Elmdale Ward

{{Short description|Municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario}}

Elmdale Ward was a municipal ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The ward was created in 1929 when it was split off from Dalhousie Ward. It existed until 1994, when it was merged with Queensboro Ward to become Kitchissippi Ward.

In 1952, the ward was merged with Victoria Ward and named Ward 7. It was given the name Elmdale-Victoria Ward in 1956,{{cite news|title=Names Replace Numbers|date=December 30, 1955|page=1|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/161891232/|accessdate=December 30, 2024}} and was known this until 1980.

Elmdale Ward originally consisted of Ottawa's western suburbs, such as Civic Hospital and Hintonburg, but was later shifted west by an expanding Dalhousie Ward to its east. As Ottawa expanded, Elmdale's western boundary became Island Park Drive.

Aldermen

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Council

! Colspan="2" | Aldermen

1930

|rowspan="2" | Samuel Crooks

|rowspan="9" | Jim Forward

1931
1932

|rowspan="6" | William H. Marsden

1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938

|rowspan="2"| George W. Pingle

1939

|rowspan="12"| Henry Bradley

1940

| David Sprague

1941-42

|rowspan="4" | George W. Pingle

1942-44
1945-46
1947-48
1949-50

|rowspan="11"| Roly Wall

1951-52
1953-54
1955-56
1957-58
1959-60
1961-62

|rowspan="4"| Bruce Harvey

1963-64
1965-66
1967-69
1970-72

| Walter Ryan

1973-74

|colspan="2"| Walter Ryan

1975-76

|colspan="2"| Pat Nicol

1977-78

|colspan="2"| Roly Wall

1979-80

|colspan="2"| Chris Chilton

1981-82

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Graham Bird

1983-85
1986-88

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Jamie Fisher

1989-91
1992-94

|colspan="2" | Jill Brown

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