1976 Ottawa municipal election explained

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.

Mayor Lorry Greenberg was easily re-elected.

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Lorry Greenberg (X)	48,048	84.31
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe	3,377	5.93
Bill Foster	3,076	5.40
Mike Sammon	2,489	4.37

(4 elected)

Results for the OBE Trustees were as follows:^[1] ^[2]

Six to be elected in each zone

Eastern Zone (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, Alta Vista, Gloucester, Rideau, By-St. Georges, Capital)
Candidate	Vote
Jane Dobell	9,364
Don Francis	7,830
Roy Bushfield	6,376
Ted Best	6,144
Helen Slater	4,460
John Samuel	4,078
Robert Burns	3,593
Adolph Feingold	3,239
Michael McKenna	3,206
Gwen Bower-Binns	3,200
Gerry Trudel	2,774
Larry Geller	2,719
Gordon Simester	2,226
John Butterworth	2,065
Wayne Kay	2,054
Tim Craig	1,832
Donald Graham	1,507
Christa Richardson	1,315
Gary Kellam	967
Boshra Feltaous	579

Western Zone (Britannia, Carleton, Queensboro, Elmdale-Victoria, Dalhousie, Wellington)
Candidate	Vote
Bill Law	10,310
Mary Gilmour	8,582
Nick van Duyvendyk	8,370
Sinclair Abell	8,276
Robert Beatty	7,816
William Harback	7,025
Wayne Wilson	5,193
Donald Smith	4,823
Kathleen Tuskey	4,347
Goldstein	4,300
Ian Maclennan	3,020
Daniel Gray	2,452

4 to be elected

Separate school supporters: Ottawa
Candidate	Vote
Dalton McGuinty, Sr.	7,752
Jacques Faucher	6,915
Lucien Bradet	6,770
Jacques Beauchamp	6,321
Daniel Kealey	5,749
Leonard Trudel	5,178
Cathy Kerr	5,145
Barbara Champagne	5,073

1 to be elected

Separate school supporters: Vanier
Candidate	Vote
Edouard Gagnon	1,882
Denise Matte	1,535

News: Familiar faces wooed. December 7, 1976. 31. Ottawa Citizen. December 28, 2020.
Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 30, 1976, pgs 87-90