1956 Ottawa municipal election
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.
Mayor of Ottawa[]
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
George Nelms | Acclaimed |
Ottawa Board of Control[]
(4 elected)
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Paul Tardif (X) | 30,157 | |
Ernie Jones (X) | 26,480 | |
24,167 | ||
Sam Berger | 24,004 | |
(X) | 23,127 | |
Stewart Crawford | 9,168 |
City council[]
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. By Ward
2. Capital Ward
3. Carleton Ward
4. Dalhousie Ward
5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward
6. Gloucester Ward
7. Queensboro Ward
8. Rideau Ward
9. St. George's Ward
10. Wellington Ward .
(2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 2,268 | |
2,073 | ||
Patricia Boyce | 1,467 | |
Gordon Willis | 113 |
Rideau Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 2,372 | |
2,006 | ||
Margaret Newman | 1,166 | |
J. G. Drouin | 1,118 | |
Mrs. G. A. Kingston | 1,021 |
Capital Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
3,700 | ||
(X) | 3,486 | |
James A. Donaldson (X) | 3,172 |
Carleton Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 3,186 | |
(X) | 2,487 | |
Lloyd Francis | 2,124 | |
G. C. Brown | 831 |
Queensboro Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 3,451 | |
(X) | 3,239 | |
P. H. Moore | 1,816 |
Dalhousie Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 2,931 | |
2,043 | ||
Percy Kerwin | 1,748 | |
John Barlow | 1,100 |
Elmdale-Victoria Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 3,193 | |
(X) | 3,133 | |
Henry Fauteux | 2,329 |
By Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Jules Morin (X) | 3,005 | |
(X) | 2,206 | |
Paul-Emile Morin | 1,916 | |
M. Henri Rheaume | 1,083 |
St. George's Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
(X) | 3,280 | |
May Nickson (X) | 1,763 | |
Sam McLean | 1,383 | |
1,240 |
Wellington Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Don Reid (X) | 2,775 | |
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
Categories:
- Municipal elections in Ottawa
- 1956 elections in Canada
- 20th century in Ottawa
- 1956 in Ontario
- December 1956 events