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 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 - 9,366
Results 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