Toronto city council Toronto municipal election, 1969

ward boundaries used in 1969 election

with election, there 3 important changes in how toronto governed. board of control abolished, replaced executive committee of city council. political parties introduced municipal politics, both liberals , new democrats running slates. progressive conservatives chose not run organized slate, despite supporters having majority of seats on council prior election. locally based civic action party (civac) organized election. founded ryerson professor david crombie, loose coalition of moderate reform minded candidates. trotskyist league socialist action ran candidates party. thirdly, ward map redrawn 2 new wards , replacement of strip wards had extended northern limits of city lake block wards bloor street border. under previous boundaries wealthier neighbourhoods tended north of bloor in same wards poorer neighbourhoods south of bloor resulted in alderman being elected richer neighbourhoods higher turnout. result of new boundaries, more affluent neighbourhoods north of bloor separated poorer neighbourhoods south of bloor , that, result, new wards south of bloor more elect alderman represented interests of poorer working class residents. change occurred result of demands social activists went ontario municipal board demanding block ward system. result, 1969 election saw several reform aldermen being elected, including john sewell , karl jaffary in new ward 7 had been carved out of old ward 2. mayor dennison commented never have been elected in ward 2 .

in toronto election, 22 aldermen elected 11 wards, 2 highest vote-getters in each ward being elected. top vote-getter in each ward won seat on metro council. election disaster liberals: clarkson finished distant third, , 2 members elected city council. successful of parties civac, won 5 seats. 3 new democrats elected, , rest of winning candidates had run independents.

the striking change defeat of 6 incumbent, tory, pro-development councillors reform candidates. michael grayson, oscar sigsworth, harold menzies, helen johnston, ken dear, , alice summerville defeated. 4 other aldermen had retired prior election, , new council contained ten new members. new arrivals included david crombie, john sewell, , art eggleton.

a loose coalition formed controlled 11 of 22 council seats, there sharp divisions between left members such sewell , jaffary , more right-wing members such hope , o donahue. coalition broke down. o donohue, rotenberg, eggleton sided more old guard pro-development faction leaving 7 members consistently opposed urban renewal plans.

the top 2 each ward elected toronto city council. top candidate each ward won seat on metro toronto council.

ward 1 (swansea , bloor west village)
ben grys (incumbent)- 9,031
william boytchuk - 4,544
frank paznar - 3,895
william zock (ndp) - 2,861
reta hirons (ndp) - 2,069
robert karfell (liberal) - 1,245
harry bradley - 800


ward 2 (parkdale , brockton)
allan lamport (incumbent) - 5,817
archie chisholm (ndp) - 4,412
kenneth dear (incumbent) - 3,526
michael comar (liberal)- 1,670
robert grossi - 1,345
nino de costa (liberal)- 1,116
michael kaschuck - 677
harry stone (league socialist action)- 405


ward 3 (davenport , corso italia)
hugh bruce (liberal, incumbent) - 5,131
joseph piccininni (incumbent) - 4,340
fortunato rao (ndp) - 1,563
marc llanos (ndp) - 1,007
pamela ward - 559
alice maigis - 516


ward 4 (trinity-bellwoods , little italy)
tony o donohue (incumbent, civac) - 4,962
art eggleton (civac) - 2,668
johnny lombardi - 2,473
vernon kimball (ndp) - 1,083
frank lacka - 1,044
jack matraia - 609
norman brudy - 392
harold peerenboom (liberal) - 332


ward 5 (the annex , yorkville)
ying hope (civac) - 6,016
william archer - 5,370
harold menzies (incumbent) - 3,916
hugh marchand (ndp) - 3,058
kenneth counsell (liberal) - 2,679
frank ricciuti (liberal) - 2,300
ted culp (ndp) - 768
david astle - 574
joan newbigging (league socialist action) - 330


ward 6 (financial district, toronto - university of toronto)
june marks (incumbent) - 4,738
horace brown (incumbent) - 2,810
peter stollery (liberal) - 2,768
michael grayson (incumbent) - 2,755
john conforzi (civac) - 2,314
helen roedde (ndp) - 2,052
donald flowers (liberal) - 977
charles downes - 624
dorothy cureatz - 301
james sanderson - 180


ward 7 (regent park , riverdale)
karl jaffary (ndp) - 5,433
john sewell - 5,054
oscar sigsworth (incumbent) - 3,093
michael doran - 2,554
sam rotenburg - 2,515
douglas loney (liberal) - 1,379
richard fidler (league socialist action) - 418
charles rolfe - 324
steve necheff - 270


ward 8 (riverdale)
fred beavis (incumbent) - 7,154
tom clifford - 4,158
tony barclay (ndp) - 3,090
betty knight - 2,763
steve arvanitis (ndp) - 2,681
tony calderaro (liberal) - 990
kenneth swire - 331


ward 9 (the beaches)
tom wardle sr. (incumbent) - 9,178
reid scott (ndp) - 8,965
alice summerville (incumbent) - 5,697
gerry thompson (ndp) - 3,528
robert fullerton - 1,733
don grills (liberal) - 1,116


ward 10 (rosedale , north toronto)
paul pickett (incumbent) - 13,700
william kilbourn (liberal) - 8,221
helen johnston (incumbent) - 5,371
ann tomlinson (liberal) - 3,508
juanna hemsol (civac) - 2,353
eleanor o connor (ndp) - 1,849
michael harper - 962


ward 11 (forest hill , north toronto)
david rotenberg (incumbent, civac) - 15, 389
david crombie (civac) - 14,036
samuel kellner (liberal) - 7,512
bernard eastman (ndp) - 1,773
robert macgilchrist - 1,466
pauline shapero - 673

results taken december 2, 1969 toronto star , might not match final tallies.