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. Direct elections for mayor have been held continuously since 1873.


City of Ottawa mayoral election results since 1887


1887

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McLeod Stewart McLeod Stewart (1847–1926) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Stewart was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1887 to 1888.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General ...
, 2,169 # W. E. Brown, 1,790


1888

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McLeod Stewart McLeod Stewart (1847–1926) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Stewart was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1887 to 1888.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General ...
, 1,957 # W. E. Brown, 1,643 # W. H. Lewis, 360


1889

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Jacob Erratt Jacob Erratt (November 16, 1847 - April 28, 1928) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1889 to 1890. He was born in West Winchester, Ontario and came to Ottawa in 1869. He owned a furniture store in the city. He served on city ...
, 2,823 #Dr. Valade, 2,345


1890

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Jacob Erratt Jacob Erratt (November 16, 1847 - April 28, 1928) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1889 to 1890. He was born in West Winchester, Ontario and came to Ottawa in 1869. He owned a furniture store in the city. He served on city ...
, 2,620 # W. H. Lewis, 1,419


1891

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Thomas Birkett Thomas Birkett (February 1, 1844 – December 2, 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904. Birkett was born in Bytown (as Ottawa was known t ...
, 2,396 #Dr. St. Jean, 1,459 #
John Heney John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...
, 1,095 #
Alex MacLean Alexander S. MacLean (born 1947) is an American photographic artist who is best known for his aerial photographs. His photographs have portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording chang ...
, 385


1892

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Olivier Durocher Olivier Durocher (1844 – September 3, 1931) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1892 to 1893. He was born in Saint-Antoine, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute ...
, 2,280 # George Cox, 2,199


1893

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Olivier Durocher Olivier Durocher (1844 – September 3, 1931) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1892 to 1893. He was born in Saint-Antoine, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute ...
, acclaimed


1894

# George Cox, 2,289 # C. R. Cunningham, 1,663 # William R. Stroud, 1,549


1895

# William Borthwick, 3,277 # William Cluff, 3,188


1896

# William Borthwick, acclaimed


1897

# Samuel Bingham, 2,712 #
Levi Crannell Levi (; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and M ...
, 2,558 # William Cluff, 1,869


1898

# Samuel Bingham, acclaimed


1899

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Thomas Payment Thomas Payment (1853 – 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1899 to 1900.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was bor ...
, 3,067 # Robert Stewart, 2,424 # William Cluff, 2,301


1900

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Thomas Payment Thomas Payment (1853 – 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1899 to 1900.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was bor ...
, 3,626 # William Campbell, 3,240


1901

# William Dowler Morris, 3,436 # Fred Cook, 1,590 # Thomas Raphael, 1,534 # Thomas Butler, 266 #
Samuel J. Davis Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...
, 194 # William Campbell, 175


1902

# Fred Cook, acclaimed


1903

# Fred Cook, acclaimed


1904

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James A. Ellis James Albert Ellis (June 1, 1864 – December 27, 1934) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1904 to 1906 and in 1913. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Accrington, Lancashir ...
, 3,992 # D'Arcy Scott, 3,333 # J. C. Enright, 777


1905

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James A. Ellis James Albert Ellis (June 1, 1864 – December 27, 1934) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1904 to 1906 and in 1913. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Accrington, Lancashir ...
, 4,623 # William Dowler Morris, 4,146


1906

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James A. Ellis James Albert Ellis (June 1, 1864 – December 27, 1934) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1904 to 1906 and in 1913. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Accrington, Lancashir ...
, 4,773 #A. A. Taillon, 4,523 #
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, 59


1907

# D'Arcy Scott, 3,988 # Charles Hopewell, 3,800 # William Dowler Morris, 1,570 #
William G. Black William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...
, 171


1908

# D'Arcy Scott, acclaimed


1909

# Charles Hopewell, acclaimed


1910

# Charles Hopewell, acclaimed


1911

# Charles Hopewell, 4,968 # A. E. Caron, 4,411 #Roberts, 331


1912

# Charles Hopewell, 4,146 # E. J. Laverdure, 3,892 #
P. D. Ross Philip Dansken Ross (January 1, 1858 – July 5, 1949) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper publisher, and ice hockey administrator. Early life Philip Dansken Ross was born in Montreal to parents Christina Chalmers Dansken and Montreal accountan ...
, 3,323


