Surf Wiki
Save to docs
politics

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1948 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1948.

[[Mayor of Ottawa]]

CandidateVotes%
E. A. Bourque16,15035.17
Grenville Goodwin15,22933.16
G. M. Geldert14,54731.67

[[Ottawa Board of Control]]

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Len Coulter23,330
Dan McCann21,267
Paul Tardif20,067
C. E. Pickering17,779
Stan Higman16,512
Roy Donaldson14,948
S. Leonard Belaire9,856
Charles Boone4,024

[[Ottawa City Council]]

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau WardCandidateVotes%
Leslie Avery (X)1,415
John Powers (X)1,175
Tony Arbour474
Thomas Hubert131
By WardCandidateVotes%
Eric Query (X)1,568
Jules Morin (X)1,548
B. E. Tasse628
J. T. Legault338
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%
William Newton (X)2,172
Charlie St. Germain1,288
A. Beaulieu1,090
Arthur Moeser987
J. R. Pilon942
Lawrence McLean781
David Langlier510
C. E. Rocque442
C. T. Prott132
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%
Martin M. Walsh (X)2,745
Charles Parker2,561
Sam Chandler2,125
Capital WardCandidateVotes%
Edward Band (X)2,764
Noel Ogilvie1,721
Tom Davidson1,345
Parlane Christie (X)1,244
Maurice J. Murphy1,176
J. H. Sheppard417
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%
Wilbert Hamilton (X)2,281
James McAuley1,481
W. P. Kerwin949
W. J. W. Wills815
M. C. Anderson645
John J. Kennedy547
Joseph Raymond385
Edward Ayoub293
Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%
Henry Bradley (X)3,736
Roly Wall2,653
Jack Norris1,336
Ludlum Hawkins1,198
Marjorie Mann869
John Defalco372
H. Cluff103
Victoria WardCandidateVotes%
Frank Ellis (X)1,556
Joseph Allard1,359
John J. Hartnett499
Hector Chartier358
Albert Levesque282
Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%
Clem Aubin (X)1,80934.12
Aristide Belanger1,64230.97
Henri Rheaume (X)1,64030.93
Larry Lanthier2113.98

Election day vote totals showed Belanger ahead of Rheaume by seven votes. A recount found that he defeated Rheaume by two votes.

Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%
David McMillan (X)2,211
Victor Irish1,277
George Sloan1,218
Dean G. Cowan1,921
R. George Pushman978
Ivan Sparks587
M. S. Carrigan389
Thomas H. C. Shipman335
Central WardCandidateVotes%
J. Grant Shaw (X)2,392
Fred Journeaux (X)2,277
C. M. Marshall2,017
Roger Webber1,010

References

  • Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1948

References

  1. (December 23, 1948). "Belanger Wins Recount". Ottawa Citizen.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

municipal-elections-in-ottawa 1948-elections-in-canada 1940s-in-ottawa 1948-in-ontario december-1948-in-canada
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1948 Ottawa municipal election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report