Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1958. Four year incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips won reelection against Controller

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, who was supported by the

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and Toronto Labour Council, and Controller Joseph Cornish.

Toronto mayor

One of the central issues was the proposal to develop the south side of Queen Street across from the new

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. ;Results : Nathan Phillips - 53,776 :

- 30,736 : Joseph Cornish - 17,089

Plebiscite

A vote was held on extending the municipal franchise to all people who are aged 21 and over who are

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s and have lived in the city for at least one year. At the time of the plebiscite, the right to vote was restricted to property owners and people living in two or more rooms with an assessed value of $400 or more. A similar plebiscite had been held in 1956 and passed by a margin of 56,000 to 26,000 but when the city asked the provincial government to pass legislation enacting the change, the government instead passed legislation allowing each municipality in the province to hold a referendum and so Toronto was required to put the question on the ballot again."Extend Vote?: Electors Asked Again", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. oronto, Ont8 Nov 1958: 13. ;Extending the franchise :Yes - 59,729 :No - 22,436 Source: "Vote on Question", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. oronto, Ont2 Dec 1958: 4.

Board of Control

The two sitting controllers running for reelection to the Board of Control, Jean Newman and

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, easily won reelection. Newman topped the polls for the second time and after the election she immediately announced her intention to run for mayor in 1960. The decision of Brand and Cornish to run for mayor opened two vacancies on the board. These were won by conservative east end Alderman

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and

-backed Alderman William Dennison. Only narrowly losing was former Toronto mayor

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. Other notable candidates included former Controller Roy E. Belyea, Alderman

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, and anti-

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advocate James Karfilis. The most senior two Controllers in terms of votes also sat on

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. ;Results : Jean Newman (incumbent) - 59,243 :

(incumbent) - 52,462 :

- 49,476 : William Dennison - 33,612 :

- 33,469 : Roy E. Belyea - 27,024 :

- 25,195 :James Karfilis - 10,971 :Harry Bradley - 10,499 :

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- 4,539 :George Rolland - 3,834

City council

Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council. Toronto ward map 1964

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :

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(incumbent) - 7,675 :

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(incumbent) - 5,540 :William Lang - 4,321 :Peter Metheus - 1,159 : Joe Rosenblatt - 521 ;Ward 2 (

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and Rosedale) :

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(incumbent) - 3,355 :

Margaret Campbell Margaret Campbell (April 24, 1883 – June 27, 1939) was an American character actress in silent films. In her later years she was the secretary of the Baháʼí Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles. Career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Campbell ...

- 3,295 :

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- 2,624 :Stanley Price - 2,552 :Douglas Shaw - 1,138 :George Taylor - 925 :Edwards - 881 : Hugh Dowson - 520 ;Ward 3 (West

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and

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) :

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- 3,307 : Charles Tidy - 2,601 : John MacVicar (incumbent) - 1,980 :Gordon Peck - 1,480 :Richard James - 1,288 :Ralph Meakes - 576 :James Sanderson - 308 ;Ward 4 (

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and Garment District) :

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(incumbent) - 4,256 : Francis Chambers (incumbent) - 3,600 :

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- 2,631 :Mark Frank - 802 :Albert Finkelstein - 794 :Dorothy Cureatz - 500 ;Ward 5 (

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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 ...

(incumbent) - 4,897 :

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(incumbent) - 3,866 :Louis Lockhart - 2,085 :

Joseph Piccininni Joseph J. Piccininni (born ''Guiseppe Piccininni'', January 15, 1922 – September 16, 1995) was a long-serving city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represented the Corso Italia area on city council for 25 years. Background Born in Tor ...

- 1,268 :Peter D'Agostino - 1,086 :Ben Nobleman - 823 :Paul Pauk - 792 :John Anture - 541 :John Mracek - 488 :Anthony Fascioni - 478 ;Ward 6 ( Davenport and Parkdale) : May Robinson (incumbent) - 8,492 :

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(incumbent) - 8,035 :George Jackson - 2,761 :Pauline Miles - 2,037 :William Stevens - 2,008 :Kenneth Sutherland - 1,607 ;Ward 7 (

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) : Mary Temple - 4,339 :

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(incumbent) - 4,211 : Thomas Wilson (incumbent) - 3,009 :John O'Shea - 1,802 :William Otis - 480 ;Ward 8 (

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) : A.G. Cranham (incumbent) - 9,216 :

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- 7,516 :Chris Stavro - 5,276 :Stanley Baker - 2,691 :Edward Cox - 2,367 :John Square - 1,341 ;Ward 9 (

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) :

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(incumbent) - acclaimed : Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - acclaimed Nash chosen Metro Councillor Results are taken from the December 2, 1958 ''Toronto Star'' and might not exactly match final tallies.

Suburbs

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;Reeve :(incumbent) Jack Raymond Allen - 5,259 : Harry G. Simpson - 4,655 Source:

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

;Reeve :(incumbent) Henry Oscar Waffle - 10,963 :Kerr - 9,787 Source: "Suburban Election Results", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. oronto, Ont2 Dec 1958: 8.

Forest Hill

;Reeve :(incumbent) Laurie T. Simonsky (acclaimed)

Leaside Leaside (/'liːˌsaɪd/) is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northeast of Downtown Toronto, in the vicinity of Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. The area takes its name from William Lea and the Lea family, who se ...

;Mayor :(incumbent) Charles Hiscott - 2,338 :Page - 1,286 Source:

Long Branch

;Reeve :(incumbent)

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- 1,391 :Cambers - 525 Source:

Mimico Mimico is a neighbourhood (and a former municipality) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, being located in the south-west area of Toronto on Lake Ontario. It is in the south-east corner of the former Township (and later, City) of Etobicoke, and was an in ...

;Mayor :(incumbent) William Arthur (Gus) Edwards - 1,654 : Hugh Griggs - 1,464 Source:

New Toronto New Toronto is a neighbourhood and former municipality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-west area of Toronto, along Lake Ontario. The Town of New Toronto was established in 1890, and was designed and planned as an indust ...

;Mayor :(incumbent) Donald Russell (acclaimed)

North York North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...

;Reeve :

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18,238 :James Walker - 14,405 Source: Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario oronto, Ontario 02 Dec 1958: 8.

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...

;Reeve :(incumbent) Albert Campbell - 12,153 :

Augustus Harris Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (18 March 1852 – 22 June 1896) was a British actor, impresario, and dramatist, a dominant figure in the West End theatre of the 1880s and 1890s. Born into a theatrical family, Harris briefly pursued a comme ...

- 6,710 :Taylor - 6,686 :Broley - 1,581 Source:

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;Reeve :(incumbent) Dorothy Hague (acclaimed)

Weston Weston may refer to: Places Australia * Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Weston, New South Wales * Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra * Weston Park, Canberra, a park Canada * Weston, Nova Scotia * W ...

;Mayor : Jack L. Holley - 1,333 :Clark - 924 Source:

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

;Reeve :(incumbent):

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- 11,364 :Charles McMaster - 3,258 :Betty Shapero - 1,643 Source:

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. December 2, 1958 {{Toronto elections 1958 elections in Canada

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1958 in Ontario