1940 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1940.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X)	19,729	67.79
S. Leonard Belaire	11,692	32.21

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
Chester E. Pickering	13,004
G. M. Geldert (X)	12,955
E. A. Bourque (X)	12,417
Jim Forward (X)	12,416
David Sprague	12,190
Grenville Goodwin	10,830
H. Stanley Higman[1]	10,086
Thomas Brethour[1]	5,484
Joseph A. Parisien[1]	1,963
Percy Edwin Bedford[1]	1,239

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
John Powers (X)	947
A. W. Spearman (X)	905
Max G. Schoen	300

By Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Eric Query (X)	Acclaimed
J. Albert Parisien (X)	Acclaimed

St. George's Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Arthur Pinard (X)	1,687
Harold Taylor	1,630
Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X)	1,415
Walter Cunningham	602

Wellington Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Martin M. Walsh (X)	1,942
Arthur J. Ash (X)	1,506
Christie A. McDonald	1,266
Robert Burnett	568
James P. Behan	278
William A. Coe	79

Capital Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward Band	2,065
Joseph McCulloch	1,416
W. Earl Linttell	1,152
Roy F. Fleming	835
Parlane Christie	600
C. W. Grant	439
J. D. Fraser	221

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Daniel McCann (X)	2,220
Wilbert Hamilton (X)	1,662
Joseph J. Kennedy	1,072
James R. Sands	437

Elmdale Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Henry Bradley (X)	2,448
George Pingle	1,929
W. H. Marsden	1,182

Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
J. P. Nolan (X)	1,342
Nelson J. Lacasse (X)	1,165
Joseph Allard	1,092

Ottawa Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Aristide Belanger (X)	1,680
Napoleon Bordeleau (X)	1,492
Oscar Robitaille	1,095

Riverdale Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Len Coulter (X)	1,978
David McMillan (X)	1,771
George Sloan	1,212
Samuel Dibartolo	185

Central Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
George F. Perley (X)	2,403
Fred Journeaux (X)	2,082
James J. Enright	736

References

1. "Civic Election Slate at Glance". Ottawa Citizen. November 22, 1940. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

• Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1940