# 1919 Ottawa municipal election

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) 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 Fisher | 7,624 | 62.16 |
| Rufus H. Parent | 4,642 | 37.84 |

## Plebiscites

Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission before 1923. :
| Option | Votes | % |
| Yes | 8,234 | 75.31 |
| No | 2,700 | 24.69 |
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission in 1923. :
| Option | Votes | % |
| Yes | 8,771 | 79.12 |
| No | 2,314 | 20.88 |
Ottawa Electric Railway to be taken over and run by a commission. :
| Option | Votes | % |
| Yes | 8,943 | 81.65 |
| No | 2,010 | 18.35 |
By-law to provide for an expenditure of $150,000 on a bridge of the Rideau Canal at Somerset Street :
| Option | Votes | % |
| Yes | 2,658 | 50.08 |
| No | 2,649 | 49.92 |
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. 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 | % |
| Against | 3,161 | 59.73 |
| For | 2,163 | 40.63 |

## Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank H. Plant | 6,666 | 18.54 |
| Joseph Kent | 6,501 | 18.08 |
| Napoléon Champagne | 6,206 | 17.26 |
| J. W. Nelson | 5,298 | 14.74 |
| James Muir | 5,229 | 14.55 |
| Thomas Brethour | 4,985 | 13.87 |
| Peter Glavey | 1,062 | 2.95 |

## Ottawa City Council

(2 elected from each ward)
Rideau Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Douglas H. Macdonald | 352 | 33.78 |
| Breary Slinn | 285 | 27.35 |
| William Cherry | 206 | 19.77 |
| Daudelin | 199 | 19.10 |
By Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Edward Gaulin | 652 | 37.86 |
| Fred Desjardins | 613 | 35.60 |
| Labelle | 457 | 26.54 |
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. Ford | 1,417 | 35.35 |
| William Y. Denison | 1,094 | 27.30 |
| McCormick | 848 | 21.16 |
| Walsh | 649 | 16.19 |
Dalhousie Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John P. Balharrie | 1,181 | 31.82 |
| James A. Forward | 944 | 25.44 |
| O'Meara | 671 | 18.08 |
| Pelletier | 572 | 15.41 |
| Hunt | 343 | 9.24 |
Victoria Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ernest Laroche | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| David Rice | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
Ottawa Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Joseph Albert Pinard | 850 | 36.39 |
| Waldo Guertin | 633 | 27.10 |
| Bordeleau | 476 | 20.38 |
| Beauregard | 377 | 16.14 |
Central Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John F. McKinley | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Charles Pepper | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |