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1947 Toronto municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1947. With little serious opposition Robert Hood Saunders was re-elected as mayor.

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Mayor Robert Hood Saunders faced only fringe candidates: Frank O'Hearn, who would go on to found the New Capitalist Party, and Trotskyist Murray Dowson. ;Results :Robert Hood Saunders - 92,762 :Frank O'Hearn - 9,477 :Murray Dowson - 3,180 ==Board of Control==
Board of Control
The only major change on the Board of Control was the defeat of Stewart Smith, the leader of the Communist faction at city hall. He was ousted by North Toronto alderman John Innes. ;Results :Hiram E. McCallum (incumbent) - 58,524 :John Innes - 53,137 :David Balfour (incumbent) - 51,578 :Kenneth Bert McKellar (incumbent) - 49,680 :Stewart Smith (incumbent)- 42,106 :M.A. Sanderson - 26,136 :Harry Bradley - 10,749 :Harry Clairmont - 4,858 ==City council==
City council
;Ward 1 (Riverdale) :Charles Walton (incumbent) - 4,788 :Leslie Saunders - 4,596 :William Murdoch (incumbent) - 3,969 :W. Simpson - 2,067 :Harry Marley - 1,606 ;Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale) :Louis Shannon (incumbent) - 4,102 :Everett Weaver - 3,215 :May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,079 :George A. Wilson - 3,015 :William Dennison - 2,248 ;Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) :Harold Fishleigh (incumbent) - 3,397 :Allan Lamport (incumbent) - 2,884 :John McVicar - 1,245 :Harry Gilbert - 682 :Karl Prager - 271 ;Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) :Norman Freed (incumbent) - 4,910 :Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,690 :Francis Chambers - 3,703 :C.G. Hamilton - 1,121 ;Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods :Charles Sims (incumbent) - 7,283 :Arthur Frost (incumbent) - 6,848 :Margaret Luckock - 4,936 :Patrick McKeown - 1,335 ;Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) :George Granell - 8,526 :William Clifton - 6,803 :Dewar Ferguson (incumbent) - 5,775 :D.J. Bennett - 5,091 :Eamon Park - 1,825 ;Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction) :William Butt (incumbent) - 5,773 :E.C. Roelofson (incumbent) - 3,557 :J.A. Service - 2,240 ;Ward 8 (The Beaches) :W.H. Collings (incumbent) - 8,120 :Roy Mealing - 5,678 :William Howell (incumbent) - 5,319 :Murray Cotterill - 4,756 :James Davis - 1,522 ;Ward 9 (North Toronto) :Melville Wilson (incumbent) - 8,307 :Leonard Reilly - 6,173 :W.H. Harris - 5,999 :Alex Thompson - 4,109 :H.V. Locke - 3,542 :R.M. McLean - 1,480 Results taken from the January 2, 1947 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies. ==References==
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