The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1962.
Charlotte Whitton is re-elected as mayor, defeating former controller and owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Sam Berger in a re-match of the 1960 election.
Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%Charlotte Whitton (X) 40,062 43.38Sam Berger 34,044 36.86R.J. Groves 18,245 19.76
Referendums
FluoridationOptionVotes% No 45,428 51.11 Yes 43,457 48.89
Sunday MoviesOptionVotes% Yes 55,246 60.99 No 35,329 39.01
Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Lloyd Francis (X) 53,327 Don Reid(X) 50,046 Ellen Webber 40,095 Ernie Jones 36,466 Roy Donaldson 31,766 Horace Racine 30,866 Matt McGrath 16,686 Serge Tardif 14,818 Sam McLean 7,647 Joseph Louis Paradis 6,684
City council
(2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Murray Heit (X) 7,034 Don Kay 6,373 Pat Doherty (X) 6,119 Joe Quinn 4,817
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%John Powers (X) 3,807 Des Bender 3,208 Rhéal Robert 3,112 Cecil Duncan 2,344 Lucien Raymond 1,706 Ralph Boone 1,665 Lucien Bleeo 440
Capital WardCandidateVotes%Claude Bennett (X) 8,720 Don Armstrong (X) 6,561 Elmer Fairfield 1,957
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Howard Henry (X) 11,185 Frank Boyce (X) 9,746 Brian McNally 5,074
Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Kenneth Fogarty 7,125 Ken Workman (X) 6,672 Tom Fogarty 1,939
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%James McAuley (X) 4,621 Charles Parker (X) 3,447 Rudy Capogreco 2,436
Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Rolly Wall (X) 4,905 Bruce Harvey (X) 3,654 Jack Norris 2,960 Julia Villeneuve 790 Ferdinand Clement 692
By WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin (X) 4,232 Ralph Brunet 2,952 Clem Aubin (X) 2,236
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Charlie St. Germain (X) 4,950 David Dehler 3,263 Cecile O'Regan (X) 3,077 Donald F. Prot 739
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Lionel O'Connor (X) 3,353 Bob Simpson 2,987 Gertrude Douglas 2,447 Morris Kertzer 1,514 William Percy Kerwin 1,385
References Ottawa Journal, December 4, 1962