1935 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1935.

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,810 49.28
Fulgence Charpentier 9,755 26.99
Patrick Nolan (X) 6,414 17.75
Edward H. Hinchey 2,164 5.99

Plebiscites

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Are you in favour of the adoption of daylight saving in the city during June, July and August only instead of during the months of May, June, July, August and September as at present?
Option Votes %
No 17,885
Yes 16,354
Are you in favour of electing members of City Council, including the Mayor and members of the Board of Control, every second year to hold office for a period of two years?
Option Votes %
No 19,981
Yes 13,342

(Only property owners could vote for the following measure)

Are you in favour of the corporation paying all its share of direct relief each year out of the current revenues of the corporation for this purpose?
Option Votes %
No 5,601
Yes 4,429

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
G. M. Geldert (X) 19,362
George H. Dunbar 14,232
Allan B. Turner 13,252
J. Edward McVeigh (X) 12,725
Thomas Brethour 10,018
E. A. Bourque 9,882
Harold C. Shipman 9,563
Martin M. Walsh 7,650
Mrs. C. H. Hesser 1,588
Percy E. Bedford 789
William Watson 578
W. Gibbs 424
James Sidey 234

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
A. W. Spearman (X) 934
Shirley S. Slinn (X) 904
Fred J. Goodhouse 660
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. Albert Parisien (X) 1,329
Eric Query (X) 1,018
Mendoza Normand 959
Joseph P. Butler 482
H. Louis Tasse 204
J. P. Romeo Croteau 193
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X) 2,351
Norman H. MacDonald (X) 2,159
Arthur A. Moeser 1,203
W. P. Clermont 287
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
James W. McNabb (X) 2,175
Arthur J. Ash 1,042
Sam Chandler 1,002
Robert Burnett 823
James McLaren 671
T. M. Rae 402
Otto O'Regan 278
James J. Enright 251
S. J. Johnson 149
E. J. Kesteron 49
James Connah 19
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X) 2,931
Harold D. Marshall (X) 2,596
A. T. MacFarlane 1,216
Cecil Elbourne 228
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X) 2,248
Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,989
James J. McVeigh 959
R. E. Brule 925
James R. Sands 742
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
William H. Marsden (X) 1,595
Jim Forward (X) 1,458
Henry Bradley 1,207
Harry Low 825
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,448
Joseph P. Nolan (X) 1,249
J. T. H. Langdon 1,191
Dolphio Bonenfant 488
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,754
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,544
A. Edmond Beauchamp 1,159
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
David McMillan (X) 2,287
George Sloan (X) 1,967
Harold Maguire 784
Robert L. Haggard 195
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
Finley McRae (X) 1,969
Fred Jounreaux 1,806
T. H. Kirby Bangs 1,380
Caroline A. Cullock 757
V. R. Leseaux 382

References

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  • Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1935