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 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 - 1,623
Results taken from the January 2, 1946 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
Changes Ward 3 Alderman John S. Simmons died on March 7, 1946."Toronto Florist Served 11 Years On City Council", Globe and Mail March 8, 1946: p.5. On March 18, 1946 Harold Fishleigh was appointed to replace him."Fishleigh Named For Council Seat", Globe and Mail March 19, 1946: p.5.
References
Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1946