1966 Toronto municipal election
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Municipal elections were held in
Rules were also changed to have municipal elections scheduled every three years, rather than every two as had been done previously.
Toronto mayoral race
Incumbent mayor
Central issues during the election was the extension of the
In the final vote, the city was divided along ethnic and class lines. Givens dominated the downtown core winning the votes of the young and the cultured. He also won the heavily Jewish neighbourhood of Forest Hill. Archer carried the wealthy areas of Rosedale and North Toronto which had large populations of British descent. Dennison was victorious by winning the working class districts in both the east and west end of the city, including strong votes from Italian and Polish areas.
- Results
- William Dennison - 59,363
- Philip Givens (incumbent) - 54,525
- William Archer40,946
- John Sara - 1,239
City council and Board of Control
The 1966 election was the last in Toronto for the
Board of Control
The
- Results
- Margaret Campbell (incumbent) - 88,036
- June Marks - 77,655
- Herbert Orliffe (incumbent) - 76,412
- Allan Lamport - 67,677
- George Ben - 63,206
- Joseph Piccininni- 58,122
- Phyllis Clarke - 10,162
- Arthur Young - 9,550
- John Charles Ewing - 6,071
- Dorothy Cureatz - 4,262
- Shaba Musa - 2,399
Aldermen
Two aldermen were elected per Ward. The alderman with the most votes was declared Senior Alderman and sat on both Toronto City Council and Metro Council.
- Ward 1 (Riverdale)
- Fred Beavis (incumbent) - 10,038
- Oscar Sigsworth (incumbent) - 7,129
- Vern Burnett - 2,305
- Edward Cox - 1,708
- Ward 2 (East Downtown and Rosedale)
- Michael Grayson (incumbent) - 6,426
- Helen Johnston (incumbent) - 6,289
- Harry Pope - 4,168
- Donald Weir - 3,827
- Keith Martin - 3,819
- John Conforzi - 3,122
- Gerald Quirke - 383
- Ward 3 (West Downtown and Forest Hill)
- David Rotenberg (incumbent) - 13,683
- Charles Caccia (incumbent) - 11,720
- Peter Stollery - 4,007
- Isador Milton - 3,382
- Sidney Banks - 3,154
- James Sanderson - 1,064
- Ward 4 (The Annex, Kensington Market and Garment District)
- Horace Brown (incumbent) - 4,913
- Monte Harris - 4,021
- John Polowko - 1,601
- Elizabeth Catty - 1,565
- William Clarke - 1,472
- Sam Komenar - 928
- Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods)
- Tony O'Donohue - 5,920
- Harold Menzies (incumbent) - 4,969
- Elio Madonia - 3,675
- Herry Wilk - 2,892
- Pauline Miles - 1,361
- Charles Weir - 931
- Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)
- Hugh Bruce (incumbent) - 6,692
- Kenneth Dear (incumbent) - 5,827
- Archie Chishom - 4,993
- Robert Grossi - 3,168
- John O'Brien - 2,332
- Anne Fritz - 1,046
- Ward 7 (High Park and Swansea)
- Mary Temple (incumbent) - 13,512
- Ben Grys (incumbent) - 10,241
- William Boytchuk- 5,876
- John McRae - 1,891
- Ward 8 (The Beaches)
- Tom Wardle Sr. (incumbent) - 13,512
- Alice Summerville (incumbent) - 12,212
- Alex Hodgins - 7,370
- Edward Gillen - 874
- John Square - 613
- Ward 9 (North Toronto)
- Paul Pickett (incumbent) - 19,035
- Richard Horkins - 16,241
- Jules Pelletier - 6,513
- Michael Comar - 1,771
Results are taken from the December 6, 1966 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Changes
Controller
Ward 3 Alderman Charles Caccia resigned June 1969 having been elected in the 1968 Federal Election and was not replaced.
Ward 9 Alderman Richard Horkins resigned on November 1, 1969 upon appointment as a Toronto Hydro Commissioner and was not replaced.
