Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1951.

Allan Lamport Allan Austin Lamport, (April 4, 1903 – November 18, 1999) was mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 1951 to 1954. Known as "Lampy", his most notable achievement was his opposition to Toronto's Blue laws which banned virtually any activ ...

defeated incumbent

Hiram E. McCallum Hiram Emerson McCallum (August 14, 1899 – January 13, 1989) was a mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1948 to 1951. He served in management roles at the Canadian National Exhibition from 1952 to 1964. Born in 1899 at Caledon East, Ontario, his f ...

in the mayoral election.

Toronto mayor

Lamport had challenged McCallum the previous year but had lost by a narrow margin. McCallum had originally planned on retiring and being succeeded by Controller John Innes, but Innes died unexpectedly during the year. The 1951 also saw an attempt at the mayoralty by alderman Nathan Phillips, who finished a distant third. In Phillips' autobiography he states that he expected fellow Conservative McCallum to retire, but that their both running split to vote and allowed Lamport to become the first Liberal elected to run the city since 1909.Nathan Phillips. ''Mayor of All the People'' McClelland and Stewart, 1967 Lamport ran under the slogan "Toronto needs a fighting mayor." ;Results: :

- 72,648 :

- 59,492 : Nathan Phillips - 24,811

Board of Control

The only new arrival on the Board of Control was

Ford Brand Ford Brand (1904July 29, 1986) was a Canadian politician who was a one-time rival to Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips. Ford had a seat on the Toronto Board of Control, the municipality's executive body, from 1951 to 1958 and also an inaugural member ...

, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council. John Innes had died in office and his replacement Alfred Cowling decided to contest the 1951 Provincial Election. Former Controller and avowed Communist Stewart Smith made another attempt to return to the board, but finished a distant fifth. ;Results :

Leslie Saunders Leslie Howard Saunders (September 12, 1899 – March 30, 1994) was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1954 to 1955 and the last member of the Orange Order to hold the position until William Dennison. He also served as Mayor of East York in 1976. Ear ...

(incumbent) - 95,838 :

- 92,725 : David Balfour (incumbent) - 91,474 :

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) - 87,440 : Stewart Smith - 31,317 :Frederick Vacher - 20,039

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :

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(incumbent) - acclaimed :

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(incumbent) - acclaimed ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

Joseph Cornish F. Joseph Cornish Q.C. (1911 – September 28, 2004) was a lawyer, judge and Toronto politician who served as alderman for Ward 2 and as a member of the Toronto Board of Control as well as a Metro Toronto Councillor.Beverley Sparling (incumbent) - 6,659 :Perry - 3,809 ;Ward 3 (West

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and

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) : Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 5,248 :

John McVicar John McVicar (21 March 1940 – 6 September 2022) was a British journalist and convicted one-time armed robber who escaped from prison. Career As a criminal McVicar's criminal career began in his teens with shop break-ins and car thefts. In 1 ...

- 4,494 :Wilson - 1,257 :Feeley - 929 :Trottier - 750 :Smith - 722 ;Ward 4 (

The Annex The Annex is a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The traditional boundaries of the neighbourhood are north to Dupont Street, south to Bloor Street, west to Bathurst Street and east to Avenue Road. The City of Toronto recognizes ...

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and Garment District) :

Francis Chambers Francis Chambers (26 December 1828 – 1 December 1900) was a British architect, active in London. Chambers was born in Islington, the son of Francis Chambers, a gentleman, and his wife, Margaret Warlters. He was educated at King's College Sch ...

(incumbent) - 6,412 :

Allan Grossman Allan Grossman (December 25, 1910 – September 1, 1991) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, for 20 years, a provincial Executive Council (Commonwealth countries), cabinet minister and the father of the late former leade ...

- 4,381 :

Norman Freed Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

- 4,250 :Campbell - 3,290 :Garfunkel - 1,573 :Darell Draper - 1,377 :Reeves - 404 ;Ward 5 (

Trinity-Bellwoods Trinity-Bellwoods is an inner city neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the east by Bathurst Street, on the north by College Street, on the south by Queen Street West, and by Dovercourt Road on the west. It has a large Por ...

and

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) :

Philip Givens Philip Gerald Givens, (April 24, 1922 – November 30, 1995) was a Canadian politician and judge. He was the Mayor of Toronto, a Member of Parliament (MP) and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). He was born and raised in Toronto and at ...

7,240 :

Ernest Bogart Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

- 7,122 :

Harold Menzies Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts a ...

- 6,600 :

Charles Sims Charles Sims may refer to: * Charles Sims (painter) (1873–1928), British painter * Charles Sims (mathematician) (1938–2017), American mathematician * Charles Sims (aviator) (1899–1929), British World War I flying ace * Charles Sims (American ...

- 5,612 :Segal - 1,526 ;Ward 6 ( Davenport and Parkdale) : May Robinson - 12,086 : George Granell (incumbent) - 9,497 :

Frank Clifton Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...

- 8,993 : Lester Nelson - 5,690 :Ferguson - 3,696 :Wilson - 2,141 :Patrick McKeown - 1,282 ;Ward 7 (

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) :

William Davidson William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson ( ...

(incumbent) - 8,546 :

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(incumbent) - 7,602 :

John Kucherepa John William Kucherepa (27 May 1919 – 25 March 1990) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Kucherepa was born in Toronto, Ontario where he attended the Humberside Collegiate Institute and Western H ...

- 4,531 ;Ward 8 (

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) :

Ross Lipsett Ross Lipsett (1911 - January 15, 1995) was a municipal politician in Toronto in the 1950s. Career A lifelong resident of The Beaches,he served first as an alderman for Ward 8 (representing The Beaches), on Toronto City Council, and then on the T ...

(incumbent) - 13,837 :

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(incumbent) - 11,736 :McNulty - 4,018 : William Probert - 3,399 :Banks - 3,290 :Hoolans - 2,200 :John Square - 758 ;Ward 9 (

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) : Roy E. Belyea (incumbent) - acclaimed :

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- acclaimed Results taken from the December 4, 1951 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Ward 7 Alderman

died on March 25, 1952;

was appointed Alderman on March 31.

Outside Toronto

North York

Nelson A. Boylen re-elected as reeve.

Scarborough

Oliver E. Crockford Oliver E. Crockford (1893 - 28 March 1986) was the Reeve (Canada), reeve of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, from 1948 until 1956, and gained the nickname "Mr. Scarborough" during his tenure. He is credited with the industrial development of Scarboro ...

re-elected as reeve.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. December 4, 1951 {{Toronto elections

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

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