Ottawa municipal election, 1940

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 %
C. 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
Higman 10,086
Brethour 5,484
Parisien 1,963
Bedford 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

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