| 词条 | 1955 Toronto municipal election |
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1955. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, elected a year earlier, was easily reelected. Two referendums were held with the elections. One, which passed, was to extend the municipal term to two years. Previously elections had been held every year. There was also a vote on funding a new Toronto City Hall, which was rejected by voters. Toronto mayorNathan Phillips was opposed for reelection after his first year in office by Board of Control member Roy Belyea, who had been a staunch opponent of Phillips during the year. Also running was Trotskyist Ross Dowson.
Nathan Phillips - 70,647 Roy Belyea - 26,717 Ross Dowson - 2,374 Board of ControlThere were two vacancies on the Board of Control after Roy Belyea's decision to run for mayor and Controller David Balfour's decision to retire.
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
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
William Dennison (incumbent) - 5,366 Edgar Roxborough (incumbent) - 4,051 May Birchard - 2,127 Douglas Shaw - 1,528 Philip Rowley - 683
Ross Parry - 4,149 Howard Phillips (incumbent) - 2,802 John MacVicar (incumbent) - 2,260 Richard James - 1,737
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
Philip Givens (incumbent) - 5,605 Harold Menzies - 4,929 Teslia - 1,907 Paul Pauk - 1,228 Tennant - 1,140 Di Stasi - 872
May Robinson (incumbent) - 10,233 Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 9,473 Grittani - 2,797 George Jackson - 2,274
William Davidson (incumbent) - 5,506 John Kucherepa (incumbent) - 4,993 Thomas Wilson - 2,124 William Repka - 653
Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 13,139 Albert G. Cranham - 8,456 Brawley - 2,542 Chris Stavro - 1,682 Davis - 1,252 John Square - 529
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. SuburbsEtobicoke, East York, Mimico, and Forest Hill elected their councils for two-year terms in 1954 and did not hold elections in 1955. Leaside
Hiscott defeated Councillor Joseph Bannigan to replace retiring mayor Howard Burrell Long Branch
New Toronto
North York
McMahon was re-elected, defeating his challenger Deputy Reeve Maurice T. Hook Scarborough
Harris defeated the incumbent, Oliver Crockford Swansea
Weston
York
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