Ottawa municipal election, 1924 (January)

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 7, 1924 to elect members of the 1924 Ottawa City Council. It was the first of two municipal elections held in the 1924 calendar year, as the 1925 council was elected in December 1924.

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Ottawa City Council

The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 23 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four year terms with the last election being on October 22, 2018. The council meets at Ottawa City Hall in downtown Ottawa. Much of the council's work is done in the standing committees made up sub-groups of councillors. The decisions made in these committees are presented to the full council and voted upon.

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Mayor of Ottawa

CandidateVotes%
Henry Watters 14,641 57.76
Frank H. Plant 9,969 39.33
Taylor McVeity 736 2.90

Plebiscite

There was a vote on the bylaw to sanction the agreement with the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. The bylaw would do away with ticket fares, replacing them with a straight five cent fare. It also means the company can begin construction on the Laurier Avenue, Bank to Elgin line and the Ottawa East line.

O.E.R. Bylaw Vote
OptionVotes%
For 15,404 67.01
Against 7,583 32.99

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Napoleon Champagne 9,479 13.07
Arthur Ellis 8,931 12.31
John P. Balharrie 8,543 11.78
Charles J. Tulley 6,959 9.59
Herbert McElroy 6,406 8.83
J. Lambert Payne 6,014 8.29
J. G. McGuire 5,586 7.70
Rupert Broadfoot 4,292 5.92
J. A. Forward 3,959 5.46
J. A. P. Haydon 3,586 4.94
Macdonald 3,446 4.75
Brethour 3,172 4.37
Brewer 2,176 3.00

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Dave Esdale 556 25.34
Thomas H. Marcil 470 21.42
Cherry 404 18.41
Ackland 318 14.49
Goodhouse 247 11.26
Mackenzie 199 9.07
By Ward
CandidateVotes%
Eric Query 1,174 43.79
Fred Desjardins 1,037 38.68
Marcil 299 11.15
Charles Greenerg 171 6.38
St. George Ward
CandidateVotes%
Walter Cunningham 1,453 32.05
W. J. McCaffrey 1,203 26.53
W. J. Grace 1,045 23.05
Barrette 833 18.37
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
James W. McNabb 2,252 44.98
Erenest D. Lowe 2,007 14.08
Hinchcliffe 748 14.94
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
McGregor Easson 2,611 31.66
Harold D. McCormick 1,804 21.87
Olmsted 1,584 19.20
Booth 1,074 13.02
Beaton 817 9.91
Rowen 358 4.34
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Sam Crooks 2,332 32.14
Fred Hunt 1,981 27.30
O'Meara 1,529 21.07
Morris 1,414 19.49
Victoria Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ernest Laroche 1,126 29.36
Patrick Nolan 974 25.40
Sims 886 23.10
Dent 849 22.14
Ottawa Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Albert Pinard 1,007 29.34
Napoleon Bordeleau 983 28.64
Telmond St. Denis 787 22.93
McLaughlin 359 22.93
Poullotte 296 8.62
Central Ward
CandidateVotes%
William R. Low 1,771 30.38
C. Allen Snowdon 1,762 30.22
Shipman 1,508 25.87
Hamilton 789 13.53

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