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...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 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. Interestingly, Nelms was not the incumbent mayor, who was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.

After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
George Nelms	Acclaimed

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	%
Paul Tardif Paul Tardif J. Paul Tardif was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Russell in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1959 to 1968....  (X)	30,157
Ernie Jones (X)	26,480
Wilbert Hamilton	24,167
Sam Berger Sam Berger Samuel "Sam" Berger, CM, FRSC, QC was a Canadian owner of the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes and president of the CFL....	24,004
Roy Donaldson (X)	23,127
Stewart Crawford	9,168

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)

Gloucester Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Pat Doherty (X)	2,268
Alex Roger	2,073
Patricia Boyce	1,467
Gordon Willis	113

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	%
Robert Groves (X)	2,372
J. D. Wentzell	2,006
Margaret Newman	1,166
J. G. Drouin	1,118
Mrs. G. A. Kingston	1,021

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	%
George Sloan	3,700
Noel Ogilvie (X)	3,486
James A. Donaldson (X)	3,172

Carleton Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Henry (X)	3,186
Frank Boyce (X)	2,487
Lloyd Francis	2,124
G. C. Brown	831

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...
Candidate	Votes	%
Lon Campbell (X)	3,451
Richard Barber (X)	3,239
P. H. Moore	1,816

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	%
James McAuley (X)	2,931
Charles Parker	2,043
Percy Kerwin	1,748
John Barlow	1,100

Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Roly Wall (X)	3,193
Henry Bradley (X)	3,133
Henry Fauteux	2,329

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	%
Jules Morin Jules Morin Jules Morin was an Ontario businessman and politician. He represented Ottawa East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative member from 1955 to 1963 and from 1967 to 1971....   (X)	3,005
Clem Aubin (X)	2,206
Paul-Emile Morin	1,916
M. Henri Rheaume	1,083

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	%
Charlie St. Germain (X)	3,280
May Nickson May Nickson Jessie May Nickson, known as May Nickson, was the first woman elected to the Ottawa City Council serving from 1955 to 1960.Born Jessie May Shaw May 29, 1918 in Ottawa, she died June 5, 2010 from ALS. She graduated in 1940 from Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. with a Bachelor of Commerce degree...  (X)	1,763
Sam McLean	1,383
Cecile O'Regan	1,240

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	%
Don Reid Donald Bartlett Reid Donald Bartlett "Don" Reid was Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1965 to 1969.Reid was born in Capreol, Ontario. He died at the Ottawa Heart Institute aged 75, leaving behind his wife Jean and five children....  (X)	2,775
Lionel O'Connor	1,288
H. G. Caldwell	904
James Beauchamp	867
R. E. Robinson (X)	866
Sam Chandler	839
W. T. Lewis	339