1956 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada, 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. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor. The incumbent 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. The size of council also increased by one ward, with the split of Ward 1 into two wards.[1]

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
George Nelms Acclaimed

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Paul Tardif (X) 30,157
Ernie Jones (X) 26,480
Wilbert Hamilton 24,167
Sam Berger 24,004
Roy Donaldson (X) 23,127
Stewart Crawford 9,168

City council

(2 elected from each ward)

Gloucester Ward
Candidate Votes %
Pat Doherty (X) 2,268
Alex Roger 2,073
Patrick Boyce 1,467
Gordon Willis 113
Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Robert Groves (X) 2,372
J. D. Wentzell 2,006
Margaret Newman 1,166
J. G. Drouin 1,118
Reba Kingston[2] 1,021
Capital Ward
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
Candidate Votes %
Lon Campbell (X) 3,451
Richard Barber (X) 3,239
P. H. Moore 1,816
Dalhousie Ward
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
Candidate Votes %
Jules Morin (X) 3,005
Clem Aubin (X) 2,206
Paul-Emile Morin 1,916
M. Henri Rheaume 1,083
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Charlie St. Germain (X) 3,280
May Nickson (X) 1,763
Sam McLean 1,383
Cecile O'Regan 1,240
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Don Reid (X) 2,775
Lionel O'Connor 1,288
H. G. Caldwell 904
James Beauchamp 867
Robert E. Robinson (X) 866
Sam Chandler 839
W. T. Lewis 339

References

  1. ^ "Names Replace Numbers". Ottawa Citizen. December 30, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat". Ottawa Journal. March 24, 1956. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  • Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956
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