title: December 1950 Toronto municipal election
text: # December 1950 Toronto municipal election
  
  Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1950. It was the second time the elections were held in December (the first was in 1936); traditionally elections occurred on New Year's Day. Incumbent mayor Hiram E. McCallum narrowly defeated Allan Lamport. The defeat of Norman Freed and the failure of Charles Sims to regain his seat would bring to a close the communist Labor-Progressive Party's presence on Toronto's City Council though the party, and its successor, the Communist Party of Canada would continue to elect members as school trustees for several decades.
  
  ## Toronto mayor
  
  McCallum, running for his fourth one-year term, was challenged by Controller Lamport. McCallum had faced only token opposition in his previous elections, but Lamport came surprisingly close to defeating him. For much of election night it looked as though Lamport would win, but it was swung by McCallum's ten thousand vote margin in the North Toronto Ward 9.
  
  ### Results
  
      Hiram E. McCallum - 86,491
      Allan Lamport - 84,987
  
  ## Board of Control
  
  Lamport's decision to run for mayor left one vacancy on the Board of Control. This opening was won by Alderman Louis Shannon, with Ford Brand, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council finishing fifth and Alderman W.H. Collings in sixth. Former Controller and communist Stewart Smith made another attempt to return to the board, but finished seventh.
  
  ### Results
  
      John Innes (incumbent) - 93,656
      David Balfour (incumbent) - 81,577
      Leslie Saunders (incumbent) - 80,703
      Louis Shannon - 74,859
      Ford Brand - 66,235
      W.H. Collings - 59,380
      Stewart Smith - 28,309
      Charles Henry Mahoney - 8,210
      Frederick Vacher - 7,653
  
  ## City council
  
  ### Ward 1 (Riverdale)
  
      John McMechan (incumbent) - 12,381
      William Allen (incumbent) - 12,294
      Titchener-Smith - 4,794
  
  ### Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)
  
      Joseph Cornish (incumbent) - 8,310
      Beverley Sparling (incumbent) - 8,061
      Sylvester Perry - 3,710
  
  ### Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)
  
      Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 6,294
      Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 8,767
      Massey Edwards - 1,938
      Probert - 1,440
  
  ### Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
  
      Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 8,767
      Francis Chambers - 7,403
      Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,611
      Friedman - 2,088
      McConnell - 788
      Francis Love - 437
  
  ### Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
  
      Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 12,479
      Joseph Gould (incumbent) - 12,362
      Charles Sims - 5,646
      Midanik - 1,585
      Haddrall - 784
  
  ### Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
  
      Robert Colucci - 15,282
      George Granell (incumbent) - 14,609
      Lester Nelson (incumbent) - 14,129
      Dewar Ferguson - 4,801
  
  ### Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)
  
      Alfred Cowling (incumbent) - 8,971
      William Davidson (incumbent) - 8,878
      David Sanderson - 5,189
  
  ### Ward 8 (The Beaches)
  
      Ross Lipsett (incumbent) - 17,323
      Alex Hodgins - 15,310
      William Probert - 4,601
      Maurice Punshon - 4,205
      John Square - 1,443
  
  ### Ward 9 (North Toronto)
  
      Frank Nash (incumbent) - 19,493
      Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) - 19,488
      Lewis - 4,328
  
  Results taken from the December 5, 1950 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
  
  ## Changes
  
  Controller John Innes died July 16, 1951; Ward 7 Alderman Alfred Cowling was appointed Controller September 5 and David Sanderson was appointed Alderman September 17.
  
  