Toronto municipal election, 1960

Toronto mayor

Phillips had first been elected to city council in 1926 and was elected mayor in 1954 and was reelected in 1956 and 1958. He faced two prominent challengers in the 1960 race. Former mayor and Board of Control member Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Each of the three candidates had the endorsement of one of the city's newspapers. The right-wing Toronto Telegram backed Phillips, the centre-right Globe and Mail backed Newman, and the centre-left Toronto Daily Star backed Lamport. One of the central issues was over the expansion of the Toronto subway system by building the Bloor-Danforth Line. All candidates supported it, but there was debate over how it should be paid for.

Results

Nathan Phillips - 81,699 Allan Lamport - 58,254 Jean Newman - 31,999 Ross Dowson - 1,643 Harry Bradley - 1,511

Board of Control

Top spot on the Board of Control, and the associated budget chief position, was contested between two incumbent conservatives Donald Summerville and William Allen with Summerville winning the top spot. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member William Dennison was also reelected to the Board. The position left open by Newman's decision to run for mayor attracted three aldermen with Philip Givens narrowly beating CCF member Herbert Orliffe and Francis Chambers finishing further behind. A month later in January 1961 William Allen won the position of head of Metro Toronto and resigned from the board. Orliffe was appointed to replace him.

Results

Donald Summerville (incumbent) - 110,893 William Allen (incumbent) - 110,256 William Dennison (incumbent) - 76,169 Philip Givens - 66,972 Herbert Orliffe - 65,418 Francis Chambers - 30,696 William Harris - 14,493 Jessie Jackson - 14,062 Mary Burke - 13,240

City council

In the elections for Toronto City Council, only one incumbent was defeated, May Birchard in Ward 2. In all but one ward where two incumbents were reelected two councillors switched position changing which would also represent the city on the board of Metro Toronto.

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 10,423 Ken Waters (incumbent) - 10,224 Theobald - 5,566 Peter Ward - 2,092

Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale)

Margaret Campbell (incumbent) - 6,829 Michael Grayson - 5,677 May Birchard (incumbent) - 4,927 Stanley Price - 4,095 Thomas McAulay - 3,360 Currey - 1,194

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

William Archer (incumbent) - 7,509 Charles Tidy (incumbent) - 6,707 John MacVicar - 3,977 James Sanderson - 1,156

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

David Rotenberg - 4,766 Horace Brown - 3,626 Murray Caplan - 2,508 Jack Frankel - 2,364 Charles Drukarsh - 2,290 Ralph Meakes - 1,718 Lily Sherizen - 1,654 A.G. Finkelstein - 1,554 Samuel Kwinter - 854 Bruce Magnuson - 847 Dorothy Cureatz - 596

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)

Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 6,667 Joseph Piccininni - 4,873 George Ben - 4,317 Louis Lockhart - 3,162 Lloyd White - 3,054 Russell Doyle - 1,609 Janet McMurray - 1,510 John Jones - 1,055

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 12,590 May Robinson (incumbent) - 11,201 George Jackson - 3,381 Michael Comar - 3,350 A.J, Robertson - 3,285 Stanley Steban - 3,197 W.G. Martin - 2,855 Pauline Miles - 2,360 Jack Starkman - 1,428 Anne Fritz - 1,142

Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

William Davidson (incumbent) - 7,226 Mary Temple (incumbent) - 6,368 Thomas Wilson - 5,258 John O'Shea - 3,540

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 9,995 Tom Wardle Sr. - 9,516 S.T. Bullock - 7,963 Chris Stavro - 7,347 Joseph McNulty - 3,033 S.A. Baker - 2,486 A.A. Williams - 1,382 E.V. Cox - 1,064 Taiml Davis - 922 John Square - 455

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 20,481 Frank Nash (incumbent) - 11,907 Helen Johnston - 9,916 William Hall - 7,166

Results are taken from the December 6, 1960 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Controller William Allen resigned upon being elected Metro Chairman on January 9, 1962; Controller William Dennison became Metro Councillor. Herbert Orliffe was appointed Controller on January 15, 1962

North York

Norman Goodhead elected as reeve.

Scarborough

Albert Campbell re-elected as reeve.