The city ofOttawa,Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1930.
Controller John J. Allen was elected as mayor without opposition, after mayorFrank H. Plant decided to retire after running as a Conservative in the1930 Canadian federal election.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| John J. Allen | Acclaimed | |
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)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| G. M. Geldert | 16,459 | 19.04 |
| James Warren York | 14,121 | 16.34 |
| J. E. Stanley Lewis | 13,483 | 15.60 |
| George H. Dunbar | 12,353 | 14.29 |
| Gerald Sims (X) | 10,972 | 12.69 |
| Frank LaFortune (X) | 7,729 | 8.94 |
| Charles J. Tulley (X) | 6,991 | 8.09 |
| Joseph Albert Pinard | 4,327 | 5.01 |
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)
| Rideau Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Rod Plant (X) | 882 | 42.71 |
| Thomas Brethour (X) | 851 | 41.21 |
| Robert Hood | 332 | 16.08 |
| By Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Fred Desjardins (X) | 1,240 | 35.40 |
| Eric Query (X) | 1,170 | 33.40 |
| Joseph Albert Parisien | 1,093 | 31.20 |
| St. George's Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Norman H. MacDonald (X) | 1,513 | 28.89 |
| Fulgence Charpentier (X) | 1,383 | 26.40 |
| P. J. O'Connor | 1,352 | 25.81 |
| J. B. Lachaine | 686 | 13.10 |
| Max Feller | 304 | 5.80 |
| Wellington Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| James W. McNabb (X) | 1,986 | 33.93 |
| J. Edward McVeigh (X) | 1,537 | 26.26 |
| Edwin A. Beach | 1,353 | 23.11 |
| G. E. Faith | 978 | 16.71 |
| Capital Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Edward A. Band (X) | 2,397 | 36.90 |
| Harold D. Marshall | 1,716 | 26.42 |
| N. E. Swerdfager | 1,340 | 20.63 |
| T. E. McLaughlin | 1,043 | 16.06 |
| Dalhousie Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Daniel McCann (X) | 1,993 | 35.58 |
| E. P. McGrath | 1,326 | 23.67 |
| W. A. Balharrie | 1,062 | 18.96 |
| James J. McVeigh | 811 | 14.48 |
| Jack Arron | 410 | 7.32 |
| Elmdale Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sam Crooks (X) | 1,332 | 29.85 |
| Jim Forward (X) | 896 | 20.08 |
| William H. Marsden | 861 | 19.29 |
| H. H. Bradley | 736 | 16.49 |
| W. C. Graham | 638 | 14.30 |
| Victoria Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John Robert Welch | 1,143 | 29.18 |
| Ernest Laroche (X) | 1,019 | 26.01 |
| Nelson Joseph Lacasse (X) | 961 | 24.53 |
| John Patrick Nolan | 794 | 20.27 |
| Ottawa Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Aristide Belanger (X) | 1,565 | 36.03 |
| Wilfrid St. Aubin (X) | 1,342 | 30.90 |
| Joseph Landriault | 746 | 17.18 |
| Aurelien Rose | 492 | 11.33 |
| Ferrier C. Morin | 103 | 2.37 |
| Francois X. Gamanche | 95 | 2.19 |
| Riverdale Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| George S. Sloan (X) | 1,788 | 39.23 |
| George Pushman (X) | 1,621 | 35.56 |
| David McMillan | 1,149 | 25.21 |
| Central Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kirby Bangs | 1,775 | 35.45 |
| William R. Low (X) | 1,695 | 33.85 |
| Harold C. Shipman | 1,537 | 30.70 |