1956 Ottawa municipal election

December 2021 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.Names Replace Numbers December 30, 1955 1 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/161891232/ December 30, 2024 Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%George Nelms Acclaimed Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% 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 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. By Ward 2. Capital Ward 3. Carleton Ward 4. Dalhousie Ward 5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward 6. Gloucester Ward 7. Queensboro Ward 8. Rideau Ward 9. St. George's Ward 10. Wellington Ward . (2 elected from each ward) Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Pat Doherty (X) 2,268 Alex Roger 2,073 Patrick Boyce 1,467 Gordon Willis 113 Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Robert Groves (X) 2,372 J. D. Wentzell 2,006 Margaret Newman 1,166 J. G. Drouin 1,118 Reba Kingstonhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/137494899/ Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat March 24, 1956 Ottawa Journal December 27, 2023 1,021 Capital WardCandidateVotes%George Sloan 3,700 Noel Ogilvie (X) 3,486 James A. Donaldson (X) 3,172 Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Howard Henry (X) 3,186 Frank Boyce (X) 2,487 Lloyd Francis 2,124 G. C. Brown 831 Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Lon Campbell (X) 3,451 Richard Barber (X) 3,239 P. H. Moore 1,816 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%James McAuley (X) 2,931 Charles Parker 2,043 Percy Kerwin 1,748 John Barlow 1,100 Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Roly Wall (X) 3,193 Henry Bradley (X) 3,133 Henry Fauteux 2,329 By WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin (X) 3,005 Clem Aubin (X) 2,206 Paul-Emile Morin 1,916 M. Henri Rheaume 1,083 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Charlie St. Germain (X) 3,280 May Nickson (X) 1,763 Sam McLean 1,383 Cecile O'Regan 1,240 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%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 Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Ottawa Municipal election, 1956 Ottawa municipal election Ottawa municipal election