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 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 - 3,123
Results 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