1956 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.
Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor. The incumbent was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.
After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards.
(4 elected)
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Robert Groves (X) | 2,372 | |
| J. D. Wentzell | 2,006 | |
| Margaret Newman | 1,166 | |
| J. G. Drouin | 1,118 | |
| Reba Kingston[1] | 1,021 | | |
| Capital Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| George Sloan | 3,700 | |
| Noel Ogilvie (X) | 3,486 | |
| James A. Donaldson (X) | 3,172 | | |
| Carleton Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Howard Henry (X) | 3,186 | |
| Frank Boyce (X) | 2,487 | |
| 2,124 | |
| G. C. Brown | 831 | | |
| Queensboro Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Lon Campbell (X) | 3,451 | |
| Richard Barber (X) | 3,239 | |
| P. H. Moore | 1,816 | | |
| Dalhousie Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| James McAuley (X) | 2,931 | |
| Charles Parker | 2,043 | |
| Percy Kerwin | 1,748 | |
| John Barlow | 1,100 | | |
| By Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Jules Morin (X) | 3,005 | |
| Clem Aubin (X) | 2,206 | |
| Paul-Emile Morin | 1,916 | |
| M. Henri Rheaume | 1,083 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Don Reid (X) | 2,775 | |
| Lionel O'Connor | 1,288 | |
| H. G. Caldwell | 904 | |
| James Beauchamp | 867 | |
| Robert E. Robinson (X) | 866 | |
| Sam Chandler | 839 | |
| W. T. Lewis | 339 | | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956
Notes and References
- Web site: Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat. March 24, 1956. Ottawa Journal. December 27, 2023.
