The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1948.
(4 elected)
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Len Coulter |
23,330 |
|
| Dan McCann |
21,267 |
|
| Paul Tardif |
20,067 |
|
| C. E. Pickering |
17,779 |
|
| Stan Higman |
16,512 |
|
| Roy Donaldson |
14,948 |
|
| S. Leonard Belaire |
9,856 |
|
| Charles Boone |
4,024 |
|
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Leslie Avery (X) |
1,415 |
|
| John Powers (X) |
1,175 |
|
| Tony Arbour |
474 |
|
| Thomas Hubert |
131 |
|
| By Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Eric Query (X) |
1,568 |
|
| Jules Morin (X) |
1,548 |
|
| B. E. Tasse |
628 |
|
| J. T. Legault |
338 |
|
| St. George's Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| William Newton (X) |
2,172 |
|
| Charlie St. Germain |
1,288 |
|
| A. Beaulieu |
1,090 |
|
| Arthur Moeser |
987 |
|
| J. R. Pilon |
942 |
|
| Lawrence McLean |
781 |
|
| David Langlier |
510 |
|
| C. E. Rocque |
442 |
|
| C. T. Prott |
132 |
|
| Wellington Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Martin M. Walsh (X) |
2,745 |
|
| Charles Parker |
2,561 |
|
| Sam Chandler |
2,125 |
|
| Capital Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Edward Band (X) |
2,764 |
|
| Noel Ogilvie |
1,721 |
|
| Tom Davidson |
1,345 |
|
| Parlane Christie (X) |
1,244 |
|
| Maurice J. Murphy |
1,176 |
|
| J. H. Sheppard |
417 |
|
| Dalhousie Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Wilbert Hamilton (X) |
2,281 |
|
| James McAuley |
1,481 |
|
| W. P. Kerwin |
949 |
|
| W. J. W. Wills |
815 |
|
| M. C. Anderson |
645 |
|
| John J. Kennedy |
547 |
|
| Joseph Raymond |
385 |
|
| Edward Ayoub |
293 |
|
| Elmdale Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Henry Bradley (X) |
3,736 |
|
| Roly Wall |
2,653 |
|
| Jack Norris |
1,336 |
|
| Ludlum Hawkins |
1,198 |
|
| Marjorie Mann |
869 |
|
| John Defalco |
372 |
|
| H. Cluff |
103 |
|
| Victoria Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Frank Ellis (X) |
1,556
|
| Joseph Allard |
1,359 |
|
| John J. Hartnett |
499 |
|
| Hector Chartier |
358 |
|
| Albert Levesque |
282 |
|
| Ottawa Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Clem Aubin (X) |
1,809 |
34.12
|
| Aristide Belanger |
1,642 |
30.97
|
| Henri Rheaume (X) |
1,640 |
30.93
|
| Larry Lanthier |
211 |
3.98
|
Election day vote totals showed Belanger ahead of Rheaume by seven votes. A recount found that he defeated Rheaume by two votes.[1]
| Riverdale Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| David McMillan (X) |
2,211
|
| Victor Irish |
1,277 |
|
| George Sloan |
1,218 |
|
| Dean G. Cowan |
1,921 |
|
| R. George Pushman |
978 |
|
| Ivan Sparks |
587 |
|
| M. S. Carrigan |
389 |
|
| Thomas H. C. Shipman |
335
|
| Central Ward
|
| Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
| J. Grant Shaw (X) |
2,392 |
|
| Fred Journeaux (X) |
2,277 |
|
| C. M. Marshall |
2,017 |
|
| Roger Webber |
1,010 |
|
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1948
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