The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1964.
Controller Don Reid is elected as mayor, defeating incumbent mayor Charlotte Whitton, who placed third behind broadcaster Frank Ryan.
Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%Don Reid 43,991 45.03Frank Ryan 26,996 27.63Charlotte Whitton (X) 25,608 26.21Joseph Louis Paradis 706 0.72Alfred Lapointe 395 0.40
Referendums
FluoridationOptionVotes% Yes 58,234 61.75 No 36,079 38.25
Sunday SportsOptionVotes% Yes 61,896 64.97 No 33,375 35.03
Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Kenneth Fogarty 51,280 Ernie Jones (X) 47,331 Ellen Webber (X) 39,409 Murray Heit 32,880 David Dehler 29,430 Roy Donaldson 27,878 Irving Greenberg 21,440 Arthur E. Wood 17,537 Serge Tardif 15,125 Charles Kruger 7,157 Julia Villeneuve 3,889
City council
(2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Don Kay (X) 10,267 Pat Doherty 7,301 Joe Quinn 6,128 Bob Stewart 4,506
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Des Bender (X) 3,820 John Powers (X) 3,339 Tom Farrell 2,308 Charles Roberts 1,739
Capital WardCandidateVotes%Claude Bennett (X) 8,121Don Armstrong (X) 5,409 Lillian Courtenay 2,991
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Howard Henry (X) 9,806 Maurice Egan (X) 8,431 Frank Boyce 6,142 Robert Ripley 1,957
Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Ken Workman (X) 5,913Harold Waddell 3,937 Tom Fogarty 3,556 Brian McNally 2,623
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%James McAuley (X) 4,586 Charles Parker (X) 3,210 Rudy Capogreco 3,104
Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Rolly Wall (X) 5,741 Bruce Harvey (X) 4,400 Jack Norris 3,602
By WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin 6,033 Ralph Brunet (X) 3,805Clem Aubin 1,920
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Charlie St. Germain (X) 4,864 Cecile O'Regan (X) 2,155 Rhéal Robert 2,073 Sam McLean 1,634 Ken Sparling 1,013 Rex LeLacheur 702
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Lionel O'Connor (X) 3,191 Mary Harrison 2,326 Gertrude Douglas 2,276 Ivan Sparks (X) 1,803 John Tidman 911 Bill Woods 686
References Ottawa Journal, December 8, 1964