Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1940. Incumbent Ralph Day was re-elected mayor. The election saw little change with all incumbent councillors and Board of Control members being reelected.
Toronto mayor Day was challenged for a second time by lawyer Lewis Duncan.
Results Ralph Day - 61,480 Lewis Duncan - 38,011
Board of Control Two aldermen attempted to win seats on the Board of Control, David A. Balfour and communist Stewart Smith. Neither were successful as all four incumbents were reelected.
Results Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 78,672 Douglas McNish (incumbent) - 68,774 Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 60,124 William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 55,756 David A. Balfour - 43,261 Stewart Smith - 19,641 Robert Harding - 6,548
City council
Ward 1 (Riverdale) Gordon Millen (incumbent) - 8,901 Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 8,152 Charles Minett - 2,161 Harry Bell - 1,717 William Richards - 1,024
Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 5,593 Adelaide Plumptre (incumbent) - 5,272 Tupper Bigelow - 1,593 George Harris - 920 George A. Wilson - 559 James McCausland - 459
Ward 3 (Central Business District) John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 3,983 Percy Quinn (incumbent) - 3,908 Jean Laing - 1,217
Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 5,427 Robert Hood Saunders - 4,900 Claude Pearce - 2,761 J.B. Salsberg - 2,154 Louis Zuker - 1,362 Lloyd Muritt - 381
Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods Ernest Bogart (incumbent) - 9,963 Charles Carrie - 7,556 Fred Collins - 2,686 Pat V. Roach - 1,534 Charles Lewis - 1,506 Charles Kerr - 1,149 Charles Graham - 572
Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) William V. Muir (incumbent) - 8,503 D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 8,213 George Robinson - 6,554 George Grannell - 5,792 Jack Bennett - 2,613 Richard Jones - 1,140 William Logie - 733
Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) Charles Rowntree (incumbent) - 6,395 H.M. Davy (incumbent) - 5,277 Frank Whetter - 2,893 Harold Clarke - 801 Harry Bradley - 518
Ward 8 (The Beaches) Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 9,889 Walter Howell (incumbent) - 9,404 Hiram E. McCallum - 6,330 Ernest Woollon - 4,988
Ward 9 (North Toronto) Donald Fleming (incumbent) - 8,154 John Innes (incumbent) - 7,186 Harry Kennedy - 6,690 William D. Ellis - 4,494 Douglas Hodder - 378
Results taken from the January 2, 1940 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.
References Election Coverage. Globe and Mail. January 2, 1940