1930 Ottawa municipal election

Canadian municipal election December 2021 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1930. Mayor of Ottawa Controller John J. Allen was elected as mayor without opposition, after mayor Frank H. Plant decided to retire after running as a Conservative in the 1930 Canadian federal election. CandidateVotes%John J. Allen Acclaimed Ottawa Board of Control All three incumbent controllers were defeated as voters opted to elect a new slate of controllers. Notably, no French Canadians were elected to the Board of Control, and it was thought that this was the first election to have all four elected controllers be Protestants. (4 elected) CandidateVotes%G. M. Geldert 16,459 19.04James Warren York 14,121 16.34 J. E. Stanley Lewis 13,483 15.60George H. Dunbar 12,353 14.29Gerald Sims (X) 10,972 12.69 Frank LaFortune (X) 7,729 8.94Charles J. Tulley (X) 6,991 8.09 Joseph Albert Pinard 4,327 5.01 Ottawa City Council 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. Rideau Ward 2. Ottawa Ward 3. By Ward 4. St. George's Ward 5. Riverdale Ward 6. Capital Ward 7. Central Ward 8. Wellington Ward 9. Dalhousie Ward 10. Elmdale Ward 11. Victoria Ward While voters kicked out the incumbent members of the board of control, they opted to maintain their local incumbent alderman. Only one incumbent councillor (Nelson J. Lacasse) went down in defeat. (2 elected from each ward) Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Rod Plant (X) 882 42.71Thomas Brethour (X) 851 41.21Robert Hood 332 16.08 By WardCandidateVotes%Fred Desjardins (X) 1,240 35.40Eric Query (X) 1,170 33.40 Joseph Albert Parisien 1,093 31.20 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Norman H. MacDonald (X) 1,513 28.89Fulgence Charpentier (X) 1,383 26.40P. J. O'Connor 1,352 25.81J. B. Lachaine 686 13.10Max Feller 304 5.80 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%James W. McNabb (X) 1,986 33.93J. Edward McVeigh (X) 1,537 26.26Edwin A. Beach 1,353 23.11G. E. Faith 978 16.71 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Edward A. Band (X) 2,397 36.90Harold D. Marshall 1,716 26.42N. E. Swerdfager 1,340 20.63T. E. McLaughlin 1,043 16.06 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Daniel McCann (X) 1,993 35.58E. P. McGrath 1,326 23.67W. A. Balharrie 1,062 18.96James J. McVeigh 811 14.48Jack Arron 410 7.32 Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%Sam Crooks (X) 1,332 29.85Jim Forward (X) 896 20.08 William H. Marsden 861 19.29H. H. Bradley 736 16.49W. C. Graham 638 14.30 Victoria WardCandidateVotes%John Robert Welch 1,143 29.18Ernest Laroche (X) 1,019 26.01Nelson Joseph Lacasse (X) 961 24.53John Patrick Nolan 794 20.27 Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Aristide Belanger (X) 1,565 36.03Wilfrid St. Aubin (X) 1,342 30.90 Joseph Landriault 746 17.18Aurelien Rose 492 11.33Ferrier C. Morin 103 2.37Francois X. Gamanche 95 2.19 Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%George S. Sloan (X) 1,788 39.23 George Pushman (X) 1,621 35.56David McMillan 1,149 25.21 Central WardCandidateVotes% Kirby Bangs 1,775 35.45 William R. Low (X) 1,695 33.85 Harold C. Shipman 1,537 30.70 References Ottawa Citizen, December 2, 1930; pgs 1, 18-19 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1930 elections in Canada Category:1930s in Ottawa Category:1930 Ontario municipal elections Category:December 1930 in Canada