Ottawa municipal election, 1956
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.
Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor, who was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.
After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards.
(4 elected)
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Paul Tardif (X) | 30,157 | |
Ernie Jones (X) | 26,480 | |
Wilbert Hamilton | 24,167 | |
Sam Berger | 24,004 | |
Roy Donaldson (X) | 23,127 | |
Stewart Crawford | 9,168 | |
(2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Pat Doherty (X) | 2,268 | |
Alex Roger | 2,073 | |
Patricia Boyce | 1,467 | |
Gordon Willis | 113 | |
Rideau Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Robert Groves (X) | 2,372 | |
J. D. Wentzell | 2,006 | |
Margaret Newman | 1,166 | |
J. G. Drouin | 1,118 | |
Mrs. G. A. Kingston | 1,021 | |
Capital Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
George Sloan | 3,700 | |
Noel Ogilvie (X) | 3,486 | |
James A. Donaldson (X) | 3,172 | |
Queensboro Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Lon Campbell (X) | 3,451 | |
Richard Barber (X) | 3,239 | |
P. H. Moore | 1,816 | |
Dalhousie Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
James McAuley (X) | 2,931 | |
Charles Parker | 2,043 | |
Percy Kerwin | 1,748 | |
John Barlow | 1,100 | |
By Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Jules Morin (X) | 3,005 | |
Clem Aubin (X) | 2,206 | |
Paul-Emile Morin | 1,916 | |
M. Henri Rheaume | 1,083 | |
Wellington Ward |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Don Reid (X) | 2,775 | |
Lionel O'Connor | 1,288 | |
H. G. Caldwell | 904 | |
James Beauchamp | 867 | |
R. E. Robinson (X) | 866 | |
Sam Chandler | 839 | |
W. T. Lewis | 339 | |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956
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