Ottawa municipal election, 1940
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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)
19,729 67.79
S. Leonard Belaire 11,692 32.21

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 %
C. E. Pickering 13,004
G. M. Geldert (X) 12,955
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)
12,417
Jim Forward (X) 12,416
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...

 
12,190
Grenville Goodwin
Grenville Goodwin
Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951. His hometown was Prescott, Ontario and he was an optometrist by profession....

 
10,830
Higman 10,086
Brethour 5,484
Parisien 1,963
Bedford 1,239

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) 947
A. W. Spearman (X) 905
Max G. Schoen 300

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 %
Eric Query (X) Acclaimed
J. Albert Parisien (X) Acclaimed

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) 1,687
Harold Taylor 1,630
Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X) 1,415
Walter Cunningham 602


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 %
Martin M. Walsh (X) 1,942
Arthur J. Ash (X) 1,506
Christie A. McDonald 1,266
Robert Burnett 568
James P. Behan 278
William A. Coe 79

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 2,065
Joseph McCulloch
Joseph McCulloch
Joseph Howard McCulloch was an American football, baseball, and basketball coach, teacher and athletic director in the United States. He played college football and baseball at Springfield College from 1908 to 1910...

1,416
W. Earl Linttell 1,152
Roy F. Fleming 835
Parlane Christie  600
C. W. Grant 439
J. D. Fraser 221

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) 2,220
Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,662
Joseph J. Kennedy 1,072
James R. Sands 437

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 %
Henry Bradley (X) 2,448
George Pingle 1,929
W. H. Marsden 1,182

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) 1,342
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,165
Joseph Allard  1,092

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) 1,680
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) 1,492
Oscar Robitaille 1,095

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 %
Len Coulter (X) 1,978
David McMillan (X) 1,771
George Sloan  1,212
Samuel Dibartolo 185

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 %
George F. Perley (X) 2,403
Fred Journeaux (X) 2,082
James J. Enright 736
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