1958 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1958.

Mayor George Nelms is re-elected with a comfortable margin.

Mayor of Ottawa

Candidate	Votes	%
George Nelms (X)	28,346	55.92
William J. LeClair	13,572	26.77
Roy Donaldson	8,774	17.31

Ottawa Board of Control

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
Paul Tardif (X)	33,394
Ernie Jones (X)	30,407
Sam Berger (X)	29,464
Wilbert Hamilton (X)	28,785
Michael Chomyn	13,024
Joseph Louis Paradis	6,581

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. By Ward
2. Capital Ward
3. Carleton Ward
4. Dalhousie Ward
5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward
6. Gloucester Ward
7. Queensboro Ward
8. Rideau Ward
9. St. George's Ward
10. Wellington Ward .

(2 elected from each ward)

Gloucester Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Murray Heit	3,096
Alex Roger (X)	2,912
Pat Doherty	2,715
Gordon Willis	2,508

Rideau Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
J. D. Wentzell (X)	2,464
Robert Groves (X)	2,335
Leslie G. Avery	1,314
J. G. Drouin	1,275

Capital Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Armstrong	2,543
George Sloan (X)	2,055
Claude Bennett	1,546
Noel Ogilvie (X)	1,540
Jack Kavanagh	1,366
Bob Williamson	783
Thomas Davison	564

Carleton Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Henry (X)	3,965
Lloyd Francis	3,700
Frank Boyce	2,861

Queensboro Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Workman	2,898
Lon Campbell (X)	2,857
Robert Faulkner	1,597
Don Hamilton	1,206
S. Crawford	1,021

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
James McAuley (X)	2,392
Charles Parker (X)	2,021
Perry Kerwin	1,180
Rudy Capogreco	659
G. F. Johnson	560

Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Roly Wall (X)	3,124
Henry Bradley (X)	2,906
Bruce Harvey	1,661
Ferdinand Clement	756

By Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Jules Morin (X)	2,956
Clem Aubin (X)	2,155
Paul-Emile Morin	1,167

St. George's Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Charlie St. Germain (X)	3,526
May Nickson (X)	1,981
Sam McLean	1,005
George Rayner	717

Wellington Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Reid (X)	2,669
Lionel O'Connor (X)	1,851
James Beauchamp	1,136
W. T. Lewis	730

References

• Ottawa Citizen, December 2, 1958