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1944 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1944.

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 17,814 56.71
C. E. Pickering 7,602 24.20
V. Cyril Phelan 5,997 19.10

Referendums

(Only property owners could vote in the referendums)

$2,000,000 for Post-War projects
Option Votes %
For 5,404 61.15
Against 3,434 38.85
$500,000 for Slum clearance
Option Votes %
For 5,059 57.40
Against 3,754 42.60

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Grenville Goodwin (X) 18,062
G. M. Geldert (X) 17,757
Finley McRae (X) 16,739
E. A. Bourque (X) 14,746
S. Leonard Belaire 11,266
Sydney T. Checkland 3,802
Percy Bedford 2,805

(2 elected from each ward)


Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Leslie Avery (X) Acclaimed
John Powers (X) Acclaimed
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
Eric Query (X) 1,186
Jules Morin 733
Paul E. Tasse 528
J. F. Laframboise (X) 438
Edgar Lachine 361
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X) 1,612
Roy Donaldson 1,504
James W. Jefferson 1,294
Nolan 628


Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Martin M. Walsh 1,866
Charles Parker (X) 1,759
Sam Chandler (X) 1,357
C. A. McDonald 1,016
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X) 2,594
Joseph McCulloch (X) 2,431
J. A. Enstone 940
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X) 2,196
Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,577
James McAuley 848
J. R. Sands 356
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Henry Bradley (X) 2,236
George Pingle (X) 2,164
McCready 936
R. A. Lefebvre 730
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Paul Tardif (X) 1,474
Frank Ellis 629
Joseph Allard 604
Charles Boone 459
Prudhomme 348
Harvey Lacasse 172
Lachance 127
Ernest Arbour 68
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,475
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,353
Henri Rheaume 1,267
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Len Coulter (X) 2,259
David McMillan (X) 1,642
George S. Sloan 1,127
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. Grant Shaw (X) 1,699
Fred Journeaux (X) 1,654
J. C. Thomas 929
E. A. Davis 657
J. J. Enright 625

References

  • Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 1944