Toronto municipal election, 1962

Toronto mayor

Phillips had first been elected to city council in 1926 and was elected mayor in 1954. He had won an unprecedented four elections to become the longest serving mayor in Toronto history. Summerville was much younger and had first been elected to council in 1955, representing the eastern Beaches area. One of the central issues of the campaign was a desire for change and a more youthful mayor. Summerville won by large margin more than doubling Phillips' total. Summerville won every ward in the city, including Phillips' former area. Less than a year into his term Summerville died of a heart attack while playing hockey, and was replaced by Controller Philip Givens.

Results

Donald Summerville - 117,031 Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 51,933 Frank Nasso - 4,966 Ross Dowson - 1,119 Harry Bradley - 815 Charles Henry Mahoney - 406

Board of Control

Summerville's decision to run for mayor opened one position on the Board of Control, the four-person executive committee elected at large across the city. This opening was won by former mayor Allan Lamport, who bested council members Margaret Campbell and Ken Waters.

Philip Givens (incumbent) - 88,629 Allan Lamport - 84,902 William Dennison (incumbent) - 76,504 Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 73,118 Margaret Campbell - 72,108 Ken Waters - 62,019 Phyllis Clarke - 16,151 Frederick Graham - 10,475 Dorothy Cureatz - 6,752

City council

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 11,714 Oscar Sigsworth - 7,853 Thomas Clifford - 6,073 Peter Ward - 2,024

Ward 2 (Regent Park and Rosedale)

Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 4,809 May Birchard - 4,465 Stanley Price - 3,546 June Marks - 2,946 Thomas McAulay - 2,277 Ernest Stanton - 1,941 John MacVicar - 1,824 Arthur J. Brown - 1,745 Glen Dawson - 593 Axel Olson - 215

Ward 3 (West Downtown and Summerhill)

William Archer (incumbent) - 9,076 Charles Tidy (incumbent) - 7,844 James Sanderson - 1,748

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

David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 6,448 Horace Brown (incumbent) - 5,764 Francis Chambers - 5,525 Jack Frankel - 2,364 Sam Sherman - 1,788

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy)

George Ben - 7,045 Joseph Piccininni (incumbent) - 6,623 Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 6,237 Lloyd White - 2,524 John Jones - 1,289 Michael Kaschuk - 1,123 Stanley Linkovich - 1,051

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

May Robinson (incumbent) - 11,652 Frank Clifton (incumbent) - 8,790 Hugh Bruce - 7,346 George Jackson - 2,677 Pauline Miles - 2,460 Harry Branscombe - 2,298 William Varley - 1,310

Ward 7 (Bloor West Village)

Mary Temple (incumbent) - 7,467 William Davidson (incumbent) - 5,850 Thomas Wilson - 3,433 Ben Grys - 3,105 James Stephens - 2,187

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 17,161 Alex Hodgins (incumbent) - 16,449 Chris Stavro - 7,750 John Square - 1,939

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

Richard Horkins - 13,741 Kenneth Ostrander (incumbent) - 12,234 Paul Pickett - 9,324 Frank Nash (incumbent) - 7,420 John Lawer - 6,945

Results are taken from the December 4, 1962 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Mayor Donald Summerville died on November 19, 1963. Controller Philip Givens became Acting Mayor and on November 25 was unanimously chosen Mayor; Controller William Dennison became a Metro Councillor. On November 28 Ward 3 Alderman William Archer was chosen controller and Alderman Charles Tidy was chosen Metro Councillor. On December 9 Helen Johnston was appointed Ward 3 Alderman.

North York

Norman Goodhead re-elected as reeve.

Scarborough

Albert Campbell re-elected as reeve.