1913

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James A. Ellis James Albert Ellis (June 1, 1864 – December 27, 1934) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1904 to 1906 and in 1913. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Accrington, Lancashir ...
, 5,816 # E. J. Laverdure, 5,038 #George Wilson, 1,572


1914

# Taylor McVeity, 7,184 #
James A. Ellis James Albert Ellis (June 1, 1864 – December 27, 1934) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1904 to 1906 and in 1913. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914. He was born in Accrington, Lancashir ...
, 6,883


1915

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Nelson D. Porter Nelson Davis Porter (November 28, 1863 – February 12, 1961) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1915 to 1916.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publis ...
, 7,539 # Taylor McVeity, 7,124


1916

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Nelson D. Porter Nelson Davis Porter (November 28, 1863 – February 12, 1961) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1915 to 1916.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publis ...
, acclaimed


1917

# Harold Fisher, 6,122 #
Nelson D. Porter Nelson Davis Porter (November 28, 1863 – February 12, 1961) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1915 to 1916.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publis ...
, 4,392 # Taylor McVeity, 2,391


1918

# Harold Fisher, acclaimed


1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

# Harold Fisher 7,624 # Rufus H. Parent 4,642


1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

# Harold Fisher 7,962 #G. C. Hurdman 5,608


1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

# Frank H. Plant 7,826 #Joseph Kent 7,804 (results after recount)


1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

# Frank H. Plant 10,923 #Joseph Kent 4,698 #W. K. McManus 241


1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

# Frank H. Plant, acclaimed


1924 (January)

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Henry Watters Henry Watters (June 1, 1853 – May 10, 1924) was mayor of the city of Ottawa in 1924.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in By ...
14,641 # Frank H. Plant 9,969 #Taylor McVeity 736


1924 (December)

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John P. Balharrie John Paul Balharrie (1883 – April 6, 1952) was mayor of Ottawa from 1925 to 1927. He was born in Ottawa in 1883 to Scottish immigrants worked in his family's bakery. Balharrie is said to have made his fortune in real estate. He was first elect ...
15,159 # Arthur Ellis 8,405 #W. E. Brown 1,546


1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

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John P. Balharrie John Paul Balharrie (1883 – April 6, 1952) was mayor of Ottawa from 1925 to 1927. He was born in Ottawa in 1883 to Scottish immigrants worked in his family's bakery. Balharrie is said to have made his fortune in real estate. He was first elect ...
, acclaimed


1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

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John P. Balharrie John Paul Balharrie (1883 – April 6, 1952) was mayor of Ottawa from 1925 to 1927. He was born in Ottawa in 1883 to Scottish immigrants worked in his family's bakery. Balharrie is said to have made his fortune in real estate. He was first elect ...
12,336 # Patrick Nolan 6,354 # Frank H. Plant 6,273


1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

# Arthur Ellis 11,183 #
John P. Balharrie John Paul Balharrie (1883 – April 6, 1952) was mayor of Ottawa from 1925 to 1927. He was born in Ottawa in 1883 to Scottish immigrants worked in his family's bakery. Balharrie is said to have made his fortune in real estate. He was first elect ...
8,415 # Patrick Nolan 7,805


1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

# Arthur Ellis, acclaimed


1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

# Frank H. Plant, acclaimed


1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

# John J. Allen, acclaimed


1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

# John J. Allen, acclaimed


1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

# John J. Allen 16,295 #Andrew F. Macallum 8,898 # Charles J. Tulley 6,543


1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

# Patrick Nolan 19,634 # John J. Allen 13,577 #Peter Alex Cray 387 #Dudley Booth 356


1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

# Patrick Nolan 27,064 #Albert H. Cole 2,394 #William P. Clermont 1,380 #James Connah 327 #Edward E. Kesteron 266


1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
17,810 #
Fulgence Charpentier Fulgence Charpentier, OC (June 29, 1897 – February 6, 2001) was a French Canadian journalist, editor and publisher. Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario, Charpentier's career included diplomatic, political and bureaucratic positions, ...
9,755 # Patrick Nolan 6,414 #
Edward H. Hinchey Edward H. Hinchey (March 7, 1872 – July 14, 1936) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1912.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) Hinch ...
2,164


