Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1949. Hiram E. McCallum was elected to his first full term as mayor.

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Mayor

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had resigned in 1948 and Controller McCallum was appointed to succeed him. McCallum faced only

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in winning his first full term. Dowson won almost 20% in his run, the best result the perennial candidate would ever receive and the best result for an open Trostkyist in a North American election. ;Results : Hiram E. McCallum - 97,715 :

- 23,777

Board of Control

Two sitting members of the Board of Control were defeated. Alderman E.C. Roelfson had been appointed to the Board to replace McCallum when he was made mayor. Roelofson received few votes when running, placing seventh. Also defeated was incumbent K.B. McKellar. The two new arrivals were former Alderman

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and former Alderman and Member of Provincial Parliament

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. ;Results : John Innes (incumbent) - 53,599 :

- 57,746 : David Balfour (incumbent) - 55,271 :

- 52,037 : Stewart Smith - 43,364 : Kenneth Bert McKellar (incumbent) - 41,846 :

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- 20,756 : E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 11,905 :Harry Bradley- 9,701

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Charles Walton (incumbent) - 8,516 : John McMechan - 7,660 :Harry Marley - 3,392 :Arnold Lorenz - 2,715 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) : Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 6,308 : Everett Weaver (incumbent) - 5,107 :

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- 4,177 :Sylvester Perry - 1,314 ;Ward 3 (West

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(incumbent) - 3,865 : Howard Phillips - 2,956 :Edith Probert - 1,436 : John MacVicar - 1,078 :Frank Frier - 724 :Francis Burns - 249 :Samuel Hawthorne - 218 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) : Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 5,967 : Norman Freed (incumbent) - 5,927 :Francis Chambers - 5,736 :William Gallaher - 525 ;Ward 5 (

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(incumbent) - 8,429 : Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 7,980 : Joseph Gould - 7,714 :Patrick McKeown - 1,132 ;Ward 6 ( Davenport and Parkdale) : George Granell (incumbent) - 12,434 : W.F. Clifton (incumbent) - 11,295 :Dewar Ferguson - 5,904 : Lester Nelson - 3,712 :Gene Dopp - 1,712 ;Ward 7 (

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(incumbent) - 5,461 : Alfred Cowling - 3,347 :

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(incumbent) - 3,129 :

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- 2,739 :Earl Selkirk - 2,387 ;Ward 8 (

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) : Roy Mealing (incumbent) - 10,640 : W.H. Collings (incumbent) - 10,594 :William Probert - 3,040 :Maurice Punshon - 3,646 ;Ward 9 (

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- 9,089 : Roy E. Belyea - 7,639 :Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 7,377 :William Mitchell - 10,542 :Harry Cooke - 1,533 :Frederick Vacher - 1,438 :John Crook - 714 :Carl Lewis - 561 Results taken from the January 3, 1949 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

Vacancy

Ward 1 Alderman Charles Walton resigned upon appointment to the

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on November 29, 1949 and was not replaced.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. January 3, 1949 {{Toronto elections 1949 elections in Canada

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1949 in Ontario