1954 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1954.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
Charlotte Whitton (X)	33,078	47.73
David Luther Burgess	22,757	32.84
E. A. Bourque	13,469	19.43

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
George Nelms	38,762
Paul Tardif (X)	35,403
Roy Donaldson (X)	32,140
Ernie Jones	32,140
G. M. Geldert	26,757
Alex Roger	25,094
Stewart Crawford	9,849

Ottawa City Council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election.

(2 elected from each ward)

Ward 1
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert Groves (X)	5,867
Pat Doherty	5,026
Patrick Boyce	4,678

Ward 2
Candidate	Votes	%
Jules Morin (X)	3,490
Clem Aubin (X)	3,068
Henri Rheaume	2,449

Ward 3
Candidate	Votes	%
Charlie St. Germain (X)	4,774
May Nickson	2,116
Sam McLean	1,685
Arthur Moeser	840
Don Kay	711
Rene Paquin	535

Ward 4
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Reid	4,131
Martin M. Walsh (X)	3,388
Fred Journeaux (X)	2,561
H. Gibson Caldwell	1,530
James Beauchamp	1,265

Ward 5
Candidate	Votes	%
Noel Ogilvie (X)	5,575
James A. Donaldson	5,280
George Sloan (X)	5,257

Ward 6
Candidate	Votes	%
Wilbert Hamilton (X)	4,021
James McAuley (X)	4,001
Charles Parker	2,587
Percy Kerwin	1,271
Gilbert Johnson	838
Frederick Clermont	610

Ward 7
Candidate	Votes	%
Roly Wall (X)	acclaimed
Henry Bradley (X)	acclaimed

Ward 8
Candidate	Votes	%
Lon Campbell (X)	4,795
Richard Barber	3,467
Patrick Moore	2,961
Henry Parslow (X)	1,345

Ward 9
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Henry (X)	3,432
Frank Boyce (X)	2,796
Don Charboneau	2,671
George C. Brown	1,236

References

• Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1954