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The 1946 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 9, 1946, to select one Mayor, four Controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario, City Council, as well as members of the local Board of Education.〔"Monday's Vote: A Look At The Candidates", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Dec. 7, 1946, pp. 6〕 Held immediately following the 1946 Stelco strike, the election set a record for voter turnout, with 65.1% of eligible voters casting a ballot.〔"Largest Percentage Ever Of Electors Casts Votes", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Dec. 10, 1946, pp. 7.〕 ==Election campaign== In light of the city's labour situation, interest in the vote increased in the months leading up to election day, with speculation about mayoral contenders and candidates for council regular news in the Hamilton Spectator.〔"Find Increasing Increasing In Civic Elections Here", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Nov. 7, 1946, pp. 7.〕〔"Two Man Fight For Mayoralty Now Rumoured", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Nov. 8, 1946, pp. 10.〕〔"Seven Candidates May Be In Field For Controllers", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Nov. 11, 1946, pp. 7.〕 The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) fielded a slate of candidates for each of the positions on council. The party nominated Sam Lawrence for the mayoralty, Roy Aindow for Board of Control, and candidates for alderman in every ward but Ward One. Only Wards Four and Seven had contested Board of Education races, the CCF nominated Norman Draker in Ward Four.〔 The Labour-Progressive Party nominated candidates, most notably Helen Anderson, a prominent party member and two-term Ward Seven Alderman.〔"Controller Henderson heads field with Anderson second", ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, Dec. 10, 1946.〕 The Hamilton Women's Civic Club, a right-leaning organization dominated by Controller Henderson, nominated candidates for office. Henderson had received considerable public criticism for her stance on the strike at Stelco, having challenged the picketers by crossing the line in August, and subsequently becoming one of the city's strongest anti-Lawrence figures.〔Freeman, Bill and Marsha Hewitt, ''Their Town: The Mafia, The Media, and the Party Machine'', James Lorimer & Co., Toronto: 1979, pp. 51-52.〕 WCC candidates campaigned on a platform of civic impartiality, despite receiving the backing of a strong political organization, and defended the actions of Henderson on the grounds of maintaining the rule of law and upholding her oath of office.〔"The Hamilton Women's Civic Club (Advertisement), ''Hamilton Spectator'', News, December 4, 1946, pp. 13.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election, 1946」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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