The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1928 to elect members of the 1929 Ottawa City Council.
Incumbent mayor Arthur Ellis was re-elected without opposition.
Plebiscites
Property owners voted in favour of improving water supply in the city which would involve allowing the city to spend $1,315,000 for a water filtration system.
| Water filtration
|
| Choice
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Yes |
7,323 |
81.28
|
| No |
1,687 |
18.72
|
City residents voted in favour to continue using daylight saving time in the city.
| Daylight saving
|
| Choice
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Yes |
14,506 |
59.49
|
| No |
9,877 |
40.51
|
(4 elected)
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Frank H. Plant |
16,540 |
23.31
|
| Charles J. Tulley |
12,024 |
16.94
|
| Frank LaFortune |
11,226 |
15.82
|
| Gerald Sims |
10,781 |
15.19
|
| Harold D. McCormick |
9,610 |
13.54
|
| George H. Dunbar |
8,711 |
12.28
|
| Alex Leckie |
1,141 |
1.61
|
| James Ryan |
929 |
1.31
|
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Rod Plant |
636 |
28.35
|
| Tom Brethour |
580 |
25.86
|
| W. Cherry |
435 |
19.39
|
| R. Ingram |
371 |
16.54
|
| A. Ackland |
221 |
9.85
|
| By Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| A. W. (Fred) Desjardins |
1,240 |
36.02
|
| Eric Query |
1,239 |
35.99
|
| J. A. Parisien |
964 |
28.00
|
| St. George Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Norman H. MacDonald |
1,474 |
31.77
|
| T. E. Dansereau |
1,470 |
31.69
|
| Walter Cunningham |
1,267 |
27.31
|
| J. M. Dugas |
428 |
9.23
|
| Wellington Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| James W. McNabb
|
Acclaimed
|
| J. Edward McVeigh
|
Acclaimed
|
| Capital Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| John Warren York |
3,514 |
37.30
|
| George Pushman |
2,533 |
26.88
|
| George Sloan |
2,152 |
22.84
|
| Dr. W. T. Mackinnon |
1,223 |
12.98
|
| Dalhousie Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Sam Crooks |
2,871 |
37.09
|
| Jim Forward |
2,517 |
32.52
|
| J. F. Meagher |
2,352 |
30.39
|
| Victoria Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Ernest Laroche |
1,280 |
40.20
|
| Nelson J. Lacasse |
1,175 |
36.90
|
| John R. Welch |
831 |
21.01
|
| Harry Scales |
729 |
22.90
|
| Ottawa Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Aristide Belanger |
1,614 |
39.74
|
| J. A. Pinard |
1,103 |
27.16
|
| Joseph Landriault |
968 |
23.84
|
| J. Whelan |
376 |
9.26
|
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1928; ppg 1, 14-16]
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