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1956 Ottawa municipal election

1956 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.

Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor. The incumbent was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.

After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards. The size of council also increased by one ward, with the split of Ward 1 into two wards.

[[Mayor of Ottawa]]

CandidateVotes%
George NelmsAcclaimed

[[Ottawa Board of Control]]

(4 elected)

CandidateVotes%
Paul Tardif (X)30,157
Ernie Jones (X)26,480
Wilbert Hamilton24,167
Sam Berger24,004
Roy Donaldson (X)23,127
Stewart Crawford9,168

[[Ottawa City Council|City council]]

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election <br>

  1. By Ward

  2. Capital Ward

  3. Carleton Ward

  4. Dalhousie Ward

  5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward

  6. Gloucester Ward

  7. Queensboro Ward

  8. Rideau Ward

  9. St. George's Ward

  10. Wellington Ward . ]]

(2 elected from each ward)

Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%
Pat Doherty (X)2,268
Alex Roger2,073
Patrick Boyce1,467
Gordon Willis113
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%
Robert Groves (X)2,372
J. D. Wentzell2,006
Margaret Newman1,166
J. G. Drouin1,118
Reba Kingston1,021
Capital WardCandidateVotes%
George Sloan3,700
Noel Ogilvie (X)3,486
James A. Donaldson (X)3,172
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%
Howard Henry (X)3,186
Frank Boyce (X)2,487
Lloyd Francis2,124
G. C. Brown831
Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%
Lon Campbell (X)3,451
Richard Barber (X)3,239
P. H. Moore1,816
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%
James McAuley (X)2,931
Charles Parker2,043
Percy Kerwin1,748
John Barlow1,100
Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%
Roly Wall (X)3,193
Henry Bradley (X)3,133
Henry Fauteux2,329
By WardCandidateVotes%
Jules Morin (X)3,005
Clem Aubin (X)2,206
Paul-Emile Morin1,916
M. Henri Rheaume1,083
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%
Charlie St. Germain (X)3,280
May Nickson (X)1,763
Sam McLean1,383
Cecile O'Regan1,240
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%
Don Reid (X)2,775
Lionel O'Connor1,288
H. G. Caldwell904
James Beauchamp867
Robert E. Robinson (X)866
Sam Chandler839
W. T. Lewis339

References

  • Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956

References

  1. (December 30, 1955). "Names Replace Numbers". Ottawa Citizen.
  2. (March 24, 1956). "Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat". Ottawa Journal.
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