1955 Toronto municipal election


Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1955. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, elected a year earlier, was easily reelected.
Two referendums were held with the elections. One, which passed, was to extend the municipal term to two years. Previously elections had been held every year. There was also a vote on funding a new Toronto City Hall, which was rejected by voters.

Toronto mayor

was opposed for reelection after his first year in office by Board of Control member Roy Belyea, who had been a staunch opponent of Phillips during the year. Also running was Trotskyist Ross Dowson.
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Board of Control

There were two vacancies on the Board of Control after Roy Belyea's decision to run for mayor and Controller David Balfour's decision to retire.
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City council

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;Ward 2
;Ward 3
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Results are taken from the December 6, 1955 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

Suburbs

Etobicoke, East York, Mimico, and Forest Hill elected their councils for two-year terms in 1954 and did not hold elections in 1955.

Leaside

;Mayor
Hiscott defeated Councillor Joseph Bannigan to replace retiring mayor Howard Burrell

Long Branch

;Reeve
;Mayor
;*Donald R. Russell

North York

;Reeve
McMahon was re-elected, defeating his challenger Deputy Reeve Maurice T. Hook

Scarborough

;Reeve
Harris defeated the incumbent, Oliver Crockford

Swansea

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;Mayor
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