1926 Ottawa municipal election

September 2023 The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1926 to elect members of the 1927 Ottawa City Council. Mayor of Ottawa Incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie is re-elected, defeating future mayors Patrick Nolan (a former alderman) and controller Frank H. Plant. Balharrie won eight of the city's nine wards, losing just Victoria Ward to Nolan. CandidateVotes%John P. Balharrie 12,336 49.49Patrick Nolan 6,354 25.49Frank H. Plant 6,237 25.02 Plebiscites Property owners voted against a plebiscite which would have raised $330,000 to pay for the removal of cross-town tracks. Removal of cross-town tracks OptionVotes% No 4,364 53.50 Yes 3,793 46.50 Voters approved a plebiscite to move public school board elections from being elected by ward to an at-large voting system. Public school board OptionVotes% Yes 8,323 63.77 No 4,728 36.23 Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes%Charles J. Tulley 13,971 20.22 Arthur Ellis 12,134 17.56Herbert McElroy 11,453 16.58Frank LaFortune 10,271 14.87H. J. McNulty 7,323 10.60E. M. Barrett 6,907 10.00 Harold D. McCormick 5,564 8.04J. W. Hinchcliffe 1,460 2.11 Ottawa City Council thumb|Wards used in this election (2 elected from each ward) Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Robert Ingram 735 37.91David Esdale 638 32.90Tom Brethour 566 29.19 By WardCandidateVotes%Eric Query 994 32.76A. W. (Fred) Desjardins 930 30.65Albert Parisien 730 24.06Greenberg 248 8.17Ryan 132 4.35 St. George WardCandidateVotes%T. E. Dansereau AcclaimedGeorge J. O'Connor Acclaimed Wellington WardCandidateVotes%James W. McNabb 1,813 37.16E. D. Lowe 1,585 32.49J. Edward McVeigh 1,481 30.35 Capital WardCandidateVotes%John Warren York 2,943 36.09McGregor Easson 2,777 34.06 McKinnon 1,221 14.97Rose 1,213 14.88 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Sam Crooks 2,844 36.38Jim Forward 2,352 30.08McCarthy 1,544 19.75Stokes 1,078 13.79 Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Ernest Laroche AcclaimedGerald Sims Acclaimed Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Aristide Belanger 1,367 35.52Joseph Landriault 1,017 26.43Lanthier 753 19.57St. Denis 711 18.48 Central WardCandidateVotes% Dr. G. M. Geldert 2,284 45.74 William R. Low 1,406 28.16 C. Allen Snowdon 1,303 26.10 References Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1926 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1926 elections in Canada Category:1920s in Ottawa Category:1926 in Ontario Category:December 1926 in Canada