1929 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1929, to elect members of the 1930 Ottawa City Council.

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Mayor of Ottawa

Controller Frank H. Plant was elected mayor without opposition.

CandidateVotes%
Frank H. Plant Acclaimed

Ottawa Board of Control

All three incumbent controllers were re-elected. Businessman John J. Allen was the only newcomer elected.

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Charles J. Tulley (X)12,05716.83
Frank LaFortune (X)11,62816.23
Gerald Sims (X)11,45515.99
John J. Allen 11,17215.59
G. M. Geldert 11,13515.54
George H. Dunbar 8,59011.99
S. Rupert Broadfoot5,6207.84

Ottawa City Council

All incumbent alderman who ran were re-elected. Two new wards were created for this election, Elmdale in the city's west end, and Riverdale in the city's south. The incumbent aldermen from Dalhousie both ran in Elmdale. One of the incumbent aldermen from Capital Ward (George Pushman) ran in Riverdale.

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Rod Plant (X)82038.95
Thomas Brethour (X)74835.53
John C. Grant32915.63
Robert S. M. Hood2089.88
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
A. W. Desjardins (X)Acclaimed
Eric Query (X)Acclaimed
St. George Ward
CandidateVotes%
T. E. Dansereau (X)1,65237.72
Norman H. MacDonald (X)1,42032.42
Walter Cunningham1,30829.86
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
James W. McNabb (X)1,95544.46
J. Edward McVeigh (X)1,71539.00
A. M. Muir72716.53
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
John Warren York (X)2,21539.43
Edward Band (politician)\ 1,89933.81
R. Hooper1,50326.76
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Clarence M. Denneny 1,24724.81
Dan McCann 1,17623.40
W. A. Balharrie77415.40
Robert A. Stokes66413.21
Freeman Rowe54310.80
W. E. O'Meara4128.20
W. S. McFall2104.18
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Sam Crooks (X)Acclaimed
Jim Forward (X)Acclaimed
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ernest Laroche (X)1,10928.04
Nelson J. Lacasse (X)1,06126.83
John R. Welch 83121.01
J. P. Nolan55914.13
Harry Scales3959.99
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Aristide Belanger (X)1,47638.01
Wilfrid St. Aubin 1,26332.53
Joseph Landriault92423.80
Aurelian Rose2205.67
Riverdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
George Sloan 1,56735.17
George Pushman (X)1,37630.89
A. W. E. Hellyer80117.98
Robert Carson71115.96
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
J. E. Stanley Lewis 1,49929.69
William R. Low (X)1,32526.24
Harold C. Shipman 88317.49
Kirby Bangs 85116.85
W. F. Bowden Martin4919.72

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