List of Ottawa municipal elections

This is a list of elections held in Ottawa, Ontario. Direct elections for mayor have been held continuously since 1873.

1887

 * 1) McLeod Stewart, 2,169
 * 2) W. E. Brown, 1,790

1888

 * 1) McLeod Stewart, 1,957
 * 2) W. E. Brown, 1,643
 * 3) W. H. Lewis, 360

1889

 * 1) Jacob Erratt, 2,823
 * 2) Dr. Valade, 2,345

1890

 * 1) Jacob Erratt, 2,620
 * 2) W. H. Lewis, 1,419

1891

 * 1) Thomas Birkett, 2,396
 * 2) Dr. St. Jean, 1,459
 * 3) John Heney, 1,095
 * 4) Alex MacLean, 385

1892

 * 1) Olivier Durocher, 2,280
 * 2) George Cox, 2,199

1893

 * 1) Olivier Durocher, acclaimed

1894

 * 1) George Cox, 2,289
 * 2) C. R. Cunningham, 1,663
 * 3) William R. Stroud, 1,549

1895

 * 1) William Borthwick, 3,277
 * 2) William Cluff, 3,188

1896

 * 1) William Borthwick, acclaimed

1897

 * 1) Samuel Bingham, 2,712
 * 2) Levi Crannell, 2,558
 * 3) William Cluff, 1,869

1898

 * 1) Samuel Bingham, acclaimed

1899

 * 1) Thomas Payment, 3,067
 * 2) Robert Stewart, 2,424
 * 3) William Cluff, 2,301

1900

 * 1) Thomas Payment, 3,626
 * 2) William Campbell, 3,240

1901

 * 1) William Dowler Morris, 3,436
 * 2) Fred Cook, 1,590
 * 3) Thomas Raphael, 1,534
 * 4) Thomas Butler, 266
 * 5) Samuel J. Davis, 194
 * 6) William Campbell, 175

1902

 * 1) Fred Cook, acclaimed

1903

 * 1) Fred Cook, acclaimed

1904

 * 1) James A. Ellis, 3,992
 * 2) D'Arcy Scott, 3,333
 * 3) J. C. Enright, 777

1905

 * 1) James A. Ellis, 4,623
 * 2) William Dowler Morris, 4,146

1906

 * 1) James A. Ellis, 4,773
 * 2) A. A. Taillon, 4,523
 * 3) William G. Black, 59

1907

 * 1) D'Arcy Scott, 3,988
 * 2) Charles Hopewell, 3,800
 * 3) William Dowler Morris, 1,570
 * 4) William G. Black, 171

1908

 * 1) D'Arcy Scott, acclaimed

1909

 * 1) Charles Hopewell, acclaimed

1910

 * 1) Charles Hopewell, acclaimed

1911

 * 1) Charles Hopewell, 4,968
 * 2) A. E. Caron, 4,411
 * 3) Roberts, 331

1912

 * 1) Charles Hopewell, 4,146
 * 2) E. J. Laverdure, 3,892
 * 3) P. D. Ross, 3,323

1913

 * 1) James A. Ellis, 5,816
 * 2) E. J. Laverdure, 5,038
 * 3) George Wilson, 1,572

1914

 * 1) Taylor McVeity, 7,184
 * 2) James A. Ellis, 6,883

1915

 * 1) Nelson D. Porter, 7,539
 * 2) Taylor McVeity, 7,124

1916

 * 1) Nelson D. Porter, acclaimed

1917

 * 1) Harold Fisher, 6,122
 * 2) Nelson D. Porter, 4,392
 * 3) Taylor McVeity, 2,391

