Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1936, after being moved up from the traditional New Year's Day vote. William D. Robbins was easily elected mayor to his first full term in office.

William D. Robbins had been appointed to the office of mayor earlier in the year after the death of incumbent Sam McBride. Challenging Robbins for the post was Alderman John Laidlaw and veteran Robert Harding. Robbins was easily reelected, winning a majority of the vote in every ward. One of his main campaign pledges was the construction of an airport for the city of Toronto. This was realized in 1939 with the creation of the Toronto Island Airport.

Results

William D. Robbins - 74,844

John Laidlaw - 22,018

Robert Harding - 4,045

The promotion of Robbins to the mayoralty and the decision of Controller J. George Ramsden to retire left to vacancies on the Board of Control. The two incumbents were reelected, and three aldermen and Communist leader Tim Buck competed for the two open seats. Frederick J. Conboy and Fred Hamilton were elected.

Results

Ralph Day (incumbent) - 56,847

Frederick J. Conboy - 48,976

William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 48,047

Fred Hamilton - 39,003

Douglas McNish - 32,265

Tim Buck - 31,342

Alfred Burgess - 3,983

Harry Bradley - 3,295

The Communist Party of Canada managed to elect Stewart Smith to City Council from Ward 5. In future elections he would be joined by other Communists such as J.B. Salsberg in forming a far left faction on city council. The Communist Party, and its successor the Labor-Progressive Party would continue to elect members to council until the late 1940s.

Ward 1 (Riverdale)

W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - 6,794

Frank M. Johnston (incumbent) - 6,717

Graham Spry - 3,440

Ernest Hewett - 2,727

Harry Bell - 1,161

Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale)

Allan Lamport - 3,982

Adelaide Plumptre (incumbent) - 3,445

John R. Beamish (incumbent) - 3,194

William Dennison - 1,479

Winston George Harris - 808

Bob King - 320

William McFerran - 221

Ward 3 (Central Business District)

John S. Simmons (incumbent) - 2,785

Percy Quinn - 1,784

Fred Bartrem - 1,419

Neil MacMillan - 961

Jean Laing - 692

Ward 4 (Kensington Market and Garment District)

Nathan Phillips (incumbent) - 4,127

Robert Hood Saunders (incumbent) - 3,884

J.B. Salsberg - 3,633

Herbert Orliffe - 813

Albert Leslie - 673

Ward 5 (Trinity-Bellwoods

Stewart Smith - 3,500

Ernest Bogart - 3,076

Albert Hacker - 3,041

Ward Markle - 2,862

Clifford McBride - 2,713

Harold Menzies - 2,618

Charles Ward - 1,773

Harold Kerr - 896

James Conner - 795

Alfons Stanewski - 616

Thomas Guy - 439

Valentine Burda - 273

Basil Ingelby - 165

Ward 6 (Davenport and Parkdale)

D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 6,786

George Grannell - 5,044

William V. Muir - 4,182

William Miller - 3,439

John Reid - 2,658

Neil Cameron - 2,129

Harry Stephenson - 1,518

Jones - 1,031

Bertram Tipping - 746

William Logie - 742

Grace Farrow - 370

Ward 7 (West Toronto Junction)

George H. Gardiner (incumbent) - 5,125

Frank Whetter (incumbent) - 3,603

Charles Rowntree - 3,206

McMurray - 895

Thompson - 533

Shaw - 296

Ward 8 (The Beaches)

Walter Howell (incumbent) - 8,116

Ernest Bray (incumbent) - 8,001

Ernest Woollon - 4,725

Frederick Collins - 1,390

David Weir - 615

Ward 9 (North Toronto)

William D. Ellis (incumbent) - 6,580

William Croft - 5,338

John Innes - 5,282

Results taken from the December 8, 1936 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.

• Election Coverage. Toronto Star. December 8, 1936