1978 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

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Municipal elections were held on November 13, 1978 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC), Ontario, Canada. This page lists the election results for local mayors, reeves, councils and hydro commissions of the RMOC in 1978.

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Cumberland

Reeve

Candidate [1] Vote %
Henri Rocque Acclaimed

Council

Four to be elected

Candidate [1] Vote %
Don Boudria 2,65425.79
Frank Kenny1,78717.36
Paul MacDonnell1,64816.01
Ray Friel1,48614.44
Patricia Wright1,44414.03
Ray Danis1,27212.36

Gloucester

Reeve

Candidate [1] Vote %
Betty Stewart 6,04551.50
Mitch Owens 5,69448.50

Deputy reeve

Candidate [1] Vote %
Fred G. Barrett7,78966.82
Doris Schackleton3,86833.18

Council

(Five to be elected)

Candidate [1] Vote %
Harry Allen 6,83114.17
Eugène Bellemare (X)6,06112.57
William Hunter4.86810.10
Mary A. Bryden4,6159.57
Harold G. Keenan4,0968.50
Jim Arnold3,7987.88
Vincent Barsona3,5707.41
Andre Ladouceur3,3376.92
Andre Sarault3,0056.23
David Duncan2,8525.92
Charles Dolan1,9894.13
Leona Davignon1,8583.85
Neil Lewer1,312.74

Hydro commission

(Two to be elected)

Candidate [1] Vote %
Robert BasallionAcclaimed
A. J. BowkerAcclaimed

Goulbourn

Mayor

Candidate [1] Vote %
Betty Hill (X)2,48660.11
Fred H. A. Campbell1,65039.89

Council

Candidate [1] Vote %
Ward 1
Gilmour Brown53869.33
M. J. Fergus12616.24
McGill Aboud11214.43
Ward 2
Bob Fredericks35135.93
Roger Griffiths (X)28829.48
Jim Whiteside21722.21
Bud Haw12112.38
Ward 3
J. Don Green70357.81
Cy Warner (X)51342.19
Ward 4
Anton Wytenburg 61254.50
Nancy Laws51145.50

Kanata

Referendum

This was the first municipal election in Kanata's history, which amalgamated March Township with parts of Nepean and Goulbourn. As the city had yet to be named, voters voted in a referendum to choose the new city's name. Kanata was the choice of a plurality of voters, thanks to winning the support of voters in March Township. [2]

ChoiceVote %
Kanata3,09439.73
Hazeldean2,96438.06
March1,16214.92
Kairnwood5687.29

Mayor

CandidateVote %
Marianne Wilkinson 3,59946.24
Ihor Nakonecznyj2,81136.12
Pat Carroll1,37317.64

Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1 (rural March)
Carroll FoleyAcclaimed
Ward 2 (Kanata)
Bob Kingham91065.28
Maurice Dubras48434.72
Ward 3 (Kanata)
Bill Lund78154.54
Chris Robinson65145.46
Ward 4 (Katimavik)
Doug Nash45242.88
John Perchall35934.06
Doug Foster20119.07
J. Harold Moore423.98
Ward 5 (Glen Cairn-Hazeldean)
Charles Rogers88750.74
Bob Cunningham86149.26
Ward 6 (Glen Cairn-Bridlewood)
Jean Gabby73250.27
G. R. Godin72449.73

Nepean

Reeve

Candidate [3] Vote %
Ben Franklin 10,42651.17
Bob Mitchell 9,95048.83

Deputy Reeve

CandidateVote %
Al Loney10,40352.31
Bob Kimmerly4,19521.10
J. Kenneth Kerr3,18416.01
Victoria Mason2,10410.586

Council

(Five to be elected)

CandidateVote %
Margaret Ellen Rywak (X)10,62613.03
Ed Puccini (X)9,86912.10
Al Brown9,41911.55
Beryl Gaffney 8,32010.20
Hugh McDonald8,1069.94
Frank Reid 7,5289.23
Paul Charlebois5,8267.15
Ray Smith5,0636.21
Hank Van Der Horn4,2605.22
Terrence Bell4,2545.22
Reba Kingston3,7604.61
Harry Splett3,4924.28
Albert W. Jeans1,0101.24

Hydro commission

(Four to be elected)

CandidateVote %
Martin J. Montague (X)10,78418.20
Wayne Phillips (X)9,92516.75
Edward R. Lauer6,79411.47
Mervyn Sullivan (X)6,65611.24
Steve Shore5,95910.06
Tom Dewar5,94610.04
John Wentzell4,6887.91
Lawrence J. Craig4,4187.46
A. Bruce Burton4,0716.87

Osgoode

Reeve

Candidate [4] Vote %
Albert Bouwers (X)Acclaimed

Council

Four to be elected

Candidate [4] Vote %
Mary Cooper (X)1,50018.90
Albert McKeown (X)1,41417.82
Fred Alexander (X)1,32216.66
Philip McEvoy (X)1,19215.02
Doug Thompson 1,11214.01
Paul Coulson85210.74
Brent Reid5446.85

Ottawa

Mayor

Candidate [1] Vote %
Marion Dewar 51,79154.24
Pat Nicol 32,03333.55
Bernard Pelot8,4398.84
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe1,8581.95
Eddie Turgeon7300.76
Ian Orenstein5970.63


Rideau

Mayor

Candidate [1] Vote %
David Bartlett 2,20757.16
Glenn Brooks 1,65442.84

Council

Two to be elected from each ward

Candidate [1] Vote %
Ward 1
Bill Schouten84638.06
Don Ayres64929.19
Jack Pratt43319.48
Frank Ritskes29513.27
Ward 2
Joyce Bigley62629.16
John B. Wilson (X)56226.18
Alton Good (X)52524.45
Ward 3
Richard McDonald (X)1,04150.17
Dorothy Bickerton78137.64
Bruce Kent25312.19

Rockcliffe Park

Referendum

Voters were asked if they were in favour of licensed liquor premises in the village, which would make the village "wet".

Choice [5] Vote %
Yes74476.15
No23323.85

Reeve

Candidate [5] Vote %
Beryl A. Plumptre (X)52651.07
Ronald Clark 50448.93

Council

Four to be elected

Candidate [5] Vote %
Peter Newcombe (X)77021.28
Sandy Watson68518.93
Patrick Murray 68318.88
John M. Coyne62317.22
Gordon Shearly (X)44512.30
J. Duncan Edmonds41211.39

Vanier

Mayor

Candidate [6] Vote %
Bernard Grandmaître (X)Acclaimed

Council

Two elected from each ward

Candidate [6] Vote %
Ward 1
Paul St. George (X)50334.62
Bunny McCann41328.42
Marcel Champagne32722.51
Joseph Gariepy1329.08
Paul Tomaro785.37
Ward 2
Marcel Chaput (X)1,32152.15
Ronald Killeen (X)89135.18
Yvette Bigras32112.67
Ward 3
Wilfred Champagne71033.22
Robert Madore (X)67731.68
Gilles Barbary (X)58627.42
Gerard Gagne1647.67
Ward 4
2 to be elected
Guy Cousineau (X)Acclaimed
Florian Gauthier (X)Acclaimed

West Carleton

Mayor

Candidate [1] Vote %
Frank Marchington 2,55455.08
Donald Munro 2,08344.92

Council

Two to be elected from each ward

Candidate [7] Vote %
Torbolton Ward
Betty Smith
Bill Edwards (X)
Andrew Baldwin (X)
Fitzroy Ward
Bert Reitsma (X)Acclaimed
Eric Greene (X)Acclaimed
Huntley Ward
Ivan Baird (X)Acclaimed
Acclaimed

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