1935 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1935.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 17,810 | 49.28 |
| 9,755 | 26.99 |
| Patrick Nolan (X) | 6,414 | 17.75 |
| 2,164 | 5.99 | |
Plebiscites
| Are you in favour of the adoption of daylight saving in the city during June, July and August only instead of during the months of May, June, July, August and September as at present? |
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| Option | Votes | % |
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| No | 17,885 | |
| Yes | 16,354 | | |
| Are you in favour of electing members of City Council, including the Mayor and members of the Board of Control, every second year to hold office for a period of two years? |
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| Option | Votes | % |
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| No | 19,981 | |
| Yes | 13,342 | | |
(Only property owners could vote for the following measure)
| Are you in favour of the corporation paying all its share of direct relief each year out of the current revenues of the corporation for this purpose? |
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| Option | Votes | % |
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| No | 5,601 | |
| Yes | 4,429 | | |
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| G. M. Geldert (X) | 19,362 | |
| George H. Dunbar | 14,232 | |
| Allan B. Turner | 13,252 | |
| J. Edward McVeigh (X) | 12,725 | |
| 10,018 | |
| 9,882 | |
| Harold C. Shipman | 9,563 | |
| 7,650 | |
| Mrs. C. H. Hesser | 1,588 | |
| Percy E. Bedford | 789 | |
| William Watson | 578 | |
| W. Gibbs | 424 | |
| James Sidey | 234 | | |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| A. W. Spearman (X) | 934 | |
| Shirley S. Slinn (X) | 904 | |
| 660 | | |
| By Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| J. Albert Parisien (X) | 1,329 | |
| Eric Query (X) | 1,018 | |
| Mendoza Normand | 959 | |
| Joseph P. Butler | 482 | |
| H. Louis Tasse | 204 | |
| J. P. Romeo Croteau | 193 | | |
| St. George's Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Arthur Pinard (X) | 2,351 | |
| Norman H. MacDonald (X) | 2,159 | |
| Arthur A. Moeser | 1,203 | |
| W. P. Clermont | 287 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| James W. McNabb (X) | 2,175 | |
| Arthur J. Ash | 1,042 | |
| 1,002 | |
| Robert Burnett | 823 | |
| James McLaren | 671 | |
| T. M. Rae | 402 | |
| Otto O'Regan | 278 | |
| James J. Enright | 251 | |
| S. J. Johnson | 149 | |
| E. J. Kesteron | 49 | |
| James Connah | 19 | | |
| Capital Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Edward Band (X) | 2,931 | |
| Harold D. Marshall (X) | 2,596 | |
| A. T. MacFarlane | 1,216 | |
| Cecil Elbourne | 228 | | |
| Elmdale Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| William H. Marsden (X) | 1,595 | |
| Jim Forward (X) | 1,458 | |
| 1,207 | |
| Harry Low | 825 | | |
| Victoria Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Nelson J. Lacasse (X) | 1,448 | |
| Joseph P. Nolan (X) | 1,249 | |
| J. T. H. Langdon | 1,191 | |
| Dolphio Bonenfant | 488 | | |
| Ottawa Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,754 | |
| Napoleon Bordeleau (X) | 1,544 | |
| 1,159 | | |
| Riverdale Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| David McMillan (X) | 2,287 | |
| George Sloan (X) | 1,967 | |
| Harold Maguire | 784 | |
| Robert L. Haggard | 195 | | |
| Central Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Finley McRae (X) | 1,969 | |
| Fred Jounreaux | 1,806 | |
| T. H. Kirby Bangs | 1,380 | |
| Caroline A. Cullock | 757 | |
| V. R. Leseaux | 382 | | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1935
