Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1941.

Frederick J. Conboy Frederick Joseph Conboy (January 1, 1883 – March 29, 1949) was a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served as List of mayors of Toronto, mayor of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario from 1941 to 1944. He was also a member of the Orange Order in C ...

was elected mayor.

Toronto mayor

The mayoralty was open following the retirement of

Ralph Day Ralph Carrette Day (November 24, 1898 – May 21, 1976) was mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1938 to 1940. He was also an accomplished funeral director, owning his own funeral home. He also served as chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission in ...

. Two members of the Board of Control sought the seat, Frederick J. Conboy and

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with Conboy winning by a significant margin. ;Results :

- 55,677 :

- 33,024

Board of Control

There were two open seats on the Board of Control as Conboy and McNish chose to run for mayor. These were won by former alderman and mayoral candidate

Lewis Duncan James Lewis Duncan (1892 – 8 April 1960) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Early life Duncan was the son of a physician and grandson of a Presbyterian minister. He studied at the University of Toronto and in Paris and won a silver medal a ...

and alderman

Robert Hood Saunders Robert Hood Saunders, CBE, QC (May 30, 1903 – January 16, 1955) was mayor of Toronto from 1945 to 1948, President of the Canadian National Exhibition, chairman of the Ontario Hydro (formally named the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario ...

. Finishing a close fifth was alderwoman

Adelaide Plumptre Adelaide Wilson Plumptre (1874–1948) was a Canadian activist, diplomat, and municipal politician in Toronto. She was born Adelaide Proctor in Surrey, England, and studied at Somerville College, Oxford University. There she met and married Henry ...

, who was running to be the first woman elected to the Board. Aldermen

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and

David A. Balfour David Avoca Balfour (1889–1956) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was active in civic politics from 1939 until 1955. This included twelve years on the Board of Control, a longer service than anyone prior. Balfour was bor ...

also ran for the Board, but finished some distance back. ;Results :

- 49,382 : Fred Hamilton (incumbent) - 39,021 :

- 37,417 :

William J. Wadsworth William J. Wadsworth (died March 20, 1949) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a long serving municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Flesherton, Ontario and migrated to Toronto when his family moved to the West Toron ...

(incumbent) - 33,411 :

- 33,021 :

- 26,391 :

- 20,849 :J. Nelson Day - 4,645 :Harry Bradley - 3,271 :Robert Harding - 2,523

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :

Gordon Millen Gordon James Millen (September 8, 1899 – April 10, 1948) was a politician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He served several years on city council before being elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament. Background Millen was a dentist b ...

(incumbent) - 6,240 : Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 5,260 :George Gresswell - 1,575 :Harry Bell - 1,376 :Charles Minett - 1,197 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

Louis Shannon J. Louis Shannon (died February 16, 1954) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada who served for multiple years on Toronto City Council and the Toronto Board of Control. Shannon was raised in Vankleek Hill where his father was the e ...

(incumbent) - 4,670 : William Dennison - 2,682 :

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- 2,640 :W.B. Amy - 1,003 :George Harris - 712 ;Ward 3 (

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) : John S. Simmons (incumbent) - acclaimed :

Percy Quinn John Purcell Quinn (January 9, 1876 – October 28, 1944) was a Canadian athlete, businessman, sports executive and politician. He was an owner and president of the Toronto Blueshirts, winners of the Stanley Cup in 1914. He was a member of the worl ...

(incumbent) - acclaimed ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) : Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 3,829 : Hugh Ross - 2,863 :

Herbert Orliffe Herbert Orliffe (c.1905 – 3 July 1967) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He immigrated with his family from Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, England at age 8 and settled in Toronto. His father operated a grocery sto ...

- 1,917 :David Goldstick - 1,381 :Louis Zuker - 1,098 : Joseph Gould - 1,009 :Fred Sykes - 549 ;Ward 5 (

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(incumbent) - 7,519 : Charles Carrie (incumbent) - 6,094 :Gerrard McGrath - 2,082 :Pat V. Roach - 1,282 ;Ward 6 ( Davenport and Parkdale) : William V. Muir (incumbent) - 9,081 : D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 7,411 : Jack Bennett - 6,206 :William Logie - 1,046 :Nina Dean - 993 ;Ward 7 (

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) :

Charles Rowntree Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

(incumbent) - 5,322 : H.M. Davy (incumbent) - 3,899 :Frank Whetter - 2,907 ;Ward 8 (

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) :

Walter Howell Walter Neville Howell OAM (born 17 December 1929) is an Australian former representative and Olympic medal winning rower. He competed at two Olympic Games, racing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the men's eight and at the 1960 Rome O ...

(incumbent) - 7,266 : Hiram E. McCallum - 4,927 :Roy Cormack - 2,673 :Frederick Baker - 2,484 :Norman Caldwell - 2,484 :Bertram Leavens - 1,854 ;Ward 9 (

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) : John Innes (incumbent) - acclaimed :

Donald Fleming Donald Methuen Fleming, (May 23, 1905 – December 31, 1986) was a Canadian parliamentarian, International Monetary Fund official and lawyer, born in Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Life and career Fleming was first elected to the House of Co ...

(incumbent) - acclaimed Results taken from the January 2, 1941 ''Globe and Mail'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

Vacancy

Ward 1 Alderman Frank M. Johnston died on October 10, 1941 and was not replaced.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Globe and Mail''. January 2, 1941 {{Toronto elections 1941 elections in Canada

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