1969 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1969.

Controller Kenneth Fogarty is easily elected as mayor. This would be the last election where two aldermen would be elected from each ward.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
Ken H. Fogarty 57,890 81.26
John Kroeker 5,182 7.27
Joseph Louis Paradis 3,781 5.31
David E. Porter 2,304 3.98
Lucien A. Dube 2,083 2.92

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Claude Bennett 47,739*
Pierre Benoit 43,237*
Lorry Greenberg 37,926*
Ernie Jones (X) 29,831*
Murray Heit (X) 29,446*[1]
Ellen Webber (X) 18,097
Roy Donaldson 13,325

City council

(2 elected from each ward)

Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay (X) 6,979*
Jeff King 6,476*
Gwendeline Power-Binns 2,250
Ross Potter 1,982
Gloucester Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joe Quinn (X) 2,780*
Pat Doherty 1,643*
Bill Zlepnig 1,506
Ralph Boone 1,096
Leo Gallien 857
Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Desmond Bender (X) 1,976*
Tom McDougall 1,950*
Colin Matheson 1,644
Pierre Belanger 1,143
Tom Farrell 1,003
Dorothea O'Brien 697
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Charlotte Whitton (X) 4,254* 35.57
Garry Guzzo 2,620* 21.90
Dave Gourlie 2,013 16.83
Ed Henry 1,511 12.63
George Hynna 1,159 9.69
Leo Morency 404 3.38
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Bill Law 6,343*
Ralph Sutherland 5,520*
Ed Mulkins 2,835
Philip Coulter 2,515
Charles Strong 1,870
Alfred Lapointe 1,168
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Kenneth Workman (X) 4,366* 39.01
H. O. Waddell (X) 3,737* 33.39
Evelyn Gigantes 1,346 12.03
Edward Ayoub 1,011 9.03
M. J. Besharah 733 6.55
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Gale Kerwin 1,994*
Rudy Capogreco (X) 1,737*
Angelo Licari 1,719
Frank Chiarelli 1,454
Gerry Tremblay 1,130
Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Roland Wall (X) 3,650*
Walter Ryan 2,403*
Bruce Harvey (X) 2,383*[1]
Keith Hearn 1,573
James Nichol 601
George Ayoub 335
Ferdinand Clement 335
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jules Morin (X) 3,531*
Ralph Brunet (X) 2,518*
Andre Grattan 1,113
James Conway 947
Hubert Mantha 476
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Charles St. Germain (X) 3,353*
R. A. Robert (X) 3,107*
Thomas Edwards 1,302
Raoul Levesque 1,187
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michael Cassidy 2,288*
Matthew McGrath 1,566*
Jim Robinson 1,525*[1]
Mary Harrison (X) 1,302
Sam McLean 656
James Doig 475

*Results official for winning candidates only,[2] or those in close races.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tight Race Results Confirmed". Ottawa Journal. December 3, 1969. p. 16. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Official election returns". Ottawa Citizen. December 4, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  • Ottawa Journal, December 2, 1969
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