only new arrival on the Board of Control was Ford Brand, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council. John Innes had died in office and his replacement Alfred Cowling decided to contest the 1951 Provincial Election. Former Controller and avowed Communist Stewart Smith made another attempt to return to the board, but finished a distant fifth.
Results Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 95,838 Ford Brand - 92,725 David Balfour (incumbent) - 91,474 Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 87,440 Stewart Smith - 31,317 Frederick Vacher - 20,039
City council
Ward 1 (Riverdale) John McMechan (incumbent) - acclaimed William Allen (incumbent) - acclaimed
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Joseph Cornish (incumbent) - 7,777 Beverley Sparling (incumbent) - 6,659 Perry - 3,809
Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 5,248 John McVicar - 4,494 Wilson - 1,257 Feeley - 929 Trottier - 750 Smith - 722
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 6,412 Allan Grossman - 4,381 Norman Freed - 4,250 Campbell - 3,290 Garfunkel - 1,573 Darell Draper - 1,377 Reeves - 404
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) Philip Givens 7,240 Ernest Bogart - 7,122 Harold Menzies - 6,600 Charles Sims - 5,612 Segal - 1,526
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) May Robinson - 12,086 George Granell (incumbent) - 9,497 Frank Clifton - 8,993 Lester Nelson - 5,690 Ferguson - 3,696 Wilson - 2,141 Patrick McKeown - 1,282
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) William Davidson (incumbent) - 8,546 David Sanderson (incumbent) - 7,602 John Kucherepa- 4,531
Ward 8 (The Beaches) Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 13,837 Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 11,736 McNulty - 4,018 William Probert - 3,399 Banks - 3,290 Hoolans - 2,200 John Square - 758
Ward 9 (North Toronto) Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) - acclaimed Leonard Reilly - acclaimed
Results taken from the December 4, 1951 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Changes Ward 7 Alderman David Sanderson died on March 25, 1952; John Kucherepa was appointed Alderman on March 31.
Outside Toronto
North York Nelson A. Boylen re-elected as reeve.
Scarborough
Oliver E. Crockford re-elected as reeve.
References Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 4, 1951