1944 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1944.
Referendums
(Only property owners could vote in the referendums)
| $2,000,000 for Post-War projects |
|---|
| Option | Votes | % |
|---|
| For | 5,404 | 61.15 |
| Against | 3,434 | 38.85 | |
| $500,000 for Slum clearance |
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| Option | Votes | % |
|---|
| For | 5,059 | 57.40 |
| Against | 3,754 | 42.60 | |
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Grenville Goodwin (X) | 18,062 | |
| G. M. Geldert (X) | 17,757 | |
| Finley McRae (X) | 16,739 | |
| E. A. Bourque (X) | 14,746 | |
| S. Leonard Belaire | 11,266 | |
| Sydney T. Checkland | 3,802 | |
| Percy Bedford | 2,805 | | |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Leslie Avery (X) | Acclaimed |
| John Powers (X) | Acclaimed | |
| By Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Eric Query (X) | 1,186 | |
| Jules Morin | 733 | |
| Paul E. Tasse | 528 | |
| J. M. Laframboise (X) | 438 | |
| Edgar Lachine | 361 | | |
| St. George's Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Arthur Pinard (X) | 1,612 | |
| Roy Donaldson | 1,504 | |
| James W. Jefferson | 1,294 | |
| P. Ambrose Nolan[1] | 628 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Martin M. Walsh | 1,866 | |
| Charles Parker (X) | 1,759 | |
| Sam Chandler (X) | 1,357 | |
| Christie A. McDonald | 1,016 | |
| Capital Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Edward Band (X) | 2,594 | |
| Joseph McCulloch (X) | 2,431 | |
| Joseph A. Enstone | 940 | | |
| Elmdale Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Henry Bradley (X) | 2,236 | |
| George Pingle (X) | 2,164 | |
| Grant McCready | 936 | |
| Ray Lefebvre | 730 | | |
| Victoria Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Paul Tardif (X) | 1,474 | |
| Frank Ellis | 629 |
| 604 | |
| Charles Boone | 459 | |
| Lucien Prudhomme | 348 |
| Harvey Lacasse | 172 | |
| Edward J. Lachance | 127 | |
| Ernest Arbour | 68 | | |
| Ottawa Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Napoleon Bordeleau (X) | 1,475 | |
| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,353 | |
| 1,267 | | |
| Riverdale Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Len Coulter (X) | 2,259 | |
| David McMillan (X) | 1,642 | |
| 1,127 | | |
| Central Ward |
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| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| J. Grant Shaw (X) | 1,699 | |
| Fred Journeaux (X) | 1,654 | |
| Joseph C. Thomas | 929 | |
| Elmore A. Davis | 657 | |
| James J. Enright | 625 | | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 1944
Notes and References
- Web site: Nominees Listed for Civic Office. November 24, 1944. Ottawa Citizen. December 27, 2023.
