The city of

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held municipal elections on December 1, 1930.

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Controller John J. Allen was elected as mayor without opposition, after mayor

Frank H. Plant Frank Henry Plant (November 17, 1883 – November 7, 1952) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman and politician. Plant served as mayor of Ottawa from 1921 to 1923 and in 1930. He also served on Ottawa Council from 1917 until 1921 and from 19 ...

decided to retire after running as a Conservative in the

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All three incumbent controllers were defeated as voters opted to elect a new slate of controllers. Notably, no French Canadians were elected to the Board of Control, and it was thought that this was the first election to have all four elected controllers be Protestants. (4 elected)

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While voters kicked out the incumbent members of the board of control, they opted to maintain their local incumbent alderman. Only one incumbent councillor (Nelson J. Lacasse) went down in defeat. (2 elected from each ward)

References

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Ottawa Citizen, December 2, 1930; pgs 1, 18-19
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