The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1938.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis (X)17,95849.15
William H. Marsden11,45731.36
George H. Dunbar6,78818.58
Caleb S. Green2010.55
William Watson1330.36

Plebiscites

(only property owners could vote)

$225,000 for reconstructing city's fire alarm system
Option Votes %
Against4,72050.02
For4,71749.98
$800,000 for the erection of civic buildings
Option Votes %
Against5,22455.37
For4,21044.63

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Finley McRae18,805
G. M. Geldert (X)18,131
E. A. Bourque (X)14,773
J. H. Putman (X)13,931
Jim Forward12,538
Thomas Brethour[1]9,302
Arthur Ellis[1]6,140
Joseph A. Parisien[1]3,038
Percy E. Bedford[1]1,770
Cecil Elbourne[1]954
Max Feller878
E. E. Kesterton[1]362

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Powers (X)
Fred Goodhouse (X)
W. D. Girard
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. Albert Parisien (X)
Eric Query (X)
Marcel Dupuis
J. H. Legault
J. P. Butler
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Pinard (X)
Harold Taylor (X)
J. J. O'Leary
A. A. Moeser
A. C. H. Fox
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Martin M. Walsh (X) Acclaimed
Arthur J. Ash (X) Acclaimed
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Band (X)
C. E. Pickering
Harold D. Marshall (X)
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Daniel McCann (X)
Wilbert Hamilton (X)
R. W. Dawson
Joseph F. Raymond
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Pingle (X)
Henry Bradley (X)
Cecil B. Morris
D. R. Grant
George Barker
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nelson J. Lacasse
Joseph P. Nolan (X)
Joseph Allard (X)
J. R. Welch
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X)
Napoleon Bordeleau (X)
A. E. Beauchamp
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
David McMillan (X)
George Sloan (X)
John McLennan
T. C. Boucher
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
George F. Perley (X)
Fred Journeaux (X)
W. R. Low
Mrs. H. G. Barber

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Civic Election Slate at Glance". Ottawa Citizen. November 25, 1938. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  • Ottawa Citizen, December 6, 1938
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