1955 Toronto municipal election

Nathan Phillips was opposed for reelection after his first year in office by Board of Control member Roy E. Belyea, who had been a staunch opponent of Phillips during the year. Also running was Trotskyist Ross Dowson. Results :Nathan Phillips – 70,647 :Roy E. Belyea – 26,717 :Ross Dowson – 2,374 ==Plebiscites==

Two questions appeared on the ballot. The first was on whether municipal terms of office should be extended to two years from one. The second was to authorize the construction of a proposed new city hall to replace the existing city hall, which had been built in 1899. The proposed structure, designed by a partnership of three leading Toronto architectural forms, would have been a conservative, symmetrical limestone-clad building in the Modernist style facing a landscaped square, and was widely criticized as "drab and boxy". Two-year term :For – 48,024 :Against – 33,688 Two-year terms would be put in place effective the 1956 Toronto municipal election. New City Hall ==Board of Control==

There were two vacancies on the Board of Control after Roy E. Belyea's decision to run for mayor and Controller David Balfour's decision to retire. The most senior two Controllers in terms of votes also sat on Metro Toronto Council. Results :Ford Brand (incumbent) – 59,264 :Joseph Cornish (incumbent) – 55,162 :William Allen – 53,455 :Leslie Saunders – 46,528 :Arthur Brown – 41,351 :Harry Bradley – 14,802 :Alex Hodgins – 13,503 :Harry Hunter – 9,493 :George Rolland – 3,923 :George Stanton – 3,863 ==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. Ward 1 (Riverdale) :Ken Waters (incumbent) – 6,945 :George Phillips – 2,916 :Fred Beavis – 2,828 :Stanley Hare – 2,137 :Christie – 1,403 :Montgomery – 960 :Basil Ingleby – 886 :Jean Brown – 3,412 Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale) :William Dennison (incumbent) – 5,366 :Edgar Roxborough (incumbent) – 4,051 :May Birchard – 2,127 :Douglas Shaw – 1,528 :Philip Rowley – 683 Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill) :Ross Parry – 4,149 :Howard Phillips (incumbent) – 2,802 :John MacVicar (incumbent) – 2,260 :Richard James – 1,737 Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District) :Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) – 4,515 :Francis Chambers – 3,746 :David Rotenberg – 2,086 :Robert Laxer – 1,073 :Levitt – 824 :John Anture – 386 :Dorothy Cureatz – 362 Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy) :Philip Givens (incumbent) – 5,605 :Harold Menzies – 4,929 :Teslia – 1,907 :Paul Pauk – 1,228 :Tennant – 1,140 :Di Stasi – 872 Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale) :May Robinson (incumbent) – 10,233 :Frank Clifton (incumbent) – 9,473 :Grittani – 2,797 :George Jackson – 2,274 Ward 7 (Bloor West Village) :William Davidson (incumbent) – 5,506 :John Kucherepa (incumbent) – 4,993 :Thomas Wilson – 2,124 :William Repka – 653 Ward 8 (The Beaches) :Donald Summerville (incumbent) – 13,139 :Albert G. Cranham – 8,456 :Brawley – 2,542 :Chris Stavro – 1,682 :Davis – 1,252 :John Square – 529 Ward 9 (North Toronto) :Jean Newman (incumbent) – 14,984 :Frank Nash – 12,736 :Waterfield – 3,101 Results are taken from the December 6, 1955 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies. ==Suburbs==

Etobicoke, East York, Mimico, and Forest Hill elected their councils for two-year terms in 1954 and did not hold elections in 1955. ===Leaside=== Mayor :Charles H. Hiscott – 2,228 :Joseph Banigan – 1,073 Hiscott defeated Councillor Joseph Bannigan to replace retiring mayor Howard Burrell Source: "Suburban elections", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 06 Dec 1955: 13 ===Long Branch=== Reeve :(incumbent) Marie Curtis (acclaimed) ===New Toronto=== Mayor :(incumbent) Donald R. Russell (acclaimed) ===North York=== Reeve :(incumbent) Fred J. McMahon – 16,269 :Maurice T. Hook – 6,181 McMahon was re-elected, defeating his challenger Deputy Reeve Maurice T. Hook. Source: "Fred McMahon Is Re-elected N. York Reeve", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 06 Dec 1955: 13 ===Scarborough=== Reeve :Gus Harris – 14,304 :(incumbent) Oliver E. Crockford – 10,178 Deputy Reeve :Albert Campbell – 15,369 :George Baker – 8,521 Harris defeated the incumbent, Oliver Crockford Source: "Suburban elections", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 06 Dec 1955: 13 ===Swansea=== Reeve • (incumbent) Dorothy Hague (acclaimed) ===Weston=== Mayor • (incumbent) Harry Clark (acclaimed) ===York=== Reeve :(incumbent) Frederick W. Hall – 6,555 :Walter Saunders – 6,256 :Charles McMaster – 1,039 :Norman Penner – 1,006 Source: "Few Brave Cold Rain To Vote in 3 Suburbs", Taylor, Ewart. The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Dec 1955: 1 ==References==