The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1928 to elect members of the 1929 Ottawa City Council.
Incumbent mayor Arthur Ellis was re-elected without opposition.
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Arthur Ellis | Acclaimed |
Property owners voted in favour of improving water supply in the city which would involve allowing the city to spend $1,315,000 for a water filtration system.
Water filtration | ||
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Choice | Votes | % |
Yes | 7,323 | 81.28 |
No | 1,687 | 18.72 |
City residents voted in favour to continue using daylight saving time in the city.
Daylight saving | ||
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Choice | Votes | % |
Yes | 14,506 | 59.49 |
No | 9,877 | 40.51 |
(4 elected)
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Frank H. Plant | 16,540 | 23.31 |
Charles J. Tulley | 12,024 | 16.94 |
Frank LaFortune | 11,226 | 15.82 |
Gerald Sims | 10,781 | 15.19 |
Harold D. McCormick | 9,610 | 13.54 |
George H. Dunbar | 8,711 | 12.28 |
Alex Leckie | 1,141 | 1.61 |
James Ryan | 929 | 1.31 |
(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Rod Plant | 636 | 28.35 |
Tom Brethour | 580 | 25.86 |
W. Cherry | 435 | 19.39 |
R. Ingram | 371 | 16.54 |
A. Ackland | 221 | 9.85 |
By Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
A. W. (Fred) Desjardins | 1,240 | 36.02 |
Eric Query | 1,239 | 35.99 |
J. A. Parisien | 964 | 28.00 |
St. George Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Norman H. MacDonald | 1,474 | 31.77 |
T. E. Dansereau | 1,470 | 31.69 |
Walter Cunningham | 1,267 | 27.31 |
J. M. Dugas | 428 | 9.23 |
Wellington Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
James W. McNabb | Acclaimed | |
J. Edward McVeigh | Acclaimed |
Capital Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
John Warren York | 3,514 | 37.30 |
George Pushman | 2,533 | 26.88 |
George Sloan | 2,152 | 22.84 |
Dr. W. T. Mackinnon | 1,223 | 12.98 |
Dalhousie Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Sam Crooks | 2,871 | 37.09 |
Jim Forward | 2,517 | 32.52 |
J. F. Meagher | 2,352 | 30.39 |
Victoria Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Ernest Laroche | 1,280 | 40.20 |
Nelson J. Lacasse | 1,175 | 36.90 |
John R. Welch | 831 | 21.01 |
Harry Scales | 729 | 22.90 |
Ottawa Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Aristide Belanger | 1,614 | 39.74 |
J. A. Pinard | 1,103 | 27.16 |
Joseph Landriault | 968 | 23.84 |
J. Whelan | 376 | 9.26 |
Central Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Dr. G. M. Geldert | 1,902 | 37.37 |
William R. Low | 1,647 | 32.36 |
J. E. Stanley Lewis | 1,540 | 30.26 |
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