1929 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1929, to elect members of the 1930 Ottawa City Council.

Controller Frank H. Plant was elected mayor without opposition.

Candidate Votes %
Frank H. Plant Acclaimed

All three incumbent controllers were re-elected. Businessman John J. Allen was the only newcomer elected.

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Charles J. Tulley (X) 12,057 16.83
Frank LaFortune (X) 11,628 16.23
Gerald Sims (X) 11,455 15.99
John J. Allen 11,172 15.59
G. M. Geldert 11,135 15.54
George H. Dunbar 8,590 11.99
S. Rupert Broadfoot 5,620 7.84

All incumbent alderman who ran were re-elected. Two new wards were created for this election, Elmdale in the city's west end, and Riverdale in the city's south. The incumbent aldermen from Dalhousie both ran in Elmdale. One of the incumbent aldermen from Capital Ward (George Pushman) ran in Riverdale.

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rod Plant (X) 820 38.95
Thomas Brethour (X) 748 35.53
John C. Grant 329 15.63
Robert S. M. Hood 208 9.88
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
A. W. Desjardins (X) Acclaimed
Eric Query (X) Acclaimed
St. George Ward
Candidate Votes %
T. E. Dansereau (X) 1,652 37.72
Norman H. MacDonald (X) 1,420 32.42
Walter Cunningham 1,308 29.86
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
James W. McNabb (X) 1,955 44.46
J. Edward McVeigh (X) 1,715 39.00
A. M. Muir 727 16.53
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
John Warren York (X) 2,215 39.43
Edward Band (politician)\ 1,899 33.81
R. Hooper 1,503 26.76
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Clarence M. Denneny 1,247 24.81
Dan McCann 1,176 23.40
W. A. Balharrie 774 15.40
Robert A. Stokes 664 13.21
Freeman Rowe 543 10.80
W. E. O'Meara 412 8.20
W. S. McFall 210 4.18
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Sam Crooks (X) Acclaimed
Jim Forward (X) Acclaimed
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ernest Laroche (X) 1,109 28.04
Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,061 26.83
John R. Welch 831 21.01
J. P. Nolan 559 14.13
Harry Scales 395 9.99
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Aristide Belanger (X) 1,476 38.01
Wilfrid St. Aubin 1,263 32.53
Joseph Landriault 924 23.80
Aurelian Rose 220 5.67
Riverdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Sloan 1,567 35.17
George Pushman (X) 1,376 30.89
A. W. E. Hellyer 801 17.98
Robert Carson 711 15.96
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
J. E. Stanley Lewis 1,499 29.69
William R. Low (X) 1,325 26.24
Harold C. Shipman 883 17.49
Kirby Bangs 851 16.85
W. F. Bowden Martin 491 9.72

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