Metropolitan Toronto reorganization and mergers
From its inception in 1953 until the 1966 election,
With the 1966 election, Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico were absorbed by Etobicoke; Weston was absorbed into York; Leaside into East York; and Swansea and Forest Hill, into Toronto. The reorganized Metropolitan Toronto was made up of six constituent municipalities: the City of Toronto and five
Concurrently, representation on Metropolitan Toronto Council also changed and the body was expanded from 22 to 32 seats, with greater representation from the suburbs which now had 20 out of 32 seats on the body - up from 11 out of 22 with seats roughly allocated according to population. The distribution of seats was as follows. Toronto (12), North York (6), Scarborough (5), Etobicoke (4), York (3), East York (2). The new Metro Council was made up of the mayor of Toronto, two of the four members of the Toronto Board of Control, senior aldermen from the nine wards of the City of Toronto, the mayor of Scarborough and the four members of Scarborough's Board of Control, the mayor of Etobicoke and three of the four members of Etobicoke's Board of Control (the top three in terms of votes), the mayor of York and its two Controllers, the mayor of East York and one alderman, selected by East York council, the mayor of North York, all four members of North York's Board of Control, and one alderman selected by North York's council.[1]
Suburbs
East York
- Mayor
- (incumbent)True Davidson 12,312
- Royden Brigham 8,112
- Beth Nealson 7,957
Davidson defeated Brigham and Leaside Mayor Nealson who was running against Davison due to Leaside being amalgamrated into the new borough of East York, in what was billed by the media as the "Battle of the Belles".[5][6] (source: Globe and Mail, page 8, 6 Dec 1966)
Etobicoke
- Mayor
- Edward Austin Horton 21,591
- Murray Johnson 17,566
- Thomas Berry 10,899
- Board of Control (4 elected)
- Donald Russell 26,540
- David Lacey 24,458
- (incumbent)John Carroll 24,138
- W. Kenneth Robinson 21,367
- George Bondy 20,528
- Lloyd Shier 20,091
- Hugh Griggs 18,366
(source: Globe and Mail, page 8, 6 Dec 1966)
North York
- Mayor
- (incumbent)James Ditson Service - 53,131 (82.8%)
- Sam Wagman - 11,037 (17.2%)
- Board of Control (4 elected)
- (incumbent)G. Gordon Hurlburt - 42,060
- (incumbent)Basil H. Hall - 38,670
- (incumbent)Frank Watson - 35,826
- Paul Hunt - 35,446
- (incumbent)Irv Paisley - 35,080
- Fishleigh - 14,024
Scarborough
- Mayor
- Albert Campbell 38,517 (76.2%)
- Douglas Goddard 12,070 (23.8%)
Campbell, the outgoing reeve, is elected the first mayor of Scarborough.
- Board of Control (4 elected)
- Robert W. White 34,886
- Gus Harris 28,543
- Brian Harrison 28,143
- Karl Mallette 25,051
- Oliver E. Crockford 21,869
- George Barker 18,835
Scarborough elected its inaugural Board of Control.
Reference: "For Ab Campbell, it was probably the last hurrah", Toronto Daily Star (page 13), December 6, 1966,
York
- Mayor
- (incumbent) Jack Mould 17,744
- Albert Stollard 5,956
- Charles J. McMaster 2,241
- Board of Control (2 elected)
- Philip White13,749
- C. Wesley Boddington 11,826
- Florence Gell 7,544
- Charles Goodfellow 7,324
- John George Tames 2,694
This was York's inaugural Board of Control
(source: Globe and Mail, page 8, 6 Dec 1966)
References
- ^ a b c d "Etobicoke adds new mayor's face to Metro Council: Metro Council will be more alert to public opinion", Baker, Alden. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]06 Dec 1966: 37.
- ^ "Metro's Day, Metro's Duty", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Dec 1960: 6.
- ^ "Dual Role: Metro's 2-Hatted 2 Dozen" The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]09 Dec 1964: 5
- ^ "Inaugural Meeting April 15 Large Sums To Be Needed For Services", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]08 Apr 1953: 1
- ^ Bradburn, Jamie (July 19, 2014). "Historicist: The Battle of the Belles". The Torontoist. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Beth Nealson, 83 last mayor.
- Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 6, 1966