Elmdale Ward was a municipal ward in the city of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

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The ward was created in 1929 when it was split off from Dalhousie Ward

Dalhousie Ward

Dalhousie Ward is a former ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created in 1888 when it was annexed by Ottawa from Nepean Township, becoming Ottawa's eighth ward. It was merged with Wellington Ward in 1994 to become Somerset Ward. It consisted mainly of the neighbourhood of Centretown West,...

. It existed until 1994, when it was merged with Queensboro Ward

Queensboro Ward

Queensboro Ward is a former municipal ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada.In 1950, what is now Ottawa's Westboro neighbourhood was annexed from Nepean Township. This area would be named Westboro Ward for just two years. In 1952, the size of Ottawa City Council was decreased, and the area became...

 to become Kitchissippi Ward

Kitchissippi Ward

Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...

. From 1952 to 1980, the ward was known as Elmdale-Victoria Ward, after Elmdale Ward merged with Victoria Ward

Victoria Ward (Ottawa)

Victoria Ward was one of the original municipal wards in the city of Ottawa, Canada.Victoria Ward originally consisted of the now uninhabited LeBreton Flats neighbourhood of Ottawa and Parliament Hill. When the city expanded westward, it began to include all of the city north of Wellington Street,...

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Elmdale Ward originally consisted of Ottawa's western suburbs, such as Civic Hospital

Civic Hospital

Civic Hospital is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is named after the Ottawa Civic Hospital, which is located in the neighbourhood.Civic Hospital is bounded on the west by Island Park Drive, on the north by Queensway, on the east by the O-Train and on the south by Carling Avenue.The...

 and Hintonburg

Hintonburg

Hintonburg is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a historically working-class, predominately residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West, located to the west of downtown...

, but was later shifted west by an expanding Dalhousie Ward

Dalhousie Ward

Dalhousie Ward is a former ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created in 1888 when it was annexed by Ottawa from Nepean Township, becoming Ottawa's eighth ward. It was merged with Wellington Ward in 1994 to become Somerset Ward. It consisted mainly of the neighbourhood of Centretown West,...

 to its east. As Ottawa expanded, Elmdale's western boundary became Island Park Drive

Island Park Drive

Island Park Drive is a short, but important and scenic, north-south street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is one of several parkways in Ottawa administered by the National Capital Commission providing scenic routes throughout Canada's capital region....

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Aldermen

Council	Aldermen
1930	Samuel Crooks	Jim Forward
1931
1932 Ottawa municipal election, 1931 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...	William H. Marsden
1933 Ottawa municipal election, 1932 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1934 Ottawa municipal election, 1933 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1935 Ottawa municipal election, 1934 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1936 Ottawa municipal election, 1935 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Plebiscites:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1937 Ottawa municipal election, 1936 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Plebiscites:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1938 Ottawa municipal election, 1937 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:* The city clerk cast the deciding vote for McRae.-Ottawa City Council:...	George W. Pingle
1939 Ottawa municipal election, 1938 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Plebiscites:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...	Henry Bradley
1940 Ottawa municipal election, 1939 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Plebiscite:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...		David Sprague David Sprague David S. Sprague was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.Sprague represented Elmdale Ward...
1941-42 Ottawa municipal election, 1940 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...		George W. Pingle
1942-44 Ottawa municipal election, 1942 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1945-46 Ottawa municipal election, 1944 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendums:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1947-48 Ottawa municipal election, 1946 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendum:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1949-50 Ottawa municipal election, 1948 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...		Roly Wall
1951-52 Ottawa municipal election, 1950 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1950.To date, this election elected the most members of city council in Ottawa history. 28 alderman from 14 wards, plus 4 controllers and the mayor for a total of 33 on council...
1953-54 Ottawa municipal election, 1952 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendum:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1955-56 Ottawa municipal election, 1954 -Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-Ottawa City Council:...
1957-58 Ottawa municipal election, 1956 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed...
1959-60 Ottawa municipal election, 1958 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1958.Mayor George Nelms is re-elected with a comfortable margin.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...
1961-62 Ottawa municipal election, 1960 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1960.Former mayor Charlotte Whitton returns to the mayoral chair, defeater controller and football player Sam Berger.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendums:-Ottawa Board of Control:...	Bruce Harvey
1963-64 Ottawa municipal election, 1962 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1962.Charlotte Whitton is re-elected as mayor, defeating former controller and football player Sam Berger in a re-match of the 1960 election.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendums:...
1965-66 Ottawa municipal election, 1964 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1964.Controller Don Reid is elected as mayor, defeating incumbent mayor Charlotte Whitton, who placed third behind broadcaster Frank Ryan.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Referendums:...
1967-69 Ottawa municipal election, 1966 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1966.Mayor Don Reid is easily re-elected.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...
1970-72 Ottawa municipal election, 1969 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1969.Controller Kenneth Fogarty is easily elected as mayor. This would be the last election where two aldermen would be elected from each ward.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:...	Walter Ryan
1973-74 Ottawa municipal election, 1972 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1972.Controller Pierre Benoit is easily elected without significant opposition. Ottawa's city council is divided in two, as this marks the first election where only one alderman is elected from each ward, as opposed to two.-Mayor of...	Walter Ryan
1975-76 Ottawa municipal election, 1974 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1974.Controller Lorry Greenberg defeats fellow controller Tom McDougall.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...	Pat Nicol
1977-78 Ottawa municipal election, 1976 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.Mayor Lorry Greenberg is easily re-elected.-Mayor:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...	Roly Wall
1979-80 Ottawa municipal election, 1978 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol...	Chris Chilton
1981-82 Ottawa municipal election, 1980 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 10, 1980.Mayor Marion Dewar defeats former alderman Pat Nicol in a re-match of the 1978 race. This is the first election in 70 years without the Ottawa Board of Control, as it had been abolished. Council stays the same size however, as...	Graham Bird
1983-85 Ottawa municipal election, 1982 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.Mayor Marion Dewar is re-elected, defeating conservative Darrel Kent.-Mayor:-Ottawa City Council:...
1986-88 Ottawa municipal election, 1985 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeats Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall.-Mayor:-City council:...	Jamie Fisher
1989-91 Ottawa municipal election, 1988 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988.Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition.-Mayor:-City council:...
1992-94 Ottawa municipal election, 1991 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeats left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette.-Mayor:-City council:...	Jill Brown