The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 4, 1950.
To date, this election elected the most members of city council in Ottawa history. 28 aldermen from 14 wards, plus 4 controllers and the mayor for a total of 33 on council. Voters overwhelmingly voted to reduce the council down to 18 aldermen in a plebiscite which saw its largest opposition in the more francophone Ottawa and By Wards.
The mayoral race featured the same three candidates as the 1948 race. However, Goodwin defeated Bourque this time. He would only serve for 9 months however, as he died on August 27, 1951. He was replaced by city controller Dr. Charlotte Whitton, the first female controller in city history.
Three new wards were added to council, due to the annexation of parts of Nepean Township and Gloucester Township. Gloucester Ward held a special election on January 2, 1950, while Carleton and Westboro Wards held elections on December 19, 1949.
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Grenville Goodwin | 28,698 | 47.60 |
E. A. Bourque (X) | 18,668 | 30.96 |
George Mackinley Geldert | 12,928 | 21.44 |
Council reduction | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Yes | 44,038 | 82.59 |
No | 9,280 | 17.41 |
(4 elected)
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Charlotte Whitton | 38,405 | 22.20 |
Len Coulter (X) | 31,071 | 17.95 |
Dan McCann (X) | 25,484 | 14.73 |
Paul Tardif (X) | 24,265 | 13.99 |
C. E. Pickering (X) | 22,687 | 13.11 |
Roy Donaldson | 20,180 | 11.66 |
Frank Ellis | 10,988 | 6.36 |
(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Leslie Avery (X) | 1,244 | |
John Powers (X) | 1,239 | |
Joseph C. LeBlanc | 598 | |
Thomas Hubert | 302 |
By Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Jules Morin (X) | 1,839 | |
Eric Query (X) | 1,777 | |
Aldege Soott | 393 |
St. George's Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Charlie St. Germain (X) | 3,691 | |
William Newton (X) | 2,250 | |
Sam McLean | 1,490 | |
Arthur Moeser | 728 | |
H. Robert O'Hara | 571 | |
Henri Robert | 344 |
Wellington Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Martin M. Walsh (X) | 3,012 | |
Charles Parker (X) | 2,724 | |
Sam Chandler | 1,441 | |
Gilbert F. Johnson | 1,144 |
Capital Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Noel Ogilvie (X) | 2,778 | |
Parlane Christie | 2,342 | |
Tom Davison | 2,179 | |
Maurice J. Murphy | 1,303 | |
William T. Lewis | 602 |
Dalhousie Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Wilbert Hamilton (X) | 2,651 | |
James McAuley (X) | 2,352 | |
William J. Wills | 1,170 | |
W. Percy Kerwin | 961 | |
Edward Ayoub | 550 |
Elmdale Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Henry Bradley (X) | 3,408 | |
Roly Wall (X) | 3,296 | |
Lee Rickey | 2,405 | |
Jack Norris | 1,900 | |
George Blouin | 518 |
Victoria Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Lon Campbell | 1,447 | |
Joseph Allard (X) | 1,206 | |
Paul Dufour | 835 | |
Conrad Vezina | 449 | |
Hector Jodoin | 388 | |
J. J. Hartnett | 366 | |
Hector Chartier | 281 | |
H. J. Lacasse | 165 |
Westboro Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Ernie Jones (X) | Acclaimed | |
Henry Parslow (X) | Acclaimed |
Carleton Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Frank Boyce (X) | 1,952 | |
Howard Henry (X) | 1,882 | |
William Simpson | 860 |
Ottawa Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Clem Aubin (X) | 1,895 | |
Henri Rheaume | 1,751 | |
Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,442 |
Gloucester Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Archie Newman (X) | 2,465 | |
Pat Doherty | 2,203 | |
Alex Roger (X) | 2,048 |
Riverdale Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
David McMillan (X) | 2,885 | |
George Sloan | 2,753 | |
Victor Irish (X) | 2,124 | |
Ivan Sparks | 1,096 |
Central Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
J. Grant Shaw (X) | 2,768 | |
Fred Journeaux (X) | 2,320 | |
Cyril George Marshall | 2,179 | |
Roger Webber | 991 |
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro".
Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 24 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each councillor represents wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four-year terms, with the last election being on October 24, 2022. The council meets at Ottawa City Hall in downtown Ottawa. Much of the council's work is done in the standing committees made up of sub-groups of councillors. The decisions made in these committees are presented to the full council and voted upon.
The 2003 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held in Ottawa to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003. The elections were held simultaneously with most other municipalities in Ontario.
The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario. See 2006 Ontario municipal elections.
Andrew Scott Haydon was a Canadian engineer and politician. He was reeve of Nepean Township, Ontario from 1970 to 1978 and Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1978–1991. Haydon was the first mayor of the city of Nepean when it incorporated on November 24, 1978; Ben Franklin assumed the title six days later.
Orléans East-Cumberland Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, represented on Ottawa City Council. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Council. It contains the neighbourhoods of Queenswood Heights, Queenswood Village, Fallingbrook, Cardinal Creek, Cardinal Creek Village, Bella Vista and Cumberland Village.
Politically, Hamilton is known for producing groundbreaking, colourful and left-wing politicians. Locally, though, the big political stories have included the controversial amalgamation of Hamilton with its suburbs in 2001, the destruction of green space around the Red Hill Valley to make way for the Red Hill Creek Expressway, and plans to build a Light Rail Transit line in the city.
The 2010 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 25, 2010, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same date as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.
Gloucester-Southgate Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFSU Uplands, Blossom Park, Greenboro, Hunt Club Park, portions of Heron Gate south of Walkley Road, the Ottawa South/Hawthorne Industrial Park and rural areas west of Anderson Road and north of Leitrim. Previously, the ward included the community of Riverside South located south of the airport but in a ward reorganization, the growing community was included in the new ward of Gloucester-South Nepean.
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 1, 1969. Across Metro Toronto there were few surprising results, and city of Toronto incumbent mayor William Dennison was easily re-elected. The one dramatic exception to this was on Toronto city council, where a number of long-standing members lost to young new arrivals who shared a common vision of opposition to the megaprojects that had transformed Toronto throughout the post-war period. While the reform movement candidate for mayor lost, it gained a strong presence on city council. The 1970s reform faction dominated Toronto politics for the next decade.
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 5, 1966. The elections were the first in Toronto after its merger with several smaller suburban communities on January 1, 1967. Forest Hill and Swansea were annexed by the City of Toronto, Leaside was merged with the Township of East York to become the Borough of East York. Weston was combined with the Township of York to form the Borough of York. The Village of Long Branch and the towns of Mimico and New Toronto were merged with the Township of Etobicoke to form the Borough of Etobicoke.
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1962. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, then the longest-serving mayor in Toronto history, lost to Controller Donald Summerville by a significant margin.
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1969.
The 1950 Sudbury municipal election was held on December 4, 1950, as voters in Sudbury, Ontario, and its outlying communities voted to elect mayors, alderman, school trustees, the hydro commissioner and the reeve of McKim Township. In addition the voters were asked to decide on three propositions, whether to allow Sunday sport, ash collection and a two-year term for municipal elections.
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1929, to elect members of the 1930 Ottawa City Council.
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1927 to elect members of the 1928 Ottawa City Council.
Ernest William Jones was a Canadian politician. He was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1950 to 1952, and was a member of the Ottawa Board of Control from 1955 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1974. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Ottawa in 1960, and was Deputy Mayor of the city in 1972.
Murray Albert Heit was a Canadian politician and dentist. He served as an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1959 to 1964 and as a controller on the Ottawa Board of Control from 1965 to 1969.
C. Wilbert Hamilton was a Canadian politician. He was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1932 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1956, and a member of the Ottawa Board of Control from 1957 to 1962. His tenure in civic politics set a record for longest continual years of service.
Patrick Kylie Doherty was a Canadian politician. He served as an alderman on Ottawa City Council on and off again from 1951 to 1972.