1926 Ottawa municipal election explained

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1926 to elect members of the 1927 Ottawa City Council.

Mayor of Ottawa

Incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie is re-elected, defeating future mayors Patrick Nolan (a former alderman) and controller Frank H. Plant. Balharrie won eight of the city's nine wards, losing just Victoria Ward to Nolan.

CandidateVotes%
12,336 49.49
6,354 25.49
6,237 25.02

Plebiscites

Property owners voted against a plebiscite which would have raised $330,000 to pay for the removal of cross-town tracks.

Removal of cross-town tracks
OptionVotes%
No 4,364 53.50
Yes 3,793 46.50

Voters approved a plebiscite to move public school board elections from being elected by ward to an at-large voting system.

Public school board
OptionVotes%
Yes 8,323 63.77
No 4,728 36.23

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Charles J. Tulley 13,971 20.22
Arthur Ellis 12,134 17.56
Herbert McElroy 11,453 16.58
Frank LaFortune 10,271 14.87
7,323 10.60
E. M. Barrett 6,907 10.00
5,564 8.04
J. W. Hinchcliffe 1,460 2.11

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Robert Ingram 735 37.91
David Esdale 638 32.90
566 29.19
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
Eric Query 994 32.76
A. W. (Fred) Desjardins 930 30.65
730 24.06
Greenberg 248 8.17
Ryan 132 4.35
St. George Ward
CandidateVotes%
T. E. Dansereau Acclaimed
George J. O'ConnorAcclaimed
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
James W. McNabb 1,813 37.16
E. D. Lowe 1,585 32.49
1,481 30.35
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
John Warren York 2,943 36.09
McGregor Easson 2,777 34.06
McKinnon 1,221 14.97
Rose 1,213 14.88
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Sam Crooks 2,844 36.38
Jim Forward 2,352 30.08
McCarthy 1,544 19.75
Stokes 1,078 13.79
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ernest Laroche Acclaimed
Gerald Sims Acclaimed
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Aristide Belanger 1,367 35.52
Joseph Landriault 1,017 26.43
Lanthier 753 19.57
St. Denis 711 18.48
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
Dr. G. M. Geldert 2,284 45.74
William R. Low 1,406 28.16
1,303 26.10

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