The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.
Mayor Lorry Greenberg was easily re-elected.
Mayor CandidateVotes%Lorry Greenberg (X) 49,788 84.39Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 3,482 5.90Bill Foster 3,172 5.38Mike Sammon 2,556 4.33Total valid votes 58,998 99.42Rejected votes 342 0.58 Total votes 59,340 Source: Ottawa Municipal Election: 1976 (Detailed Results)
Results by ward WardFosterGreenbergLapointeSammon Rideau (1) 339 5,190 603 301 By-St. George's (2) 211 3,702 540 168 Wellington (3) 228 2,386 200 161 Capital (4) 321 5,182 271 333 Dalhousie (5) 281 2,826 265 242 Elmdale-Victoria (6) 298 4,480 334 217 Queensboro (7) 338 4,911 283 251 Britannia (8) 272 5,061 265 225 Carleton (9) 252 5,044 195 170 Alta Vista (10) 311 6,072 300 238 Gloucester (11) 321 4,934 226 250
Candidates Bill Foster, 27, owner of Tender Touch, a massage parlour. Entered the race after several raids on his business. Ran on a law and order platform, promising to reduce violent crime in the city, and better security at local detention centres. He also supported the reduction in speed limits on residential streets, revitalization of the city core, reduction of red tape and taxes on small business, and opposed the development of satellite cities outside the Ottawa Greenbelt. He lived in Kanata.
Lorry Greenberg, 42, incumbent mayor of the city since 1974, and former alderman and controller. Previously worked as a home builder, and was vice president of Minto Construction Ltd. Ran on his record of neighbourhood planning, community involvement in civic affairs, and "keeping a reasonably firm grip on the city's purse strings". As mayor, he attracted attention for his opposition to body rub parlours, and for calling out the federal government for "failing to deal openly and equally with the city on planning matters".
Alphonse Lapointe, 53, businessman, owner of Wheel-a-Way Transport, Ltd., a tree pruning and lighting maintenance firm. Perennial candidate for mayor. Promised free parking at the Civic Centre and at local hospitals, astroturf at Lansdowne Park, lower housing costs, more industry in the city, elderly and handicapped exemptions to property taxes, and opposed the city's new anti-smoking by-law.
Mike Sammon, 33, OC Transpo bus driver, and owner of a small pet cemetery. Previously ran for deputy reeve of Nepean in 1974 and as an Independent candidate in the 1975 Ontario general election in Carleton. He ran on a platform of putting "healthy welfare recipients to work", creating a task force to investigate welfare cases, "cutting back on... overpaid bureaucrats", and more spending on fire and police services.
Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Marion Dewar (X) 37,288 Don Reid 34,091 Pat Nicol 28,565 Ralph Sutherland 23,970 Doug Payne 14,694 Ernest Bouchard 8,985 Joseph Louis Paradis 5,861
City council
Alta Vista WardCandidateVotes%Don Kay (X) 3,702 Nancy McGee 3,145
Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Joe Quinn (X) 2,399 Patrick MacAdam 1,746 Bill Zlepnig 1,242 Brian Tracey 169
Britannia WardCandidateVotes%Marlene Catterall 3,041 Sandy Boyce (X) 2,790
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Rhéal Robert (X) 3,378 Karl Parks 2,104 Cyrille Goulet 1,096
Capital WardCandidateVotes%Joe Cassey 3,441 Don Lockhart (X) 1,885 Thom Bennett 1,812 Leo Morency 148
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Toddy Kehoe (X) 3,296 Robbins Elliott 2,221
Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Trip Kennedy (X) 4,402 Ian Connerty 926 Marina Robillard 452
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Rolf Hasenack (X) 2,384 Gale Kerwin 1,440
Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Rolly Wall 1,670 Walter Ryan 1,509 Chris Chilton 1,450 Alice Morin 538 Ignazio Maniscalo 164
By-St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Georges Bedard (X) 3,785 Mauril Bélanger 694
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Brian Bourns (X) 2,091 John Rankin 586 Sam McLean 322
Ottawa Board of Education Trustees Results for the OBE Trustees were as follows:Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 30, 1976, pgs 87-90
Six to be elected in each zone Eastern Zone (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, Alta Vista, Gloucester, Rideau, By-St. Georges, Capital) Candidate Vote Jane Dobell 9,364 Don Francis 7,830 Roy Bushfield 6,376 Ted Best 6,144 Helen Slater 4,460 John Samuel 4,078 Robert Burns 3,593 Adolph Feingold 3,239 Michael McKenna 3,206 Gwen Bower-Binns 3,200 Gerry Trudel 2,774 Larry Geller 2,719 Gordon Simester 2,226 John Butterworth 2,065 Wayne Kay 2,054 Tim Craig 1,832 Donald Graham 1,507 Christa Richardson 1,315 Gary Kellam 967 Boshra Feltaous 579
Western Zone (Britannia, Carleton, Queensboro, Elmdale-Victoria, Dalhousie, Wellington) Candidate Vote Bill Law 10,310 Mary Gilmour 8,582 Nick van Duyvendyk 8,370 Sinclair Abell 8,276 Robert Beatty 7,816 William Harback 7,025 Wayne Wilson 5,193 Donald Smith 4,823 Kathleen Tuskey 4,347 Goldstein 4,300 Ian Maclennan 3,020 Daniel Gray 2,452
4 to be elected
Separate school supporters: Ottawa Candidate Vote Dalton McGuinty, Sr. 7,752 Jacques Faucher 6,915 Lucien Bradet 6,770 Jacques Beauchamp 6,321 Daniel Kealey 5,749 Leonard Trudel 5,178 Cathy Kerr 5,145 Barbara Champagne 5,073
1 to be elected
Separate school supporters: Vanier Candidate Vote Edouard Gagnon 1,882 Denise Matte 1,535
References
Ottawa Journal, December 7, 1976