The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 6, 1919 to elect members of the 1919 Ottawa City Council.

The election saw a woman elected in the city for the first time, with Marion McDougall (wife of the late John Lorn McDougall)[1] being elected as a public school trustee in Dalhousie Ward.

Mayor of Ottawa

Fisher won seven of the city's nine wards, while Parent won the city's two francophone wards, By and Ottawa.

Candidate Votes %
Harold Fisher7,62462.16
Rufus H. Parent4,64237.84

Plebiscites

Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923.
Option Votes %
Yes8,23475.31
No2,70024.69
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923.
Option Votes %
Yes8,77179.12
No2,31420.88
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission.
Option Votes %
Yes8,94381.65
No2,01018.35
By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street
Option Votes %
Yes2,65850.08
No2,64949.92

The plebiscite lost in all but three wards, but won St. George Ward (which the bridge would connect with Downtown) by a large enough margin to pass city-wide by just nine votes.[2] Despite the result, a bridge would not be built at that location until the Corktown Footbridge was built in 2006.

By-law to secure authority to expend $150,000 on the establishment and maintenance of a civic coal yard
Option Votes %
Against3,16159.73
For2,16340.63

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Frank H. Plant6,66618.54
Joseph Kent6,50118.08
Napoléon Champagne6,20617.26
J. W. Nelson5,29814.74
James Muir5,22914.55
Thomas Brethour4,98513.87
Peter Glavey1,0622.95

Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)

Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Douglas H. Macdonald35233.78
Breary Slinn28527.35
William Cherry20619.77
Daudelin19919.10
By Ward
Candidate Votes %
Edward Gaulin65237.86
Fred Desjardins61335.60
Labelle45726.54
St. George Ward
Candidate Votes %
Walter Cunningham
Wilfrid J. Grace
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
James D. Denny
Charles R. Stephen
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Arthur R. Ford1,41735.35
William Y. Denison1,09427.30
McCormick84821.16
Walsh64916.19
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
John P. Balharrie1,18131.82
James A. Forward94425.44
O'Meara67118.08
Pelletier57215.41
Hunt3439.24
Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ernest Laroche Acclaimed
David Rice Acclaimed
Ottawa Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Albert Pinard85036.39
Waldo Guertin63327.10
Bordeleau47620.38
Beauregard37716.14
Central Ward
Candidate Votes %
John F. McKinley Acclaimed
Charles Pepper Acclaimed

References

[3] [4]

  1. ↑ "Life of service closes in the sudden passing today of Mrs. J. L. McDougall Sr". Ottawa Citizen. August 18, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Citizens favor (sic) taking over of street railway". Ottawa Citizen. January 7, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fisher, Plant, Kent, Champagne, and Nelson are Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Denison, McKinley, Guertin, Slinn, New Aldermen Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
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