1938 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1938.

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 17,958 49.15
William H. Marsden 11,457 31.36
George H. Dunbar 6,788 18.58
Caleb S. Green 201 0.55
William Watson 133 0.36

Plebiscites

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(only property owners could vote)

$225,000 for reconstructing city's fire alarm system
Option Votes %
Against 4,720 50.02
For 4,717 49.98
$800,000 for the erection of civic buildings
Option Votes %
Against 5,224 55.37
For 4,210 44.63

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Finley McRae 18,805
G. M. Geldert (X) 18,131
E. A. Bourque (X) 14,773
J. H. Putman (X) 13,931
Jim Forward 12,538
Thomas Brethour[1] 9,302
Arthur Ellis[1] 6,140
Joseph A. Parisien[1] 3,038
Percy E. Bedford[1] 1,770
Cecil Elbourne[1] 954
Max Feller 878
E. E. Kesterton[1] 362

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Powers (X)
Fred Goodhouse (X)
W. D. Girard
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. Albert Parisien (X)
Eric Query (X)
Marcel Dupuis
J. H. Legault
J. P. Butler
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X)
Harold Taylor (X)
J. J. O'Leary
A. A. Moeser
A. C. H. Fox
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Martin M. Walsh (X) Acclaimed
Arthur J. Ash (X) Acclaimed
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X)
C. E. Pickering
Harold D. Marshall (X)
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X)
Wilbert Hamilton (X)
R. W. Dawson
Joseph F. Raymond
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Pingle (X)
Henry Bradley (X)
Cecil B. Morris
D. R. Grant
George Barker
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nelson J. Lacasse
Joseph P. Nolan (X)
Joseph Allard (X)
J. R. Welch
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X)
Napoleon Bordeleau (X)
A. E. Beauchamp
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
David McMillan (X)
George Sloan (X)
John McLennan
T. C. Boucher
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
George F. Perley (X)
Fred Journeaux (X)
W. R. Low
Mrs. H. G. Barber

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Civic Election Slate at Glance". Ottawa Citizen. November 25, 1938. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  • Ottawa Citizen, December 6, 1938