1940 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1940.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 19,729 67.79
S. Leonard Belaire 11,692 32.21

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Chester E. Pickering 13,004
G. M. Geldert (X) 12,955
E. A. Bourque (X) 12,417
Jim Forward (X) 12,416
David Sprague 12,190
Grenville Goodwin 10,830
H. Stanley Higman[1] 10,086
Thomas Brethour[1] 5,484
Joseph A. Parisien[1] 1,963
Percy Edwin Bedford[1] 1,239

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)


Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Powers (X) 947
A. W. Spearman (X) 905
Max G. Schoen 300
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
Eric Query (X) Acclaimed
J. Albert Parisien (X) Acclaimed
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X) 1,687
Harold Taylor 1,630
Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X) 1,415
Walter Cunningham 602


Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Martin M. Walsh (X) 1,942
Arthur J. Ash (X) 1,506
Christie A. McDonald 1,266
Robert Burnett 568
James P. Behan 278
William A. Coe 79
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band 2,065
Joseph McCulloch 1,416
W. Earl Linttell 1,152
Roy F. Fleming 835
Parlane Christie 600
C. W. Grant 439
J. D. Fraser 221
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X) 2,220
Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,662
Joseph J. Kennedy 1,072
James R. Sands 437
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Henry Bradley (X) 2,448
George Pingle 1,929
W. H. Marsden 1,182
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. P. Nolan (X) 1,342
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,165
Joseph Allard 1,092
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,680
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,492
Oscar Robitaille 1,095
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Len Coulter (X) 1,978
David McMillan (X) 1,771
George Sloan 1,212
Samuel Dibartolo 185
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
George F. Perley (X) 2,403
Fred Journeaux (X) 2,082
James J. Enright 736

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Civic Election Slate at Glance". Ottawa Citizen. November 22, 1940. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  • Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1940