James Michael Curley John B. Hynes The Boston mayoral election of 1949 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 1949, between incumbent Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley, city clerk and former acting mayor John B. Hynes, and three other candidates.

Boston voters also approved changing the structure of future mayoral contests to include a preliminary election, to select two final candidates in advance of each general election.

[1] It also shifted the years in which elections would be held.

[1] Hynes was inaugurated on Monday, January 2, 1950.

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