1952 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1952. Incumbent mayor Allan Lamport easily won against former alderman Nathan Phillips.
There were two referendum questions on the ballot. One called for municipal terms in the city to be extended from one year to two. This measure was rejected, but was later passed in the 1955 election. The second measure was to approve funds for the construction of the Regent Park housing project, which was passed by a slim margin.
The province of Ontario passed legislation on April 7, 1953, federating the City of Toronto and twelve surrounding suburban townships and villages into the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. A Metropolitan Toronto Council came into being on April 15, 1953, and was made up of the Metro Chairman, Frederick Gardiner, who had been appointed by the province, the Mayor of Toronto, the City of Toronto's two most senior Controllers, nine senior aldermen from each of the City of Toronto, and the twelve suburban mayors and reeves.
Toronto mayor
Lamport and Phillips had contested the mayoralty a year earlier in 1951. Phillips' vote increased substantially in the rematch, but Lamport was still easily reelected.'''Results:'''
Board of Control
All four incumbents were reelected to the Board of Control despite several high-profile candidates running as well. Two sitting aldermen, Joseph Cornish and John McMechan, ran for spots, but finished fifth and sixth. In seventh was former Controller and Communist Stewart Smith.'''Results'''
City council
Ward 1Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Results are taken from the December 3, 1953 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Outside Toronto
[East York]
Reeve'''Deputy Reeve'''
[Etobicoke]
Reeve'''Deputy Reeve'''
Forest Hill">Forest Hill, Toronto">Forest Hill
Reeve'''Deputy Reeve'''
[Leaside]
MayorReeve
'''Deputy Reeve'''
Long Branch">Long Branch, Toronto">Long Branch
'''Reeve'''[Mimico]
Mayor- '''A.D. Norris'''
[New Toronto]
'''Mayor'''[North York]
ReeveSource: "Lawyer Provides Upset: 3-Time North York Reeve Beaten", The Globe and Mail ; Toronto, Ont. 02 Dec 1952: C5. and "McMahon defeats Boylen in N. York", Toronto Daily Star ; Toronto, Ontario 02 Dec 1952: 22.
Scarborough">Scarborough, Ontario">Scarborough
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Swansea">Swansea, Toronto">Swansea
'''Reeve'''Weston">Weston, Toronto">Weston
MayorReeve
'''Deputy Reeve'''