Municipal elections were held in

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, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1950. It was the second time the elections were held in December (the first was in

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); traditionally elections occurred on New Year's Day. Incumbent mayor Hiram E. McCallum narrowly defeated

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. The defeat of Norman Freed and the failure of

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to regain his seat would bring to a close the communist

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's presence on Toronto's City Council though the party, and its successor, the

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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

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Ward 9. ;Results: : Hiram E. McCallum - 86,491 :

- 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

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, with

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, secretary of the Toronto and District Labour Council finishing fifth and Alderman

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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 :

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(incumbent) - 80,703 :

- 74,859 :

- 66,235 :

- 59,380 : Stewart Smith - 28,309 :Charles Henry Mahoney - 8,210 :Frederick Vacher - 7,653

City council

;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) :

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(incumbent) - 12,381 :

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(incumbent) - 12,294 :Titchener-Smith - 4,794 ;Ward 2 ( Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :

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and

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) : 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 :

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- 7,403 : Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,611 :Friedman - 2,088 :McConnell - 788 :Francis Love - 437 ;Ward 5 (

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) : Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 12,479 : Joseph Gould (incumbent) - 12,362 :

- 5,646 :Midanik - 1,585 :Haddrall - 784 ;Ward 6 (

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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) :

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(incumbent) - 8,971 : William Davidson (incumbent) - 8,878 : David Sanderson - 5,189 ;Ward 8 ( The Beaches) :

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(incumbent) - 17,323 : Alex Hodgins - 15,310 :

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- 4,601 :Maurice Punshon - 4,205 :John Square - 1,443 ;Ward 9 (

) : Frank Nash (incumbent) - 19,493 :

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(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

was appointed Controller September 5 and David Sanderson was appointed Alderman September 17.

References

*Election Coverage. ''Toronto Star''. December 5, 1950 {{Toronto elections 1950 elections in Canada 1950/12 1950 Ontario municipal elections