The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1960.
Former mayor Charlotte Whitton returns to the mayoral chair, defeating controller and owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Sam Berger.
Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%Charlotte Whitton 35,532 43.68Sam Berger 33,825 41.58Ernie Jones 9,317 11.45Lucien A. Dube 2,675 3.29
Referendums
Extension of FranchiseOptionVotes% Yes 49,856 71.12 No 20,248 28.78
With the result, franchise was extended to all "British subjects" over 21, effectively giving the right to vote for "roomers and boarders".
Sunday SportsOptionVotes% No 37,831 51.16 Yes 36,121 48.84
Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes% Lloyd Francis 47,736 18.52 Don Reid 47,575 18.45 Paul Tardif (X) 41,591 16.13 Wilbert Hamilton (X) 38,611 14.98 Roy Donaldson 37,112 14.39 Michael Chomyn 18,323 7.11Jack May 17,815 6.91 Joseph Louis Paradis 9,059 3.51
City council
(2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester WardCandidateVotes%Murray Heit (X) 4,474 Pat Doherty 3,748 Alex Roger (X) 3,463 Don Kay 3,126 Charles Kruger 2,239 Cameron Weagant 1,917
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Jessen Wentzell 3,655 Ellen Webber 3,464 Cecil Duncan 2,460 Robert Thomas 1,865 Zenon Sametz 1,682 Ralph Boone 1,028
Capital WardCandidateVotes%Claude Bennett 6,404 Don Armstrong (X) 4,882 Noel Ogilvie 2,715 Hugh Bell 1,475 Elmer Fairfield 749
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Howard Henry (X) 8,795 Frank Boyce 5,777 Margaret Hamilton 4,756 Robert Fauknen 4,411
Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Kenneth Fogarty 6,079 Ken Workman (X) 5,899 Allan Kemmis 2,486 Dorothy Flaherty 2,240
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%James McAuley (X) 4,451 Charles Parker (X) 3,546 Rudy Capogreco 2,119
Elmdale-Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Rolly Wall (X) 4,696 Bruce Harvey 3,100 Jack Norris 2,750 Ferdinand Clement 813 Moise Robillard 467
By WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin (X) 3,601 Clem Aubin (X) 2,425 Lucien Vincent 1,946
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Charlie St. Germain (X) 4,733 Cecile O'Regan 3,025 Sam McLean 1,987 Donald Prot 918
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Bob Simpson 3,392 Lionel O'Connor (X) 2,139 Gertrude Douglas 1,726 Gib Caldwell 1,471 George Taylor 881 Robert Robinson 820 James Beauchamp 695 W. T. Lewis 545
References
Ottawa Journal, December 6, 1960