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1976 Ottawa municipal election

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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.

Mayor Lorry Greenberg was easily re-elected.

Mayor

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Candidate Votes %
Lorry Greenberg (X) 48,048 84.31
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 3,377 5.93
Bill Foster 3,076 5.40
Mike Sammon 2,489 4.37

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
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
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Britannia Ward
3. By-St. George's Ward
4. Capital Ward
5. Carleton Ward
6. Dalhousie Ward
7. Elmdale-Victoria Ward
8. Gloucester Ward
9. Queensboro Ward
10. Rideau Ward
11. Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay (X) 3,702
Nancy McGee 3,145
Gloucester Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joe Quinn (X) 2,399
Patrick MacAdam 1,746
Bill Zlepnig 1,242
Brian Tracey 169
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall 3,041
Sandy Boyce (X) 2,790
Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rhéal Robert (X) 3,378
Karl Parks 2,104
Cyrille Goulet 1,096
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joe Cassey 3,441
Don Lockhart (X) 1,885
Thom Bennett 1,812
Leo Morency 148
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Toddy Kehoe (X) 3,296
Robbins Elliott 2,221
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Trip Kennedy (X) 4,402
Ian Connerty 926
Marina Robillard 452
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rolf Hasenack (X) 2,384
Gale Kerwin 1,440
Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rolly Wall 1,670
Walter Ryan 1,509
Chris Chilton 1,450
Alice Morin 538
Ignazio Maniscalo 164
By-St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Georges Bedard (X) 3,785
Mauril Bélanger 694
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Brian Bourns (X) 2,091
John Rankin 586
Sam McLean 322

Results for the OBE Trustees were as follows:[1][2]

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

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  1. ^ "Familiar faces wooed". Ottawa Citizen. December 7, 1976. p. 31. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 30, 1976, pgs 87-90
  • Ottawa Journal, December 7, 1976