1918

 * 1) Harold Fisher, acclaimed

1919

 * 1) Harold Fisher 7,624
 * 2) Rufus H. Parent 4,642

1920

 * 1) Harold Fisher 7,962
 * 2) G. C. Hurdman 5,608

1921
(results after recount)
 * 1) Frank H. Plant 7,826
 * 2) Joseph Kent 7,804

1922

 * 1) Frank H. Plant 10,923
 * 2) Joseph Kent 4,698
 * 3) W. K. McManus 241

1923

 * 1) Frank H. Plant, acclaimed

1924 (January)

 * 1) Henry Watters 14,641
 * 2) Frank H. Plant 9,969
 * 3) Taylor McVeity 736

1924 (December)

 * 1) John P. Balharrie 15,159
 * 2) Arthur Ellis 8,405
 * 3) W. E. Brown  1,546

1925

 * 1) John P. Balharrie, acclaimed

1926

 * 1) John P. Balharrie 12,336
 * 2) Patrick Nolan 6,354
 * 3) Frank H. Plant 6,273

1927

 * 1) Arthur Ellis 11,183
 * 2) John P. Balharrie 8,415
 * 3) Patrick Nolan 7,805

1928

 * 1) Arthur Ellis, acclaimed

1929

 * 1) Frank H. Plant, acclaimed

1930

 * 1) John J. Allen, acclaimed

1931

 * 1) John J. Allen, acclaimed

1932

 * 1) John J. Allen 16,295
 * 2) Andrew F. Macallum 8,898
 * 3) Charles J. Tulley 6,543

1933

 * 1) Patrick Nolan 19,634
 * 2) John J. Allen 13,577
 * 3) Peter Alex Cray 387
 * 4) Dudley Booth 356

1934

 * 1) Patrick Nolan 27,064
 * 2) Albert H. Cole 2,394
 * 3) William P. Clermont 1,380
 * 4) James Connah 327
 * 5) Edward E. Kesteron 266

1935

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,810
 * 2) Fulgence Charpentier 9,755
 * 3) Patrick Nolan 6,414
 * 4) Edward H. Hinchey 2,164

1936

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 22,065
 * 2) Albert H. Cole 3,025
 * 3) William Watson 1,008

1937

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 18,186
 * 2) William H. Marsden 12,255
 * 3) Caleb Green 324
 * 4) William Watson 284

1938

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,958
 * 2) William H. Marsden 11,457
 * 3) George H. Dunbar 6,788
 * 4) Caleb Green 201
 * 5) William Watson 133

1939

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 15,685
 * 2) Finley McRae 11,941
 * 3) S. Leonard Belaire 5,260

1940

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 19,729
 * 2) S. Leonard Belaire 11,692

1942

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 18,279
 * 2) S. Leonard Belaire 7,496
 * 3) C. E. Pickering 5,408
 * 4) Lorenzo Lafleur 3,584

1944

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,814
 * 2) C. E. Pickering 7,602
 * 3) V. Cyril Phelan 5,997

1946

 * 1) J. E. Stanley Lewis 22,650
 * 2) Sydney T. Checkland 3,160

1948

 * 1) E. A. Bourque 16,150
 * 2) Grenville Goodwin 15,229
 * 3) G. M. Geldert 14,547

1950

 * 1) Grenville Goodwin 28,698
 * 2) E. A. Bourque 18,668
 * 3) G. M. Geldert 12,928

1952

 * 1) Charlotte Whitton 37,373
 * 2) Len Coulter 33,498

1954

 * 1) Charlotte Whitton 33,078
 * 2) David Luther Burgess 22,757
 * 3) E. A. Bourque 13,469

1956

 * 1) George H. Nelms acclaimed

1958

 * 1) George H. Nelms 28,346
 * 2) William J. LeClair 13,572
 * 3) Roy Donaldson 8,774

1960

 * 1) Charlotte Whitton 35,532
 * 2) Sam Berger 33,825
 * 3) Ernie W. Jones 9,317
 * 4) Lucien A. Dube 2,675