1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
22,065 #Albert H. Cole 3,025 #William Watson 1,008


1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
18,186 # William H. Marsden 12,255 #Caleb Green 324 #William Watson 284


1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
17,958 # William H. Marsden 11,457 # George H. Dunbar 6,788 #Caleb Green 201 #William Watson 133


1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
15,685 #
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11,941 #S. Leonard Belaire 5,260


1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
19,729 #S. Leonard Belaire 11,692


1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
18,279 #S. Leonard Belaire 7,496 # C. E. Pickering 5,408 #Lorenzo Lafleur 3,584


1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
17,814 # C. E. Pickering 7,602 #V. Cyril Phelan 5,997


1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

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J. E. Stanley Lewis J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Onta ...
22,650 #Sydney T. Checkland 3,160


1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

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E. A. Bourque Edouard Adeceus "Eddy" Bourque (July 26, 1886 – May 2, 1962) was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950. Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town on St. Patrick Street, the son of Francis Bourque and Rachel Langevin. He was a longtime city councilo ...
16,150 #
Grenville Goodwin Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin (1898 – 27 August 1951) was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951. His hometown was Prescott, Ontario and he was an optometrist by profession. He moved to Ottawa in 1911. He served in France during World ...
15,229 # G. M. Geldert 14,547


1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

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Grenville Goodwin Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin (1898 – 27 August 1951) was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951. His hometown was Prescott, Ontario and he was an optometrist by profession. He moved to Ottawa in 1911. He served in France during World ...
28,698 #
E. A. Bourque Edouard Adeceus "Eddy" Bourque (July 26, 1886 – May 2, 1962) was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950. Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town on St. Patrick Street, the son of Francis Bourque and Rachel Langevin. He was a longtime city councilo ...
18,668 # G. M. Geldert 12,928


1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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Charlotte Whitton Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Cana ...
37,373 #
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33,498


1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

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Charlotte Whitton Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Cana ...
33,078 # David Luther Burgess 22,757 #
E. A. Bourque Edouard Adeceus "Eddy" Bourque (July 26, 1886 – May 2, 1962) was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950. Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town on St. Patrick Street, the son of Francis Bourque and Rachel Langevin. He was a longtime city councilo ...
13,469


1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

# George H. Nelms acclaimed


1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

# George H. Nelms 28,346 #William J. LeClair 13,572 #
Roy Donaldson Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...
8,774


1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

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Charlotte Whitton Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Cana ...
35,532 # Sam Berger 33,825 # Ernie W. Jones 9,317 #Lucien A. Dube 2,675


1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

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Charlotte Whitton Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Cana ...
40,062 # Sam Berger 34,044 #R.J. Groves 18,245


1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

# Don B. Reid 43,991 #Frank Ryan 26,996 #
Charlotte Whitton Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Cana ...
25,608 #Joseph Louis Paradis 706 #Alfred Lapointe 395


1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

# Don B. Reid 59,082 #Donald V. Sterling 15,445 #John Kroeker 2,273 #Lucien A. Dube 947 #Alfred Lapointe (withdrew)


1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

# Ken H. Fogarty 57,890 #John Kroeker 5,182 #Joseph Louis Paradis 3,781 #David E. Porter 2,304 #Lucien A. Dube 2,083


1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

# Pierre Benoit 57,634 #Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,520 #Oscar Orenstein 2,095 #Jack Ridout 1,602


1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

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Lorry Greenberg Lawrence "Lorry" Greenberg (31 December 1933 – 30 June 1999) was Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1975 to 1978. He graduated from Lisgar Collegiate in 1952. He was one of the founding members of Minto Developments Inc., but left the compa ...
33,679 #
Tom McDougall Thomas Andrew McDougall (1942 - August 5, 2019) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1970 to 1972 and was a member of the Ottawa Board of Control from 1972 to 1974. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor ...
29,316 #Stuart Langford 2,867 #Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,584


