1951_Boston_mayoral_election

1951 Boston mayoral election

Election

The Boston mayoral election of 1951 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1951, between Mayor of Boston John B. Hynes and former Mayor James Michael Curley. Hynes was elected to his second term.

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This was the first Boston mayoral race with a preliminary election, which was held on Tuesday, September 25, 1951. In November 1949, voters had approved changing the structure of future mayoral contests to include a preliminary election, non-partisan in nature, to select two final candidates in advance of each general election, which would remain non-partisan.^[1] It also shifted the years in which elections would be held. The first such election had been set for 1951,^[1] meaning that Hynes' previous term was only two years in duration.

Inaugural exercises were held Monday, January 7, 1952.^[2]

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"Plan A Wins; Boston to Get New Charter". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.^{[permanent dead link]}

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"Hynes and Score of Other Mayors Take Oath Today". The Boston Globe. January 7, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.

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Lewis, William (August 23, 1951). "Dark Horse May Enter Boston's Mayoralty Race". The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.

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Annual Report of the Election Department. Boston [Election Dept.] 1952. p. 44.

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Annual Report of the Election Department. Boston [Election Dept.] 192. p. 136.

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Candidates	Preliminary Election^[4]		General Election^[5]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
John B. Hynes (incumbent)	108,414	53.41	154,206	66.88
James Michael Curley	77,268	38.07	76,354	33.12
Joseph F. Timilty	15,890	7.83
Thomas J. O'Brien	1,406	0.69

Ward^[4]	Hynes		Curley
Ward^[4]	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	6,436	56.19	5,017	43.81
2	3,251	49.30	3,343	50.70
3	6,228	60.59	4,051	39.41
4	6,147	73.41	2,226	26.59
5	8,366	80.66	2,006	19.34
6	4,882	51.27	4,641	48.73
7	6,634	57.18	4,967	42.82
8	3,319	45.36	3,999	54.64
9	4,133	54.81	3,408	45.19
10	4,970	51.67	4,649	48.33
11	4,766	54.89	3,917	45.11
12	7,061	73.58	2,536	26.42
13	5,511	61.27	3,483	38.73
14	10,983	80.57	2,648	19.43
15	5,411	62.26	3,280	37.74
16	8,821	72.55	3,338	27.45
17	8,824	75.41	2,878	24.59
18	11,060	72.95	4,101	27.05
19	7,428	68.08	3,483	31.92
20	12,528	80.54	3,027	19.46
21	9,797	80.84	2,322	19.16
22	7,650	71.60	3,034	28.40

1951_Boston_mayoral_election

1951 Boston mayoral election

Candidates

Candidates eliminated in preliminary

Results

General election results by ward

See also

References

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