1956 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.

Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor. The incumbent was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.

After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards. The size of council also increased by one ward, with the split of Ward 1 into two wards.[1]

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
George Nelms	Acclaimed

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
Paul Tardif (X)	30,157
Ernie Jones (X)	26,480
Wilbert Hamilton	24,167
Sam Berger	24,004
Roy Donaldson (X)	23,127
Stewart Crawford	9,168

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. By Ward
2. Capital Ward
3. Carleton Ward
4. Dalhousie Ward
5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward
6. Gloucester Ward
7. Queensboro Ward
8. Rideau Ward
9. St. George's Ward
10. Wellington Ward .

(2 elected from each ward)

Gloucester Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Pat Doherty (X)	2,268
Alex Roger	2,073
Patrick Boyce	1,467
Gordon Willis	113

Rideau Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert Groves (X)	2,372
J. D. Wentzell	2,006
Margaret Newman	1,166
J. G. Drouin	1,118
Reba Kingston[2]	1,021

Capital Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
George Sloan	3,700
Noel Ogilvie (X)	3,486
James A. Donaldson (X)	3,172

Carleton Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Henry (X)	3,186
Frank Boyce (X)	2,487
Lloyd Francis	2,124
G. C. Brown	831

Queensboro Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Lon Campbell (X)	3,451
Richard Barber (X)	3,239
P. H. Moore	1,816

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
James McAuley (X)	2,931
Charles Parker	2,043
Percy Kerwin	1,748
John Barlow	1,100

Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Roly Wall (X)	3,193
Henry Bradley (X)	3,133
Henry Fauteux	2,329

By Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Jules Morin (X)	3,005
Clem Aubin (X)	2,206
Paul-Emile Morin	1,916
M. Henri Rheaume	1,083

St. George's Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Charlie St. Germain (X)	3,280
May Nickson (X)	1,763
Sam McLean	1,383
Cecile O'Regan	1,240

Wellington Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Reid (X)	2,775
Lionel O'Connor	1,288
H. G. Caldwell	904
James Beauchamp	867
Robert E. Robinson (X)	866
Sam Chandler	839
W. T. Lewis	339

References

1. "Names Replace Numbers". Ottawa Citizen. December 30, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
2. "Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat". Ottawa Journal. March 24, 1956. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

• Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956