Ottawa municipal election, 1944
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1944.
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) | 17,814 | 56.71 |
C. E. Pickering | 7,602 | 24.20 |
V. Cyril Phelan | 5,997 | 19.10 |
Referendums
(Only property owners could vote in the referendums)
$2,000,000 for Post-War projects |
Option |
Votes |
% |
For | 5,404 | 61.15 |
Against | 3,434 | 38.85 |
$500,000 for Slum clearance |
Option |
Votes |
% |
For | 5,059 | 57.40 |
Against | 3,754 | 42.60 |
(4 elected)
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Grenville Goodwin (X) | 18,062 | |
G. M. Geldert (X) | 17,757 | |
Finley McRae (X) | 16,739 | |
E. A. Bourque (X) | 14,746 | |
S. Leonard Belaire | 11,266 | |
Sydney T. Checkland | 3,802 | |
Percy Bedford | 2,805 | |
(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Leslie Avery (X) |
Acclaimed |
John Powers (X) |
Acclaimed |
By Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Eric Query (X) | 1,186 | |
Jules Morin | 733 | |
Paul E. Tasse | 528 | |
J. F. Laframboise (X) | 438 | |
Edgar Lachine | 361 | |
St. George's Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Arthur Pinard (X) | 1,612 | |
Roy Donaldson | 1,504 | |
James W. Jefferson | 1,294 | |
Nolan | 628 | |
Wellington Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Martin M. Walsh | 1,866 | |
Charles Parker (X) | 1,759 | |
Sam Chandler (X) | 1,357 | |
C. A. McDonald | 1,016 |
Capital Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Edward Band (X) | 2,594 | |
Joseph McCulloch (X) | 2,431 | |
J. A. Enstone | 940 | |
Dalhousie Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Daniel McCann (X) | 2,196 | |
Wilbert Hamilton (X) | 1,577 | |
James McAuley | 848 | |
J. R. Sands | 356 | |
Elmdale Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Henry Bradley (X) | 2,236 | |
George Pingle (X) | 2,164 | |
McCready | 936 | |
R. A. Lefebvre | 730 | |
Victoria Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Paul Tardif (X) | 1,474 | |
Frank Ellis | 629 |
Joseph Allard | 604 | |
Charles Boone | 459 | |
Prudhomme | 348 |
Harvey Lacasse | 172 | |
Lachance | 127 | |
Ernest Arbour | 68 | |
Ottawa Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) | 1,475 | |
Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,353 | |
Henri Rheaume | 1,267 | |
Riverdale Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Len Coulter (X) | 2,259 | |
David McMillan (X) | 1,642 | |
George S. Sloan | 1,127 | |
Central Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
J. Grant Shaw (X) | 1,699 | |
Fred Journeaux (X) | 1,654 | |
J. C. Thomas | 929 | |
E. A. Davis | 657 | |
J. J. Enright | 625 | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 1944
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