1964 Toronto mayoral election

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Candidate Philip Givens Allan Lamport Popular vote 62,628 52,143 Percentage 52% 43%

Mayor of Toronto before election Philip Givens Elected Mayor of Toronto Philip Givens

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1964. Incumbent mayor Philip Givens defeated former mayor Allan Lamport.

Philip Givens had become mayor in late 1963 after the unexpected death of Donald Dean Summerville. He had previously served many years on city council. He was opposed by Allan A. Lamport, a veteran politician who had served as mayor a decade earlier from 1952 to 1954. Both candidates were affiliated with the Liberal Party, but Lamport ran on a more conservative platform.

Results

Philip Givens - 62,628

Allan Lamport - 52,143

Ross Dowson - 3,026

Charles Mahoney - 1,903

The Toronto Board of Control had one vacancy due to Lamport's decision to run for mayor. Former alderwoman Margaret Campbell bested aldermen George Ben and Richard Horkins to win the position. The Board election was citywide with the top four elected. The two controllers with the most votes also sit on Metropolitan Toronto Council.^[1][2]

Results

William Dennison (incumbent) - 68,892

Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 66,280

William Archer (incumbent) - 65,593

Margaret Campbell - 60,900

George Ben - 59,751

Richard Horkins - 47,906

Harry Bradley - 12,949

Phyllis Clarke - 10,284

Fred Graham - 9,673

Patricia Mitchell - 6,750

Two City Council incumbents were defeated. In the Beaches Alice Summerville, widow of Mayor Summerville, reclaimed her husband's former seat and defeated incumbent Alex Hodgins. In the west end William Davidson, who had first been elected to council in 1926, was defeated in a surprise upset by Ben Grys. Two candidates were elected from each ward, with the top vote-getter also winning a seat on Metro Toronto council. Due to the acclamation in Ward 1 Council chose Fred Beavis as that Ward's Metro representative.

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

Fred Beavis (incumbent) - acclaimed

Oscar Sigsworth (incumbent) - acclaimed

Ward 2 (East Regent Park and Rosedale)

Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,381

June Marks - 4,268

May Birchard (incumbent) - 3,717

Thomas O'Neil - 3,104

John Sault - 2,610

Donald Weir - 1,902

Stanley Price - 1,350

John Currey - 691

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

Charles Caccia - 4,930

Helen Johnston (incumbent) - 3,194

Harold Fishleigh - 2,528

John MacVicar - 2,259

Jack Frankel - 1,975

John Knox - 1,741

Peter Ward - 356

James Sanderson - 192

Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)

David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 7,795

Horace Brown (incumbent) - 6,439

Samuel Kwinter - 1,717

Dorothy Cureatz - 1,417

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)

Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 8,091

Harold Menzies - 4,750

William Boytchuk - 3,949

John Jones - 1,234

Charles Weir - 1,216

Edward Cox - 1,096

James Westhead - 869

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

Hugh Bruce - 6,836

Ken Dear - 4,984

Tony O'Donohue - 4,853

Archie Chisholm - 4,636

Robert Grossi - 3,039

Elio Madona - 3,016

Pauline Miles - 2,365

Michael Comar - 2,248

Sam Fuda - 2,114

Anne Fritz - 1,675

Hugh Foley - 1,410

Steven Mitchell - 605

Michael Vicko - 499

Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

Mary Temple (incumbent) - 13,512

Ben Grys - 10,241

William Davidson (incumbent) - 4,778

Charles Edwards - 914

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 11,449

Alice Summerville - 10,871

Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 10,418

Edward Gillien - 823

John Square - 556

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

Paul Pickett - 12,372

Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 8,774

David Crombie - 8,371

Kenneth David - 6,378

Willem Meyer - 4,335

Jules Pelletier - 3,532

Results are taken from the December 8, 1964 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Reeve

(incumbent)True Davidson 9,374

Leslie Saunders 5,332

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Davidson defeated former Toronto mayor Saunders to be re-elected reeve.

Reeve

(incumbent)John Palmer MacBeth (acclaimed)

Board of Control (2 elected)

(incumbent)Murray Johnson 17,247

(incumbent)John Carroll 16,159

Dorothy Hobbs 8,889

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Reeve

(incumbent)Edwin Pivnick 2,309

Sidney Banks 1,030

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Mayor

(incumbent)Beth Nealson 4,126

Lloyd Dickinson 2,982

Reeve

Thomas Berry 858

(incumbent)Leonard E. Ford 711

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Mayor

(incumbent)Hugh Griggs (acclaimed)

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Mayor

• (incumbent)Donald Russell (acclaimed)

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Reeve

James Ditson Service 37,942

(incumbent)Norman C. Goodhead 24,337

Gerald Long 1,886

Water Reiter 1,287

James Ditson Service is elected Reeve of North York, upsetting incumbent Norman Goodhead.

Board of Control

G. Gordon Hurlburt 30,976

Irving Paisley 29,118

Frank Watson 25,830

Basil H. Hall 23,554

Paul Hunt 19,558

Gerald Gallagher 16,547

Gordon Mattershead 10,848

Robert Douglas 10,253

John Gamble 6,461

Edward Conlorz 6,356

Malcolm Carinduff 2,754

The 1964 election saw the creation of North York's inaugural Board of Control.

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Township Council

Paul Godfrey and Robert Yuill are elected as ward councillors.

Reeve

(incumbent)Albert Campbell 24,931

George Barker 9,901

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Reeve

(incumbent)Lucien Kurata 1,847

Helen Begg 1,198

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Mayor

C.W. Boddington 1,144

M.L. Cott 810

C.W. Caskey 681

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

Reeve

(incumbent)Jack Mould 11,467

Chris Tonks 7,984

Charles McMaster 1,268

(source: Globe and Mail, page 9, December 9, 1964)

• Election coverage. Toronto Star. December 8, 1964
• "Toronto's Municipal Election". Toronto Star. December 13, 1964