1936 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1936.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X)	22,065	84.55
A. H. Cole	3,025	11.59
William Watson	1,008	3.86

Plebiscites

(Only property owners could vote)

$350,000 for Sewer Construction
Option	Votes	%
No	3,471
Yes	3,460

Reduction in tax rate
Option	Votes	%
Yes	4,248
No	2,615

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
G. M. Geldert (X)	12,865
George H. Dunbar (X)	11,531
Allan B. Turner (X)	10,545
E. A. Bourque	9,761
J. Edward McVeigh	9,464
Thomas Brethour	8,597
A. W. Spearman	6,153
Percy Bedford	1,178
Joseph McHugh	596
Alex Leckie	383
Charles E. Goulden	303
E. E. Kesterten	265

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
John Powers	625
Fred Goodhouse	624
Shirley S. Slinn	608
Ernest Bedard	428
John Barrett	107

By Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
J. Albert Parisien (X)	1,323
Eric Query (X)	1,031
James Butler	550
Jacob Appelbaum	206
J. R. Croteau	188

St. George's Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Norman H. MacDonald (X)	1,541
Arthur Pinard (X)	1,478
Arthur A. Moeser	748
Albert Laurence	638
George Powell	92
Cecil Elbourne	81

Wellington Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Arthur J. Ash (X)	1,704
James W. McNabb (X)	1,595
Marin M. Walsh	1,525

Capital Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward Band (X)	1,941
Harold D. Marshall (X)	1,606
A. T. MacFarlane	808

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Daniel McCann (X)	1,836
Wilbert Hamilton (X)	1,488
Richard W. Dawson	798
James R. Sands	711
George C. Douglas	199

Elmdale Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
William H. Marsden (X)	1,306
Jim Forward (X)	1,240
Henry Bradley	838
Harry Low	698

Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Nelson J. Lacasse (X)	1,237
Joseph P. Nolan (X)	1,099
M. Romuald Tessier	513
D. Bonnenfant	406
William McGlancey	238

Ottawa Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Aristide Belanger (X)	1,441
A. Edmond Beauchamp	1,350
Napoleon Bordeleau	1,303

Riverdale Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
David McMillan (X)	1,540
George Sloan (X)	1,363
T. Carroll Boucher	539

Central Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Fred Jounreaux (X)	Acclaimed
Finley McRae (X)	Acclaimed

References

• Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 1936