1939 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1939.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 15,685 47.70
Finley McRae 11,941 36.31
S. Leonard Belaire 5,260 15.99

Plebiscite

2 year council terms
Option Votes %
For 19,067 59.49
Against 11,185 40.51

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
E. A. Bourque (X) 13,674
George MacKinley Geldert (X) 13,479
Jim Forward 12,920
John Harold Putman (X) 12,577
Grenville Goodwin 10,761
William Henry Marsden 10,507
Thomas Brethour 7,631
Arthur Ellis[1] 4,289
Percy Edwin Bedford[1] 1,488
Caleb S. Green 967
Max Feller 940
Edward E. Kesterton[1] 269

Ottawa City Council

2 elected from each ward

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Powers (X) 687
A. W. Spearman 680
Wilfrid D. Girard 573
Fred Goodhouse (X) 490
Max Schoen 218
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. Albert Parisien (X) 1,279
Eric Query (X) 1,039
Marcel Dupuis 974
James C. Butler 338
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X) 1,892
Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. 1,645
Harold Taylor (X) 1,608
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Martin M. Walsh (X) 2,195
Arthur J. Ash (X) 1,967
Robert Burnett 984
William A. Coe 260
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X) 2,562
C. E. Pickering (X) 2,372
J. H. Fraser 1,124
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X) Acclaimed
Wilbert Hamilton (X) Acclaimed
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
David Sprague 2,148
Henry Bradley (X) 1,666
George Pingle (X) 1,653
Cecil D. Norris 808
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,364
J. P. Nolan (X) 1,362
Joseph Allard 1,139
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,637
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,623
A. E. Beauchamp 1,134
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
David McMillan (X) 1,568
Len Coulter 1,505
George Sloan (X) 1,269
John McLennan 840
Samuel Dibartolo 445
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
George F. Perley (X) 2,205
Fred Journeaux (X) 2,088
J. Grant Shaw 1,463

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nominations". Ottawa Journal. November 24, 1939. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  • Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1939