The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1938.
Plebiscites
(only property owners could vote)
$225,000 for reconstructing city's fire alarm system
|
Option
|
Votes
|
%
|
Against |
4,720 |
50.02
|
For |
4,717 |
49.98
|
$800,000 for the erection of civic buildings
|
Option
|
Votes
|
%
|
Against |
5,224 |
55.37
|
For |
4,210 |
44.63
|
(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
John Powers (X) |
|
|
Fred Goodhouse (X) |
|
|
W. D. Girard |
|
|
By Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
J. Albert Parisien (X) |
|
|
Eric Query (X) |
|
|
Marcel Dupuis |
|
|
J. H. Legault |
|
|
J. P. Butler |
|
|
St. George's Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Arthur Pinard (X) |
|
|
Harold Taylor (X) |
|
|
J. J. O'Leary |
|
|
A. A. Moeser |
|
|
A. C. H. Fox |
|
|
Wellington Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Martin M. Walsh (X)
|
Acclaimed
|
Arthur J. Ash (X)
|
Acclaimed
|
Capital Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Edward Band (X) |
|
|
C. E. Pickering |
|
|
Harold D. Marshall (X) |
|
|
Elmdale Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
George Pingle (X) |
|
|
Henry Bradley (X) |
|
|
Cecil B. Morris |
|
|
D. R. Grant |
|
|
George Barker |
|
|
Victoria Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Nelson J. Lacasse |
|
|
Joseph P. Nolan (X) |
|
|
Joseph Allard (X) |
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|
J. R. Welch |
|
|
Ottawa Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Aristide Belanger (X) |
|
|
Napoleon Bordeleau (X) |
|
|
A. E. Beauchamp |
|
|
Riverdale Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
David McMillan (X) |
|
|
George Sloan (X) |
|
|
John McLennan |
|
|
T. C. Boucher |
|
|
Central Ward
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
George F. Perley (X) |
|
|
Fred Journeaux (X) |
|
|
W. R. Low |
|
|
Mrs. H. G. Barber |
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