1940 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1940.

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Mayor of Ottawa

CandidateVotes%
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X)19,72967.79
S. Leonard Belaire11,69232.21

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Chester E. Pickering 13,004
G. M. Geldert (X)12,955
E. A. Bourque (X)12,417
Jim Forward (X)12,416
David Sprague 12,190
Grenville Goodwin 10,830
H. Stanley Higman [1] 10,086
Thomas Brethour [1] 5,484
Joseph A. Parisien [1] 1,963
Percy Edwin Bedford [1] 1,239

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)


Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
John Powers (X)947
A. W. Spearman (X)905
Max G. Schoen300
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
Eric Query (X)Acclaimed
J. Albert Parisien (X)Acclaimed
St. George's Ward
CandidateVotes%
Arthur Pinard (X)1,687
Harold Taylor 1,630
Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X)1,415
Walter Cunningham602


Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
Martin M. Walsh (X)1,942
Arthur J. Ash (X)1,506
Christie A. McDonald1,266
Robert Burnett568
James P. Behan278
William A. Coe79
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Edward Band 2,065
Joseph McCulloch 1,416
W. Earl Linttell1,152
Roy F. Fleming835
Parlane Christie 600
C. W. Grant439
J. D. Fraser221
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Daniel McCann (X)2,220
Wilbert Hamilton (X)1,662
Joseph J. Kennedy1,072
James R. Sands437
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Henry Bradley (X)2,448
George Pingle 1,929
W. H. Marsden1,182
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
J. P. Nolan (X)1,342
Nelson J. Lacasse (X)1,165
Joseph Allard 1,092
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Aristide Belanger (X)1,680
Napoleon Bordeleau (X)1,492
Oscar Robitaille1,095
Riverdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Len Coulter (X)1,978
David McMillan (X)1,771
George Sloan 1,212
Samuel Dibartolo185
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
George F. Perley (X)2,403
Fred Journeaux (X)2,082
James J. Enright736

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Civic Election Slate at Glance". Ottawa Citizen. November 22, 1940. Retrieved December 26, 2023.