Incumbent mayor Arthur Ellis was re-elected without opposition.
Plebiscites
Property owners voted in favour of improving water supply in the city which would involve allowing the city to spend $1,315,000 for a water filtration system.
| Water filtration |
|---|
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|
| Yes | 7,323 | 81.28 |
| No | 1,687 | 18.72 |
City residents voted in favour to continue using daylight saving time in the city.
| Daylight saving |
|---|
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|
| Yes | 14,506 | 59.49 |
| No | 9,877 | 40.51 |
(4 elected)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Frank H. Plant | 16,540 | 23.31 |
| Charles J. Tulley | 12,024 | 16.94 |
| Frank LaFortune | 11,226 | 15.82 |
| Gerald Sims | 10,781 | 15.19 |
| Harold D. McCormick | 9,610 | 13.54 |
| George H. Dunbar | 8,711 | 12.28 |
| Alex Leckie | 1,141 | 1.61 |
| James Ryan | 929 | 1.31 |
(2 elected from each ward)
| Rideau Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Rod Plant | 636 | 28.35 |
| Tom Brethour | 580 | 25.86 |
| W. Cherry | 435 | 19.39 |
| R. Ingram | 371 | 16.54 |
| A. Ackland | 221 | 9.85 |
| By Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| A. W. (Fred) Desjardins | 1,240 | 36.02 |
| Eric Query | 1,239 | 35.99 |
| J. A. Parisien | 964 | 28.00 |
| St. George Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Norman H. MacDonald | 1,474 | 31.77 |
| T. E. Dansereau | 1,470 | 31.69 |
| Walter Cunningham | 1,267 | 27.31 |
| J. M. Dugas | 428 | 9.23 |
| Wellington Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| James W. McNabb | Acclaimed |
| J. Edward McVeigh | Acclaimed |
| Capital Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| John Warren York | 3,514 | 37.30 |
| George Pushman | 2,533 | 26.88 |
| George Sloan | 2,152 | 22.84 |
| Dr. W. T. Mackinnon | 1,223 | 12.98 |
| Dalhousie Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Sam Crooks | 2,871 | 37.09 |
| Jim Forward | 2,517 | 32.52 |
| J. F. Meagher | 2,352 | 30.39 |
| Victoria Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Ernest Laroche | 1,280 | 40.20 |
| Nelson J. Lacasse | 1,175 | 36.90 |
| John R. Welch | 831 | 21.01 |
| Harry Scales | 729 | 22.90 |
| Ottawa Ward |
|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Aristide Belanger | 1,614 | 39.74 |
| J. A. Pinard | 1,103 | 27.16 |
| Joseph Landriault | 968 | 23.84 |
| J. Whelan | 376 | 9.26 |
References
- Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1928; ppg 1, 14-16]