1919 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 6, 1919 to elect members of the 1919 Ottawa City Council.

The election saw a woman elected in the city for the first time, with Marion McDougall (wife of the late John Lorn McDougall)[1] being elected as a public school trustee in Dalhousie Ward.

Fisher won seven of the city's nine wards, while Parent won the city's two francophone wards, By and Ottawa.

Candidate Votes %
Harold Fisher 7,624 62.16
Rufus H. Parent 4,642 37.84

Plebiscites

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Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923.
Option Votes %
Yes 8,234 75.31
No 2,700 24.69
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923.
Option Votes %
Yes 8,771 79.12
No 2,314 20.88
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission.
Option Votes %
Yes 8,943 81.65
No 2,010 18.35
By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street
Option Votes %
Yes 2,658 50.08
No 2,649 49.92

The plebiscite lost in all but three wards, but won St. George Ward (which the bridge would connect with Downtown) by a large enough margin to pass city-wide by just nine votes.[2] Despite the result, a bridge would not be built at that location until the Corktown Footbridge was built in 2006.

By-law to secure authority to expend $150,000 on the establishment and maintenance of a civic coal yard
Option Votes %
Against 3,161 59.73
For 2,163 40.63

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Frank H. Plant 6,666 18.54
Joseph Kent 6,501 18.08
Napoléon Champagne 6,206 17.26
J. W. Nelson 5,298 14.74
James Muir 5,229 14.55
Thomas Brethour 4,985 13.87
Peter Glavey 1,062 2.95

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Douglas H. Macdonald 352 33.78
Breary Slinn 285 27.35
William Cherry 206 19.77
Daudelin 199 19.10
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Gaulin 652 37.86
Fred Desjardins 613 35.60
Labelle 457 26.54
St. George Ward
Candidate Votes %
Walter Cunningham
Wilfrid J. Grace
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
James D. Denny
Charles R. Stephen
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur R. Ford 1,417 35.35
William Y. Denison 1,094 27.30
McCormick 848 21.16
Walsh 649 16.19
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
John P. Balharrie 1,181 31.82
James A. Forward 944 25.44
O'Meara 671 18.08
Pelletier 572 15.41
Hunt 343 9.24
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ernest Laroche Acclaimed
David Rice Acclaimed
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Albert Pinard 850 36.39
Waldo Guertin 633 27.10
Bordeleau 476 20.38
Beauregard 377 16.14
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
John F. McKinley Acclaimed
Charles Pepper Acclaimed

References

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  1. ^ "Life of service closes in the sudden passing today of Mrs. J. L. McDougall Sr". Ottawa Citizen. August 18, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Citizens favor (sic) taking over of street railway". Ottawa Citizen. January 7, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fisher, Plant, Kent, Champagne, and Nelson are Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Denison, McKinley, Guertin, Slinn, New Aldermen Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2020.