1956 Ottawa municipal election

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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
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