1964 Ottawa municipal election explained

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1964.

Controller Don Reid is elected as mayor, defeating incumbent mayor Charlotte Whitton, who placed third behind broadcaster Frank Ryan.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
	43,991	45.03
	26,996	27.63
Charlotte Whitton (X)	25,608	26.21
Joseph Louis Paradis	706	0.72
Alfred Lapointe	395	0.40

Referendums

Fluoridation
Option	Votes	%
Yes	58,234	61.75
No	36,079	38.25

Sunday Sports
Option	Votes	%
Yes	61,896	64.97
No	33,375	35.03

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
Kenneth Fogarty	51,280
Ernie Jones (X)	47,331
Ellen Webber (X)	39,409
Murray Heit	32,880
	29,430
	27,878
Irving Greenberg	21,440
Arthur E. Wood	17,537
Serge Tardif	15,125
Charles Kruger	7,157
Julia Villeneuve	3,889

City council

(2 elected from each ward)

Gloucester Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Kay (X)	10,267
Pat Doherty	7,301
	6,128
Bob Stewart	4,506

Rideau Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Des Bender (X)	3,820
John Powers (X)	3,339
Tom Farrell	2,308
Charles Roberts	1,739

Capital Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Claude Bennett (X)	8,121
Don Armstrong (X)	5,409
Lillian Courtenay	2,991

Carleton Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Henry (X)	9,806
Maurice Egan (X)	8,431
	6,142
Robert Ripley	1,957

Queensboro Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Workman (X)	5,913
Harold Waddell	3,937
Tom Fogarty	3,556
Brian McNally	2,623

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
James McAuley (X)	4,586
Charles Parker (X)	3,210
	3,104

Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Rolly Wall (X)	5,741
Bruce Harvey (X)	4,400
Jack Norris	3,602

By Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Jules Morin	6,033
Ralph Brunet (X)	3,805
	1,920

St. George's Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Charlie St. Germain (X)	4,864
Cecile O'Regan (X)	2,155
	2,073
Sam McLean	1,634
Ken Sparling	1,013
Rex LeLacheur	702

Wellington Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Lionel O'Connor (X)	3,191
Mary Harrison	2,326
Gertrude Douglas	2,276
Ivan Sparks (X)	1,803
John Tidman	911
Bill Woods	686

References

• Ottawa Journal, December 8, 1964