Ottawa municipal election, 1934
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Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
Patrick Nolan
Patrick Nolan (politician)
Patrick J. "Paddy" Nolan was mayor of Ottawa from 1934 to 1935.He was born in Ottawa on St. Patrick's Day in 1881, the son of poor Irish parents. He worked as a clerk in a drug store, studied to become a pharmacist and opened his own drug store.He owned several movie theatres in the city...

 (X)
27,064
Albert H. Cole 2,394
William P. Clermont 1,380
James Connah 327
Edward E. Kesteron 266

Ottawa Board of Control
Ottawa Board of Control
The Ottawa Board of Control was an important part of the governance of Ottawa, Ontario from 1908 until 1978 when it was abolished. Through the 19th century Ottawa had been governed by a mayor and city council, but most councilors were only part time and could spend only a few hours per week on...

(4 elected)
Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis
J. E. Stanley Lewis
J. E. Stanley Lewis was Ottawa's longest serving mayor, to date, from 1936 to 1948.He was born in Ottawa in 1888 to Edward and Isabella Lewis. He owned and operated an electrical store in the city. He was first elected to City Council as an alderman in 1930...

(X)
14,602
G. M. Geldert (X) 14,494
J. Edward McVeigh 11,712
Fulgence Charpentier
Fulgence Charpentier
Fulgence Charpentier, OC was a French-Canadian journalist, editor and publisher.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario, Charpentier's career included diplomatic, political and bureaucratic positions, but his first love had been journalism ever since he began his reporting career at Montreal's Le...

(X)
10,350
John J. Allen
John J. Allen
John J. Allen was mayor of Ottawa, Canada, from 1931 to 1933.He was born in Dungannon in Huron County, Ontario in 1871. In 1900, he came to Ottawa and opened a drug store; eventually, he and his partner, William Cochrane, sold their business to United Drug Stores, later Rexall. Allen and Cochrane...

 
8,639
Kirby Bangs  8,598
Harold C. Shipman  8,514
Thomas Brethour  8,841
Joseph R. Welch  4,763
E. A. Bourque
E. A. Bourque
E. A. "Eddy" Bourque was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950.Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town. He was a longtime city councilor and member of the city's Board of Control from 1937 to 1949, and owner of the Twin City Ice and Coal Company, later to become E.A...

 
4,319
Otto G. O'Regan 1,491
Percy E. Bedford 530
Alex Leckie 404
Williams Gibbs 325
Joseph M. Moran 322

Ottawa City Council
Ottawa City Council
The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 23 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four year terms with the...

(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward
Rideau Ward
Rideau Ward may refer one of the following wards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:* Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward* Rideau-Vanier Ward* Rideau-Goulbourn Ward...

Candidate Votes %
A. W. Spearman (X) 817
Shirley S. Slinn 757
Charles E. Reid  603
Alex Daudelin 312
Maxwell J. Smith 101

By Ward
By Ward
By Ward was one of the five original wards represented on Ottawa City Council. Originally it represented the area between Rideau Street and St. Patrick Street. Today this area is part of the By Ward Market, which is named for the historic ward...

Candidate Votes %
Joseph Albert Parisien (X) 1,599
Fred Desjardins (X) 1,589
James P. Butler 460
Louis H. Tasse 361

St. George's Ward
St. George's Ward
St. George's Ward was one of the original five wards of the city of Ottawa, Canada. It existed until 1972 when it merged with By Ward to become By-St. George's Ward. It was recreated in 1980, until it was abolished for a final time in 1994, when it merged with part of By-Rideau Ward to form...

Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X) 1,978
Norman H. MacDonald (X) 1,764
Walter Cunningham 1,327
Arthur A. Moeser 914
Reginald J. Melbourne 58


Wellington Ward
Wellington Ward
Wellington Ward was one of the original five wards of the city of Ottawa, Canada. It existed until 1994 when it was amalgamated with Dalhousie Ward to become Somerset Ward. The original ward consisted of the city west of the Rideau Canal and south of Wellington Street. It has traditionally...

Candidate Votes %
James W. McNabb (X) 2,433
Martin M. Walsh] (X) 2,420
Henry Bradley  1,276
Ernest A. Wright 507

Capital Ward
Capital Ward
Capital Ward is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University and Riverside...

Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X) 2,796
H. D. Marshall (X) 2,542
Cecil Elbourne 403

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,...

Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X) 2,263
Wilbert Hamilton 1,579
James J. McVeigh (X) 1,541
R. E. Brule 868
Robert W. Porteous 354

Elmdale Ward
Elmdale Ward
Elmdale Ward was a municipal ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada.The ward was created in 1929 when it was split off from Dalhousie Ward. It existed until 1994, when it was merged with Queensboro Ward to become Kitchissippi Ward...

Candidate Votes %
William H. Marsden (X) 1,839
Jim Forward (X) 1,472
George P. Seeley 656
Thomas Rale 608

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,...

Candidate Votes %
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,369
J. P. Nolan (X) 697
James E. H. Langdon 676
John A. O'Connor 515
Joseph A. Barrett 472
Dolphis Bonenfant 224
Bernard Devine 219
Arthur Clement 183
Romuald Tessier 178
Frank T. Sawrer 139

Ottawa Ward
Ottawa Ward
Ottawa Ward is a former ward in Ottawa, Canada. It was one of the original wards of the city. It was abolished in 1952, when it was overtaken by By Ward....

Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,847
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,553
Joseph Landriault 971

Riverdale Ward
Riverdale Ward
Riverdale Ward was a municipal ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created in 1929, when it split off from Capital Ward. The ward consisted of that part of Ottawa between Bronson Avenue and what is now Nicholas Street, between the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal...

Candidate Votes %
David McMillan (X) 1,996
George Sloan (X) 1,864
Robert L. Haggart 363

Central Ward
Central Ward
Central Ward was a former ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It originally consisted of the part of the city between Bank Street and the Rideau Canal. It was first known as Centre Ward....

Candidate Votes %
Finley McRae 1,809
Allan B. Turner 1,451
Fred Jounreaux 1,440
Eric S. Hind 1,127
John A. MacDonald 450
P. Alexander Cray 66
Herbert Sleaco 30
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