1937 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1937.

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Mayor of Ottawa

CandidateVotes%
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X)18,18658.57
William H. Marsden 12,25539.47
Caleb Green3241.04
William Watson2840.91

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
G. M. Geldert (X)14,915
E. A. Bourque (X)11,534
J. Edward McVeigh 11,257
Finley McRae (X)10,612*
J. H. Putman 10,612*
Thomas Brethour 9,960
Allan B. Turner [1] 9,384
P. J. Nolan [1] 5,191
Percy Bedford1,261
Joseph McHugh825
William C. Gibbs429
Charles E. M. Goulden [1] 314

* The city clerk cast the deciding vote for McRae.

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
John Powers (X)808
Fred Goodhouse (X)702
A. W. Spearman 626
Wilfrid D. Girard414
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
J. Albert Parisien (X)1,339
Eric Query (X)1,175
James Butler646
St. George's Ward
CandidateVotes%
Arthur Pinard (X)1,870
Harold Taylor 1,759
Arthur A. Moeser1,197
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
Arthur J. Ash (X)1,684
Martin M. Walsh 1,644
Omar G. Armstrong1,053
Charles Parker 776
Albert Gamble476
Robert Burnett469
E. S. Green202
J. Albert Schryburt133
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Edward Band (X)Acclaimed
Harold D. Marshall (X)Acclaimed
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Daniel McCann (X)2,093
Wilbert Hamilton (X)1,696
Richard W. Dawson828
J. R. Sands638
Joseph Raymond334
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jim Forward (X)1,390
George Pingle 1,236
Henry Bradley 809
Cecil D. Morris745
Harry Low622
D. R. Grant448
H. J. Oliver388
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joseph P. Nolan (X)1,330
Joseph Allard 936
Nelson J. Lacasse 926
Dolphis Bonnenfant403
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Aristide Belanger (X)1,628
Napoleon Bordeleau 1,413
A. E. Beauchamp (X)1,155
Riverdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
David McMillan (X)Acclaimed
George Sloan (X)Acclaimed
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
Fred Journeaux (X)1,586
George F. Perley 1,457
J. Grant Shaw 1,011
Harold C. Shipman738
J. J. Enright381
Otto G. O'Regan190

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nominated". Ottawa Journal. November 26, 1937. Retrieved December 26, 2023.