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