1940 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1940.
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Chester E. Pickering | 13,004 |
| G. M. Geldert (X) | 12,955 | |
| E. A. Bourque (X) | 12,417 | |
| Jim Forward (X) | 12,416 | |
| 12,190 | |
| 10,830 | |
| H. Stanley Higman[1] | 10,086 | |
| 5,484 | |
| Joseph A. Parisien | 1,963 | |
| Percy Edwin Bedford | 1,239 | | |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| John Powers (X) | 947 | |
| A. W. Spearman (X) | 905 | |
| Max G. Schoen | 300 | |
| By Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Eric Query (X) | Acclaimed |
| J. Albert Parisien (X) | Acclaimed | |
| St. George's Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Arthur Pinard (X) | 1,687 | |
| Harold Taylor | 1,630 | |
| Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X) | 1,415 | |
| Walter Cunningham | 602 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Martin M. Walsh (X) | 1,942 | |
| Arthur J. Ash (X) | 1,506 | |
| Christie A. McDonald | 1,266 | |
| Robert Burnett | 568 | |
| James P. Behan | 278 | |
| William A. Coe | 79 | | |
| Capital Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Edward Band | 2,065 | |
| Joseph McCulloch | 1,416 | |
| W. Earl Linttell | 1,152 | |
| Roy F. Fleming | 835 | |
| 600 | |
| C. W. Grant | 439 | |
| J. D. Fraser | 221 | | |
| Elmdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Henry Bradley (X) | 2,448 |
| George Pingle | 1,929 | |
| W. H. Marsden | 1,182 | | |
| Victoria Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| J. P. Nolan (X) | 1,342 | |
| Nelson J. Lacasse (X) | 1,165 | |
| 1,092 | | |
| Ottawa Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,680 | |
| Napoleon Bordeleau (X) | 1,492 | |
| Oscar Robitaille | 1,095 | | |
| Riverdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Len Coulter (X) | 1,978 | |
| David McMillan (X) | 1,771 | |
| 1,212 | |
| Samuel Dibartolo | 185 | |
| Central Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| George F. Perley (X) | 2,403 | |
| Fred Journeaux (X) | 2,082 | |
| James J. Enright | 736 | | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1940
Notes and References
- Web site: Civic Election Slate at Glance. November 22, 1940. Ottawa Citizen. December 26, 2023.