1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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Lorry Greenberg Lawrence "Lorry" Greenberg (31 December 1933 – 30 June 1999) was Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1975 to 1978. He graduated from Lisgar Collegiate in 1952. He was one of the founding members of Minto Developments Inc., but left the compa ...
48,048 #Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 3,377 #Bill Foster 3,076 #Mike Sammon 2,489


1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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Marion Dewar Marion Hilda Dewar, (February 17, 1928 – September 15, 2008) was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 1988. Early life Dewar was ...
51,791 #
Pat Nicol Patricia Marilyn Nicol (' Ready; March 23, 1935 – October 20, 2023) was a Canadian politician, developer, television commentator and newspaper columnist. She served as an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1975 to 1976, and on the Ottawa Board ...
32,033 #Bernard Pelot 8,439 #Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,858 #Eddie Turgeon 730 #Ian Orenstein 597


1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

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Marion Dewar Marion Hilda Dewar, (February 17, 1928 – September 15, 2008) was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 1988. Early life Dewar was ...
49,687 #
Pat Nicol Patricia Marilyn Nicol (' Ready; March 23, 1935 – October 20, 2023) was a Canadian politician, developer, television commentator and newspaper columnist. She served as an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1975 to 1976, and on the Ottawa Board ...
33,151 #Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,357 #
John Turmel John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 el ...
1,928


1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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Marion Dewar Marion Hilda Dewar, (February 17, 1928 – September 15, 2008) was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 1988. Early life Dewar was ...
57,168 # Darrel Kent 48,461 #T. Joseph McCarthy 2,060 #Marc Gauvin 1,725 #Arnold Guetta 487


1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

# Jim Durrell 56,988 # Marlene Catterall 35,711 #R. Allan Jones 942 #Walter J. McPhee 886 #Nabil Fawzry 529


1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

# Jim Durrell 69,813 #Michael Bartholomew 4,800 #
John Turmel John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 el ...
3,123 #John Kroeker 1,704 #Nabil Fawzry 1,022


1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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Jacquelin Holzman Jacquelin Holzman (born 1935) is a Canadian politician who served as the 55th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Before that, she was an Ottawa city councillor from 1982 to 1991. Early life and advocacy Holzman was born in Ott ...
38,725 # Nancy Smith 35,525 # Marc Laviolette 21,101 #Michael Bartholomew 2,417


1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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Jacquelin Holzman Jacquelin Holzman (born 1935) is a Canadian politician who served as the 55th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Before that, she was an Ottawa city councillor from 1982 to 1991. Early life and advocacy Holzman was born in Ott ...
34,082 #
Joan O'Neill Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...
28,748 # Tim Kehoe 24,773 #Diane McIntyre 2,921 #Alexander Saikaley 1,677


1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

# Jim Watson 54,148 #Robert G. Gauthier 8,037 #Alexander Saikaley 4,209


2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

# Bob Chiarelli 142,972 #Claudette Cain 102,940 #Georges Saadé 2,597 #Marc-André Bélair 1,846 #James A. Hall 843 #Ken Mills 773 #Paula Nemchin 702 #
John Turmel John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 el ...
677 #Morteza Naini 516


2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

# Bob Chiarelli 104,595 #Terry Kilrea 66,634 #Ike Awgu 5,394 #Ron Burke 2,698 #John A. Bell 2,027 # Donna Upson 1,312 #Paula Nemchin 1,191 #
John Turmel John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 el ...
1,166


2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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Larry O'Brien Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917September 28, 1990) was an American politician and basketball commissioner. He was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades. He served as Postm ...
141,262 #
Alex Munter Alexander Mathias Munter (born April 29, 1968) is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and a former elected official and business owner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Advocacy Thro ...
108,572 # Bob Chiarelli 46,697 #
Jane Scharf The Ottawa Panhandlers' Union (french: Syndicat des clochards d'Ottawa, links=no) was a union for panhandlers, the homeless and others formed in Ottawa, Canada in early 2003. It was a shop of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Ottawa-Outaou ...
1,467 # Piotr Anweiler 762 # Robert Larter 667 # Barkley Pollock 432


2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...


2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...


2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...


2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...


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