1936 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1936.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) | 22,065 | 84.55 |
| A. H. Cole | 3,025 | 11.59 |
| William Watson | 1,008 | 3.86 | |
Plebiscites
(Only property owners could vote)
| $350,000 for Sewer Construction |
|---|
| Option | Votes | % |
|---|
| No | 3,471 | |
| Yes | 3,460 | | |
| Reduction in tax rate |
|---|
| Option | Votes | % |
|---|
| Yes | 4,248 | |
| No | 2,615 | | |
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| G. M. Geldert (X) | 12,865 | |
| George H. Dunbar (X) | 11,531 | |
| Allan B. Turner (X) | 10,545 | |
| E. A. Bourque | 9,761 | |
| 9,464 | |
| Thomas Brethour | 8,597 | |
| 6,153 | |
| Percy Bedford | 1,178 | |
| Joseph McHugh | 596 | |
| Alex Leckie | 383 | |
| Charles E. Goulden | 303 | |
| E. E. Kesterten | 265 | | |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| John Powers | 625 | |
| Fred Goodhouse | 624 | |
| Shirley S. Slinn | 608 | |
| Ernest Bedard | 428 | |
| John Barrett | 107 | | |
| By Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| J. Albert Parisien (X) | 1,323 | |
| Eric Query (X) | 1,031 | |
| James Butler | 550 | |
| Jacob Appelbaum | 206 | |
| J. R. Croteau | 188 | | |
| St. George's Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Norman H. MacDonald (X) | 1,541 | |
| Arthur Pinard (X) | 1,478 | |
| Arthur A. Moeser | 748 | |
| Albert Laurence | 638 | |
| George Powell | 92 | |
| Cecil Elbourne | 81 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Arthur J. Ash (X) | 1,704 | |
| James W. McNabb (X) | 1,595 | |
| 1,525 | | |
| Capital Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Edward Band (X) | 1,941 | |
| Harold D. Marshall (X) | 1,606 | |
| A. T. MacFarlane | 808 | | |
| Elmdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| William H. Marsden (X) | 1,306 | |
| Jim Forward (X) | 1,240 | |
| 838 | |
| Harry Low | 698 | | |
| Victoria Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Nelson J. Lacasse (X) | 1,237 | |
| Joseph P. Nolan (X) | 1,099 | |
| M. Romuald Tessier | 513 | |
| D. Bonnenfant | 406 | |
| William McGlancey | 238 | | |
| Ottawa Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,441 | |
| A. Edmond Beauchamp | 1,350 | |
| 1,303 | | |
| Riverdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| David McMillan (X) | 1,540 | |
| George Sloan (X) | 1,363 | |
| T. Carroll Boucher | 539 | | |
| Central Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Fred Jounreaux (X) | Acclaimed |
| Finley McRae (X) | Acclaimed | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 1936
