1927 Ottawa municipal election

September 2023 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1927 to elect members of the 1928 Ottawa City Council. Mayor of Ottawa Controller Arthur Ellis defeated incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie and future mayor Patrick Nolan in a three-way race. Ellis won all but two of the city's nine wards, losing just the western wards of Dalhousie and Victoria to Nolan. CandidateVotes%Arthur Ellis 11,183 40.81John P. Balharrie 8,415 30.71Patrick Nolan 7,805 28.48 Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes%Charles J. Tulley 13,407 17.32Frank H. Plant 13,185 17.03Herbert McElroy 12,567 16.22Frank LaFortune 12,558 16.22 Gerald Sims 8,825 11.40Harold D. McCormick 7,911 10.22H. J. McNulty 7,661 9.90James Ryan 1,286 1.66 Ottawa City Council (2 elected from each ward) Rideau WardCandidateVotes%George H. Dunbar 628 26.09Tom Brethour 594 24.68David Esdale 522 21.69Robert Ingram 339 14.08Farmer 324 13.46 By WardCandidateVotes%A. W. (Fred) Desjardins 1,238 37.82Albert Parisien 1,026 31.34 Eric Query 1,009 30.83 St. George WardCandidateVotes%T. E. Dansereau 1,367 30.47Walter Cunningham 1,078 24.03Norman H. MacDonald 1,074 23.94George J. O'Connor 967 21.56 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%James W. McNabb 2,196 37.23J. Edward McVeigh 1,661 28.16Willoughby 1,417 24.02Marshall 625 10.60 Capital WardCandidateVotes%John Warren York AcclaimedMcGregor Easson Acclaimed Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Sam Crooks 2,629 29.38Jim Forward 2,050 22.91Meagher 1,871 20.91Stokes 945 10.56Marsden 876 9.79Megill 578 6.46 Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Ernest Laroche 1,224 31.00Nelson J. Lacasse 928 23.50Cook 768 19.45Russell Sparks 645 16.33Scales 274 6.94Sugrue 110 2.79 Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Aristide Belanger 1,302 32.36Joseph Landriault 967 24.04Lanthier 687 17.08Bordeleau 585 14.54Burrows 482 11.98 Central WardCandidateVotes% Dr. G. M. Geldert 2,145 43.95 William R. Low 2,021 41.41 Stanley 714 14.63 References Ottawa Citizen, December 6, 1927 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1927 elections in Canada Category:1920s in Ottawa Category:1927 in Ontario Category:December 1927 in North America