Jump to content

1927 Ottawa municipal election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1927 to elect members of the 1928 Ottawa City Council.

Controller Arthur Ellis defeated incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie and future mayor Patrick Nolan in a three-way race. Ellis won all but two of the city's nine wards, losing just the western wards of Dalhousie and Victoria to Nolan.

Candidate Votes %
Arthur Ellis 11,183 40.81
John P. Balharrie 8,415 30.71
Patrick Nolan 7,805 28.48

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Charles J. Tulley 13,407 17.32
Frank H. Plant 13,185 17.03
Herbert McElroy 12,567 16.22
Frank LaFortune 12,558 16.22
Gerald Sims 8,825 11.40
Harold D. McCormick 7,911 10.22
H. J. McNulty 7,661 9.90
James Ryan 1,286 1.66

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
George H. Dunbar 628 26.09
Tom Brethour 594 24.68
David Esdale 522 21.69
Robert Ingram 339 14.08
Farmer 324 13.46
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
A. W. (Fred) Desjardins 1,238 37.82
Albert Parisien 1,026 31.34
Eric Query 1,009 30.83
St. George Ward
Candidate Votes %
T. E. Dansereau 1,367 30.47
Walter Cunningham 1,078 24.03
Norman H. MacDonald 1,074 23.94
George J. O'Connor 967 21.56
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
James W. McNabb 2,196 37.23
J. Edward McVeigh 1,661 28.16
Willoughby 1,417 24.02
Marshall 625 10.60
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Warren York Acclaimed
McGregor Easson Acclaimed
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Sam Crooks 2,629 29.38
Jim Forward 2,050 22.91
Meagher 1,871 20.91
Stokes 945 10.56
Marsden 876 9.79
Megill 578 6.46
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ernest Laroche 1,224 31.00
Nelson J. Lacasse 928 23.50
Cook 768 19.45
Russell Sparks 645 16.33
Scales 274 6.94
Sugrue 110 2.79
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger 1,302 32.36
Joseph Landriault 967 24.04
Lanthier 687 17.08
Bordeleau 585 14.54
Burrows 482 11.98
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
Dr. G. M. Geldert 2,145 43.95
William R. Low 2,021 41.41
Stanley 714 14.63

References

[edit]