1948 Ottawa municipal election explained
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1948.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| 16,150 | 35.17 |
| 15,229 | 33.16 |
| G. M. Geldert | 14,547 | 31.67 | |
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Len Coulter | 23,330 | |
| Dan McCann | 21,267 | |
| Paul Tardif | 20,067 | |
| C. E. Pickering | 17,779 | |
| Stan Higman | 16,512 | |
| 14,948 | |
| S. Leonard Belaire | 9,856 | |
| Charles Boone | 4,024 | | |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Leslie Avery (X) | 1,415 | |
| John Powers (X) | 1,175 | |
| Tony Arbour | 474 | |
| Thomas Hubert | 131 | | |
| By Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Eric Query (X) | 1,568 | |
| Jules Morin (X) | 1,548 | |
| B. E. Tasse | 628 | |
| J. T. Legault | 338 | | |
| St. George's Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| William Newton (X) | 2,172 | |
| Charlie St. Germain | 1,288 | |
| A. Beaulieu | 1,090 | |
| Arthur Moeser | 987 | |
| J. R. Pilon | 942 | |
| Lawrence McLean | 781 | |
| David Langlier | 510 | |
| C. E. Rocque | 442 | |
| C. T. Prott | 132 | | |
| Wellington Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Martin M. Walsh (X) | 2,745 | |
| Charles Parker | 2,561 | |
| Sam Chandler | 2,125 | | |
| Capital Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Edward Band (X) | 2,764 | |
| Noel Ogilvie | 1,721 | |
| Tom Davidson | 1,345 | |
| Parlane Christie (X) | 1,244 | |
| Maurice J. Murphy | 1,176 | |
| J. H. Sheppard | 417 | | |
| Dalhousie Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Wilbert Hamilton (X) | 2,281 | |
| James McAuley | 1,481 | |
| W. P. Kerwin | 949 | |
| W. J. W. Wills | 815 | |
| M. C. Anderson | 645 | |
| John J. Kennedy | 547 | |
| Joseph Raymond | 385 | |
| Edward Ayoub | 293 | | |
| Elmdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Henry Bradley (X) | 3,736 | |
| Roly Wall | 2,653 | |
| Jack Norris | 1,336 | |
| Ludlum Hawkins | 1,198 | |
| Marjorie Mann | 869 | |
| John Defalco | 372 | |
| H. Cluff | 103 | | |
| Victoria Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Frank Ellis (X) | 1,556 |
| Joseph Allard | 1,359 | |
| John J. Hartnett | 499 | |
| Hector Chartier | 358 | |
| Albert Levesque | 282 | | |
| Ottawa Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Clem Aubin (X) | 1,809 | |
| Aristide Belanger | 1,636 | |
| 1,629 | |
| Larry Lanthier | 211 | | |
| Riverdale Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| David McMillan (X) | 2,211 |
| Victor Irish | 1,277 | |
| 1,218 | |
| Dean G. Cowan | 1,921 | |
| R. George Pushman | 978 | |
| 587 | |
| M. S. Carrigan | 389 | |
| Thomas H. C. Shipman | 335 | |
| Central Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| J. Grant Shaw (X) | 2,392 | |
| Fred Journeaux (X) | 2,277 | |
| C. M. Marshall | 2,017 | |
| Roger Webber | 1,010 | | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1948
