1948 Ottawa municipal election

December 2021 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1948. Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%E. A. Bourque 16,150 35.17Grenville Goodwin 15,229 33.16G. M. Geldert 14,547 31.67 Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Len Coulter 23,330 Dan McCann 21,267 Paul Tardif 20,067 C. E. Pickering 17,779 Stan Higman 16,512 Roy Donaldson 14,948 S. Leonard Belaire 9,856 Charles Boone 4,024 Ottawa City Council (2 elected from each ward) Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Leslie Avery (X) 1,415 John Powers (X) 1,175 Tony Arbour 474 Thomas Hubert 131 By WardCandidateVotes%Eric Query (X) 1,568 Jules Morin (X) 1,548 B. E. Tasse 628 J. T. Legault 338 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%William Newton (X) 2,172 Charlie St. Germain 1,288 A. Beaulieu 1,090 Arthur Moeser 987 J. R. Pilon 942 Lawrence McLean 781 David Langlier 510 C. E. Rocque 442 C. T. Prott 132 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Martin M. Walsh (X) 2,745 Charles Parker 2,561 Sam Chandler 2,125 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Edward Band (X) 2,764 Noel Ogilvie 1,721 Tom Davidson 1,345 Parlane Christie (X) 1,244 Maurice J. Murphy 1,176 J. H. Sheppard 417 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Wilbert Hamilton (X) 2,281 James McAuley 1,481 W. P. Kerwin 949 W. J. W. Wills 815 M. C. Anderson 645 John J. Kennedy 547 Joseph Raymond 385 Edward Ayoub 293 Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%Henry Bradley (X) 3,736 Roly Wall 2,653 Jack Norris 1,336 Ludlum Hawkins 1,198 Marjorie Mann 869 John Defalco 372 H. Cluff 103 Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Frank Ellis (X) 1,556 Joseph Allard 1,359 John J. Hartnett 499 Hector Chartier 358 Albert Levesque 282 Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Clem Aubin (X) 1,809 34.12Aristide Belanger 1,642 30.97Henri Rheaume (X) 1,640 30.93Larry Lanthier 211 3.98 Election day vote totals showed Belanger ahead of Rheaume by seven votes. A recount found that he defeated Rheaume by two votes.Belanger Wins Recount December 23, 1948 1 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/161862333/ December 30, 2024 Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%David McMillan (X) 2,211Victor Irish 1,277 George Sloan 1,218 Dean G. Cowan 1,921 R. George Pushman 978 Ivan Sparks 587 M. S. Carrigan 389 Thomas H. C. Shipman 335 Central WardCandidateVotes% J. Grant Shaw (X) 2,392 Fred Journeaux (X) 2,277 C. M. Marshall 2,017 Roger Webber 1,010 References Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1948 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1948 elections in Canada Category:1940s in Ottawa Category:1948 in Ontario Category:December 1948 in Canada