1940 Ottawa municipal election
[[Mayor of Ottawa]]
| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
| J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) | 19,729 | 67.79 |
| S. Leonard Belaire | 11,692 | 32.21 |
[[Ottawa Board of Control]]
(4 elected)
| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
| Chester E. Pickering | 13,004 | |
| G. M. Geldert (X) | 12,955 | |
| E. A. Bourque (X) | 12,417 | |
| Jim Forward (X) | 12,416 | |
| David Sprague | 12,190 | |
| Grenville Goodwin | 10,830 | |
| H. Stanley Higman{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/137442096/|title =Civic Election Slate at Glance|date=November 22, 1940|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=December 26, 2023}} | 10,086 | |
| Thomas Brethour | 5,484 | |
| Joseph A. Parisien | 1,963 | |
| Percy Edwin Bedford | 1,239 |
[[Ottawa City Council]]
(2 elected from each ward)
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Rideau Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Powers (X) | 947 | |
| A. W. Spearman (X) | 905 | |
| Max G. Schoen | 300 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| By Ward |
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
|---|
| Eric Query (X)
|colspan="2"| Acclaimed |
| J. Albert Parisien (X)
|colspan="2"| Acclaimed |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| St. George's Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Pinard (X) | 1,687 | |
| Harold Taylor | 1,630 | |
| Hamnett P. Hill, Jr. (X) | 1,415 | |
| Walter Cunningham | 602 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Wellington Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Martin M. Walsh (X) | 1,942 | |
| Arthur J. Ash (X) | 1,506 | |
| Christie A. McDonald | 1,266 | |
| Robert Burnett | 568 | |
| James P. Behan | 278 | |
| William A. Coe | 79 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Capital Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Edward Band | 2,065 | |
| Joseph McCulloch | 1,416 | |
| W. Earl Linttell | 1,152 | |
| Roy F. Fleming | 835 | |
| Parlane Christie | 600 | |
| C. W. Grant | 439 | |
| J. D. Fraser | 221 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Dalhousie Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Daniel McCann (X) | 2,220 | |
| Wilbert Hamilton (X) | 1,662 | |
| Joseph J. Kennedy | 1,072 | |
| James R. Sands | 437 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Elmdale Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Henry Bradley (X) | 2,448 | |
| George Pingle | 1,929 | |
| W. H. Marsden | 1,182 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Victoria Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| J. P. Nolan (X) | 1,342 | |
| Nelson J. Lacasse (X) | 1,165 | |
| Joseph Allard | 1,092 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Ottawa Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,680 | |
| Napoleon Bordeleau (X) | 1,492 | |
| Oscar Robitaille | 1,095 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Riverdale Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| Len Coulter (X) | 1,978 | |
| David McMillan (X) | 1,771 | |
| George Sloan | 1,212 | |
| Samuel Dibartolo | 185 |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| Central Ward | ||
| style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% | ||
|---|---|---|
| George F. Perley (X) | 2,403 | |
| Fred Journeaux (X) | 2,082 | |
| James J. Enright | 736 |
References
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- Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1940
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Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa