The Boston mayoral election of 1945 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1945. Former

Mayor of Boston The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a m ...

James Michael Curley James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston between 1914 and 1955. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he ...

defeated acting mayor John E. Kerrigan and four other candidates. Curley was inaugurated on Monday, January 7, 1946.

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, Member of the

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since 1943 and from 1913 to 1914. Mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1918, 1922 to 1926, 1930 to 1934.

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from 1935 to 1937. Member of the

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from 1902 to 1903. * Michael Paul Feeney, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1939 and the Boston City Council since 1944. * John E. Kerrigan, acting Mayor of Boston since

Maurice J. Tobin Maurice Joseph Tobin (May 22, 1901July 19, 1953) was an American politician serving as 46th Mayor of Boston, the 56th Governor of Massachusetts and 6th United States Secretary of Labor. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Dem ...

's resignation in January 1945. Member of the

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since 1933. * Joseph Lee, member of the

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from 1937 to 1941. * William Arthur Reilly, former Boston Fire Commissioner and a former member of the Boston Finance Commission and

. * John J. Sawtelle, Member of the

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since 1943.

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