The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1936.

Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 22,065 84.55A. H. Cole 3,025 11.59William Watson 1,008 3.86

Plebiscites (Only property owners could vote)

$350,000 for Sewer ConstructionOptionVotes%No 3,471 Yes 3,460

Reduction in tax rateOptionVotes% Yes 4,248 No 2,615

Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes%G. M. Geldert (X) 12,865 George H. Dunbar (X) 11,531 Allan B. Turner (X) 10,545 E. A. Bourque 9,761 J. Edward McVeigh 9,464 Thomas Brethour 8,597 A. W. Spearman 6,153 Percy Bedford 1,178 Joseph McHugh 596 Alex Leckie 383 Charles E. Goulden 303 E. E. Kesterten 265

Ottawa City Council (2 elected from each ward)

Rideau WardCandidateVotes%John Powers 625 Fred Goodhouse 624 Shirley S. Slinn 608 Ernest Bedard 428 John Barrett 107

By WardCandidateVotes%J. Albert Parisien (X) 1,323 Eric Query (X) 1,031 James Butler 550 Jacob Appelbaum 206 J. R. Croteau 188

St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Norman H. MacDonald (X) 1,541 Arthur Pinard (X) 1,478 Arthur A. Moeser 748 Albert Laurence 638 George Powell 92 Cecil Elbourne 81

Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Arthur J. Ash (X) 1,704 James W. McNabb (X) 1,595 Marin M. Walsh 1,525

Capital WardCandidateVotes%Edward Band (X) 1,941 Harold D. Marshall (X) 1,606 A. T. MacFarlane 808

Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Daniel McCann (X) 1,836 Wilbert Hamilton (X) 1,488 Richard W. Dawson 798 James R. Sands 711 George C. Douglas 199

Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%William H. Marsden (X) 1,306 Jim Forward (X) 1,240 Henry Bradley 838 Harry Low 698

Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Nelson J. Lacasse (X) 1,237 Joseph P. Nolan (X) 1,099 M. Romuald Tessier 513 D. Bonnenfant 406 William McGlancey 238

Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Aristide Belanger (X) 1,441 A. Edmond Beauchamp 1,350 Napoleon Bordeleau 1,303

Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%David McMillan (X) 1,540 George Sloan (X) 1,363 T. Carroll Boucher 539

Central WardCandidateVotes% Fred Jounreaux (X) Acclaimed Finley McRae (X) Acclaimed

References Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 1936