1919 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 6, 1919 to elect members of the 1919 Ottawa City Council.

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The election saw a woman elected in the city for the first time, with Marion McDougall (wife of the late John Lorn McDougall) [1] being elected as a public school trustee in Dalhousie Ward.

Mayor of Ottawa

Fisher won seven of the city's nine wards, while Parent won the city's two francophone wards, By and Ottawa.

CandidateVotes%
Harold Fisher 7,62462.16
Rufus H. Parent 4,64237.84

Plebiscites

Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923.
OptionVotes%
Yes8,23475.31
No2,70024.69
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923.
OptionVotes%
Yes8,77179.12
No2,31420.88
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission.
OptionVotes%
Yes8,94381.65
No2,01018.35
By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street
OptionVotes%
Yes2,65850.08
No2,64949.92

The plebiscite lost in all but three wards, but won St. George Ward (which the bridge would connect with Downtown) by a large enough margin to pass city-wide by just nine votes. [2] Despite the result, a bridge would not be built at that location until the Corktown Footbridge was built in 2006.

By-law to secure authority to expend $150,000 on the establishment and maintenance of a civic coal yard
OptionVotes%
Against3,16159.73
For2,16340.63

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Frank H. Plant 6,66618.54
Joseph Kent 6,50118.08
Napoléon Champagne 6,20617.26
J. W. Nelson 5,29814.74
James Muir 5,22914.55
Thomas Brethour 4,98513.87
Peter Glavey1,0622.95

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Douglas H. Macdonald 35233.78
Breary Slinn 28527.35
William Cherry 20619.77
Daudelin19919.10
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
Edward Gaulin 65237.86
Fred Desjardins 61335.60
Labelle45726.54
St. George Ward
CandidateVotes%
Walter Cunningham
Wilfrid J. Grace
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
James D. Denny
Charles R. Stephen
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Arthur R. Ford 1,41735.35
William Y. Denison 1,09427.30
McCormick84821.16
Walsh64916.19
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
John P. Balharrie 1,18131.82
James A. Forward 94425.44
O'Meara67118.08
Pelletier57215.41
Hunt3439.24
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ernest Laroche Acclaimed
David Rice Acclaimed
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Albert Pinard 85036.39
Waldo Guertin 63327.10
Bordeleau47620.38
Beauregard37716.14
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
John F. McKinley Acclaimed
Charles Pepper Acclaimed

References

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  1. "Life of service closes in the sudden passing today of Mrs. J. L. McDougall Sr". Ottawa Citizen. August 18, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. "Citizens favor (sic) taking over of street railway". Ottawa Citizen. January 7, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. "Fisher, Plant, Kent, Champagne, and Nelson are Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. "Denison, McKinley, Guertin, Slinn, New Aldermen Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2020.