1962

 * 1) Charlotte Whitton 40,062
 * 2) Sam Berger 34,044
 * 3) R.J. Groves 18,245

1964

 * 1) Don B. Reid 43,991
 * 2) Frank Ryan 26,996
 * 3) Charlotte Whitton 25,608
 * 4) Joseph Louis Paradis 706
 * 5) Alfred Lapointe 395

1966

 * 1) Don B. Reid 59,082
 * 2) Donald V. Sterling 15,445
 * 3) John Kroeker 2,273
 * 4) Lucien A. Dube 947
 * 5) Alfred Lapointe (withdrew)

1969

 * 1) Ken H. Fogarty 57,890
 * 2) John Kroeker 5,182
 * 3) Joseph Louis Paradis 3,781
 * 4) David E. Porter 2,304
 * 5) Lucien A. Dube 2,083

1972

 * 1) Pierre Benoit 57,634
 * 2) Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,520
 * 3) Oscar Orenstein 2,095
 * 4) Jack Ridout 1,602

1974

 * 1) Lorry Greenberg 33,679
 * 2) Tom McDougall 29,316
 * 3) Stuart Langford 2,867
 * 4) Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,584

1976

 * 1) Lorry Greenberg 48,048
 * 2) Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 3,377
 * 3) Bill Foster 3,076
 * 4) Mike Sammon 2,489

1978

 * 1) Marion Dewar 51,791
 * 2) Pat Nicol 32,033
 * 3) Bernard Pelot 8,439
 * 4) Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,858
 * 5) Eddie Turgeon 730
 * 6) Ian Orenstein 597

1980

 * 1) Marion Dewar 49,687
 * 2) Pat Nicol 33,151
 * 3) Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,357
 * 4) John Turmel 1,928

1982

 * 1) Marion Dewar 57,168
 * 2) Darrel Kent 48,461
 * 3) T. Joseph McCarthy 2,060
 * 4) Marc Gauvin 1,725
 * 5) Arnold Guetta 487

1985

 * 1) Jim Durrell 56,988
 * 2) Marlene Catterall 35,711
 * 3) R. Allan Jones 942
 * 4) Walter J. McPhee 886
 * 5) Nabil Fawzry 529

1988

 * 1) Jim Durrell 69,813
 * 2) Michael Bartholomew 4,800
 * 3) John Turmel 3,123
 * 4) John Kroeker 1,704
 * 5) Nabil Fawzry 1,022

1991

 * 1) Jacquelin Holzman 38,725
 * 2) Nancy Smith 35,525
 * 3) Marc Laviolette 21,101
 * 4) Michael Bartholomew 2,417

1994

 * 1) Jacquelin Holzman 34,082
 * 2) Joan O'Neill 28,748
 * 3) Tim Kehoe 24,773
 * 4) Diane McIntyre 2,921
 * 5) Alexander Saikaley 1,677

1997

 * 1) Jim Watson 54,148
 * 2) Robert G. Gauthier 8,037
 * 3) Alexander Saikaley 4,209

2000

 * 1) Bob Chiarelli 142,972
 * 2) Claudette Cain 102,940
 * 3) Georges Saadé 2,597
 * 4) Marc-André Bélair 1,846
 * 5) James A. Hall 843
 * 6) Ken Mills 773
 * 7) Paula Nemchin 702
 * 8) John Turmel 677
 * 9) Morteza Naini 516

2003

 * 1) Bob Chiarelli 104,595
 * 2) Terry Kilrea 66,634
 * 3) Ike Awgu 5,394
 * 4) Ron Burke 2,698
 * 5) John A. Bell 2,027
 * 6) Donna Upson 1,312
 * 7) Paula Nemchin 1,191
 * 8) John Turmel 1,166

2006

 * 1) Larry O'Brien 141,262
 * 2) Alex Munter 108,572
 * 3) Bob Chiarelli 46,697
 * 4) Jane Scharf 1,467
 * 5) Piotr Anweiler 762
 * 6) Robert Larter 667
 * 7) Barkley Pollock 432