1927 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1927 to elect members of the 1928 Ottawa City Council.

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Mayor of Ottawa

Controller Arthur Ellis defeated incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie and future mayor Patrick Nolan in a three-way race. Ellis won all but two of the city's nine wards, losing just the western wards of Dalhousie and Victoria to Nolan.

CandidateVotes%
Arthur Ellis 11,18340.81
John P. Balharrie 8,41530.71
Patrick Nolan 7,80528.48

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Charles J. Tulley 13,40717.32
Frank H. Plant 13,18517.03
Herbert McElroy 12,56716.22
Frank LaFortune 12,55816.22
Gerald Sims 8,82511.40
Harold D. McCormick7,91110.22
H. J. McNulty 7,6619.90
James Ryan1,2861.66

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
George H. Dunbar 62826.09
Tom Brethour 59424.68
David Esdale 52221.69
Robert Ingram 33914.08
Farmer32413.46
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
A. W. (Fred) Desjardins 1,23837.82
Albert Parisien 1,02631.34
Eric Query 1,00930.83
St. George Ward
CandidateVotes%
T. E. Dansereau 1,36730.47
Walter Cunningham 1,07824.03
Norman H. MacDonald 1,07423.94
George J. O'Connor 96721.56
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
James W. McNabb 2,19637.23
J. Edward McVeigh 1,66128.16
Willoughby1,41724.02
Marshall62510.60
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
John Warren York Acclaimed
McGregor Easson Acclaimed
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Sam Crooks 2,62929.38
Jim Forward 2,05022.91
Meagher1,87120.91
Stokes94510.56
Marsden8769.79
Megill5786.46
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ernest Laroche 1,22431.00
Nelson J. Lacasse 92823.50
Cook76819.45
Russell Sparks64516.33
Scales2746.94
Sugrue1102.79
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Aristide Belanger 1,30232.36
Joseph Landriault 96724.04
Lanthier68717.08
Bordeleau58514.54
Burrows48211.98
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
Dr. G. M. Geldert 2,14543.95
William R. Low 2,02141.41
Stanley71414.63

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