1950 Ottawa municipal election

December 2021 The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 4, 1950. To date, this election elected the most members of city council in Ottawa history. 28 aldermen from 14 wards, plus 4 controllers and the mayor for a total of 33 on council. Voters overwhelmingly voted to reduce the council down to 18 aldermen in a plebiscite which saw its largest opposition in the more francophone Ottawa and By Wards. The mayoral race featured the same three candidates as the 1948 race. However, Goodwin defeated Bourque this time. He would only serve for 9 months however, as he died on August 27, 1951. He was replaced by city controller Dr. Charlotte Whitton, the first female controller in city history. Three new wards were added to council, due to the annexation of parts of Nepean Township and Gloucester Township. Gloucester Ward held a special election on January 2, 1950, while Carleton and Westboro Wards held elections on December 19, 1949. Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%Grenville Goodwin 28,698 47.60E. A. Bourque (X) 18,668 30.96George Mackinley Geldert 12,928 21.44 Referendum Council reductionCandidateVotes% Yes 44,038 82.59 No 9,280 17.41 Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Charlotte Whitton 38,405 22.20 Len Coulter (X) 31,071 17.95 Dan McCann (X) 25,484 14.73 Paul Tardif (X) 24,265 13.99 C. E. Pickering (X) 22,687 13.11 Roy Donaldson 20,180 11.66 Frank Ellis 10,988 6.36 Ottawa City Council 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. Rideau Ward 2. By Ward 3. St. George's Ward 4. Wellington Ward 5. Capital Ward 6. Dalhousie Ward 7. Elmdale Ward 8. Victoria Ward 9. Westboro Ward 10. Carleton Ward 11. Ottawa Ward 12. Gloucester Ward 13. Riverdale Ward 14. Central Ward (2 elected from each ward) Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Leslie Avery (X) 1,244 John Powers (X) 1,239 Joseph C. LeBlanc 598 Thomas Hubert 302 By WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin (X) 1,839 Eric Query (X) 1,777 Aldege Soott 393 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Charlie St. Germain (X) 3,691 William Newton (X) 2,250 Sam McLean 1,490 Arthur Moeser 728 H. Robert O'Hara 571 Henri Robert 344 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Martin M. Walsh (X) 3,012 Charles Parker (X) 2,724 Sam Chandler 1,441 Gilbert F. Johnson 1,144 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Noel Ogilvie (X) 2,778 Parlane Christie 2,342 Tom Davison 2,179 Maurice J. Murphy 1,303 William T. Lewis 602 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Wilbert Hamilton (X) 2,651 James McAuley (X) 2,352 William J. Wills 1,170 W. Percy Kerwin 961 Edward Ayoub 550 Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%Henry Bradley (X) 3,408 Roly Wall (X) 3,296 Lee Rickey 2,405 Jack Norris 1,900 George Blouin 518 Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Lon Campbell 1,447 Joseph Allard (X) 1,206 Paul Dufour 835 Conrad Vezina 449 Hector Jodoin 388 J. J. Hartnett 366 Hector Chartier 281 H. J. Lacasse 165 Westboro WardCandidateVotes%Ernie Jones (X) AcclaimedHenry Parslow (X) Acclaimed Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Frank Boyce (X) 1,952 Howard Henry (X) 1,882 William Simpson 860 Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Clem Aubin (X) 1,895 Henri Rheaume 1,751 Aristide Belanger (X) 1,442 Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Archie Newman (X) 2,465 Pat Doherty 2,203 Alex Roger (X) 2,048 Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%David McMillan (X) 2,885 George Sloan 2,753 Victor Irish (X) 2,124 Ivan Sparks 1,096 Central WardCandidateVotes% J. Grant Shaw (X) 2,768 Fred Journeaux (X) 2,320 Cyril George Marshall 2,179 Roger Webber 991 References Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 1950 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1950 Ontario municipal elections Category:1950s in Ottawa Category:December 1950 in North America