Ottawa municipal election, 1937
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Mayor of Ottawa

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)
18,186 58.57
William H. Marsden  12,255 39.47
Caleb Green 324 1.04
William Watson 284 0.91

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 %
G. M. Geldert (X) 14,915
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...

(X)
11,534
J. Edward McVeigh 11,257
Finley McRae (X) 10,612*
J. H. Putman  10,612*
Thomas Brethour 9,960
Turner 9,384
Nolan 5,191
Percy Bedford 1,261
Joseph McHugh 825
William C. Gibbs 429
Goulden 314


* The city clerk cast the deciding vote for McRae.

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 %
John Powers (X) 808
Fred Goodhouse (X) 702
A. W. Spearman  626
Wilfrid D. Girard 414

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 %
J. Albert Parisien (X) 1,339
Eric Query (X) 1,175
James Butler 646

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) 1,870
Harold Taylor 1,759
Arthur A. Moeser 1,197


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 %
Arthur J. Ash (X) 1,684
Martin M. Walsh 1,644
Omar G. Armstrong 1,053
Charles Parker  776
Albert Gamble 476
Robert Burnett 469
E. S. Green 202
J. Albert Schryburt 133

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) Acclaimed
H. D. Marshall (X) Acclaimed

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) 2,093
Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,696
Richard W. Dawson 828
J. R. Sands 638
Joseph Raymond 334

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 %
Jim Forward (X) 1,390
George Pingle 1,236
Henry Bradley  809
Cecil D. Morris 745
Harry Low 622
D. R. Grant 448
H. J. Oliver 388

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 %
J. P. Nolan (X) 1,330
Joseph Allard 936
Nelson J. Lacasse 926
Dolphis Bonnenfant 403

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) 1,628
Napoleon Bordeleau 1,413
A. E. Beauchamp (X) 1,155

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) Acclaimed
George Sloan (X) Acclaimed

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 %
Fred Journeaux (X) 1,586
George F. Perley 1,457
J. Grant Shaw 1,011
Harold C. Shipman 738
J. J. Enright 381
Otto G. O'Regan 190
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