The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1938.
Mayor of Ottawa CandidateVotes%J. E. Stanley Lewis (X) 17,958 49.15William H. Marsden 11,457 31.36George H. Dunbar 6,788 18.58Caleb S. Green 201 0.55William Watson 133 0.36
Plebiscites (only property owners could vote)
$225,000 for reconstructing city's fire alarm systemOptionVotes%Against 4,720 50.02For 4,717 49.98
$800,000 for the erection of civic buildingsOptionVotes%Against 5,224 55.37For 4,210 44.63
Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) CandidateVotes%Finley McRae 18,805 G. M. Geldert (X) 18,131 E. A. Bourque (X) 14,773 J. H. Putman (X) 13,931 Jim Forward 12,538 Thomas Brethour 9,302 Arthur Ellis 6,140 Joseph A. Parisien 3,038 Percy E. Bedford 1,770 Cecil Elbourne 954Max Feller 878 E. E. Kesterton 362
Ottawa City Council (2 elected from each ward)
Rideau WardCandidateVotes%John Powers (X) Fred Goodhouse (X) W. D. Girard
By WardCandidateVotes%J. Albert Parisien (X) Eric Query (X) Marcel Dupuis J. H. Legault J. P. Butler
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Arthur Pinard (X) Harold Taylor (X) J. J. O'Leary A. A. Moeser A. C. H. Fox
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Martin M. Walsh (X) AcclaimedArthur J. Ash (X) Acclaimed
Capital WardCandidateVotes%Edward Band (X) C. E. Pickering Harold D. Marshall (X)
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Daniel McCann (X) Wilbert Hamilton (X) R. W. Dawson Joseph F. Raymond
Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%George Pingle (X) Henry Bradley (X) Cecil B. Morris D. R. Grant George Barker
Victoria WardCandidateVotes%Nelson J. Lacasse Joseph P. Nolan (X) Joseph Allard (X) J. R. Welch
Ottawa WardCandidateVotes%Aristide Belanger (X) Napoleon Bordeleau (X) A. E. Beauchamp
Riverdale WardCandidateVotes%David McMillan (X) George Sloan (X) John McLennan T. C. Boucher
Central WardCandidateVotes% George F. Perley (X) Fred Journeaux (X) W. R. Low Mrs. H. G. Barber
References
Ottawa Citizen, December 6, 1938