1956 Toronto municipal election


Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1956. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips was easily reelected. Jean Newman became the first woman elected to the Board of Control, and topped the poll to become budget chief.

Toronto mayor

, elected two years earlier, faced only limited opposition from Trotskyist Ross Dowson and was easily reelected.
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Board of Control

All four sitting Board of Control members chose to run for reelection. Controller and former mayor Leslie Saunders was pushed off the board by Jean Newman's victory. Newman is the first woman to be elected to the Board of Control or to win a city-wide election in Toronto.
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City council

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Results are taken from the December 4, 1956 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Changes

Ward 7 Alderman John Kucherepa resigned January 6, 1958 having been elected in the 1957 Federal Election; Thomas Wilson was appointed replacement on January 20.

Suburbs

East York

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Jack R. Allen defeated business executive C. Howard Chandler.

Etobicoke

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Deputy Reeve Waffle defeated Bennett, a former Toronto alderman to replace retiring reeve Bev Lewis.

Forest Hill

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;Mayor
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;Donald Russell

North York

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Councillor Singer defeated former deputy reeve Hook to replace retiring reeve, Fred McMahon.

Scarborough

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