1980 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

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Elections were held on November 10, 1980 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. This page lists the election results for local mayors, reeves and councils of the RMOC in 1980.

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Cumberland

Reeve race [1]

CandidateVote %
Peter Clark 2,11951.71
Henri Rocque (X)1,97948.29

Council
Four to be elected

CandidateVote %
Don Boudria (X)2,71621.53
Ray Friel (X)2,26317.94
Paul Macdonnell (X)1,99315.80
Frank Kenny (X)1,93215.31
Patricia Wright1,74313.81
Ray Rivers1,0798.55
Ted Hansen8917.06

Gloucester

Reeve race

Betty Stewart was re-elected After a judicial recount conducted December 9–10. Election night results showed her opponent, Fred Barrett ahead as did a recount conducted on November 16. [2]

CandidateVote %
Betty Stewart (X)5,36147.04
Fred Barrett 5,34546.90
Keith Sennett6906.05

Council [3]
Six to be elected; top two to sit on regional council

CandidateVote %
Harry Allen (X)7,28214.25
Eugène Bellemare (X)6,62612.97
Mitch Owens 6,62012.96
Ken Steele5,37210.51
Harold Keenan (X)5,28210.34
Mary Bryden (X)4,8039.40
Pat Clark4,2798.37
Brad Kennedy3,0766.02
Jean Gregoire3,0335.94
Leola Davignon2,4144.72
Nicole Poudrette2,3094.52

Goulbourn

Mayoral race [4]

CandidateVote %
Betty Hill (X)1,82550.95
Anton Wytenburg 1,75749.05

Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1
Gilmour Brown (X)Acclaimed
Ward 2
Bob Fredericks (X)Acclaimed
Ward 3
Don Green (X)Acclaimed
Ward 4
Dewar Burnett (X)52654.06
Michael Bryan44745.94

Kanata

Mayoral race [5]

CandidateVote %
Marianne Wilkinson (X)4,13272.39
George St. Aubin1,57627.61

Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1
Des Adam 38461.74
Dan Perley23838.26
Ward 2
Bob Kingham (X)Acclaimed
Ward 3
Bill Lund (X)Acclaimed
Ward 4
Doug Nash (X)Acclaimed
Ward 5
Charles Rogers (X)Acclaimed
Ward 6
Jean Gabby (X)73557.38
Stuart Chandler54642.62

Nepean

Mayoral race [6] (216 of 218 polls)

CandidateVote %
Ben Franklin (X)15,35184.88
Harry Splett2,73515.12

Council

CandidateVote %
Regional council
3 to be elected
Margaret Rywak (X)11,75527.18
Beryl Gaffney 11,59026.80
Gord Hunter 10,30223.82
Norman Cookley9,59522.19
City council
3 to be elected
Al Brown (X)9,77422.64
Hugh McDonald (X)8,97520.79
Frank Reid 8,44319.56
Marcy Gregory5,54012.83
Terry Bell4,78211.08
Victoria Mason4,31610.00
Al Jeans1,3403.10

Nepean voters also voted to legalize wine stores in the city.

Osgoode

Reeve race

CandidateVote %
Albert Bouwers (X)Acclaimed

Council
4 to be elected

CandidateVote %
Albert McKeown (X)Acclaimed
Mary Cooper (X)Acclaimed
Fred Alexander (X)Acclaimed
Doug Thompson Acclaimed

Ottawa

Mayor race

CandidateVotes%
Marion Dewar (X)49,68757.03
Pat Nicol 33,15138.05
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe2,3572.71
John Turmel 1,9282.21

Rideau

Reeve race [7]

CandidateVote %
Dave Bartlett (X)Acclaimed

Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1
2 to be elected
Glenn Brooks 90544.56
Bill Schouten (X)67333.15
William Warren23311.47
Don Ayres22010.83
Ward 2
2 to be elected
Joyce Bigley (X)Acclaimed
John Wilson (X)Acclaimed
Ward 3
2 to be elected
Richard McDonald (X)Acclaimed
Dorothy Bickerton (X)Acclaimed

Rockcliffe Park

Reeve race [8]

CandidateVote %
Beryl Plumptre (X)Acclaimed

Council
4 to be elected

CandidateVote %
A. G. Sandy Watson (X)Acclaimed
Patrick Murray (X)Acclaimed
Anthony Keith (X)Acclaimed
David Jenkins (X)Acclaimed

Vanier

Mayoral race [9]

CandidateVote %
Wilfrid Champagne 3,06550.75
Paul St. George2,05434.01
Wilbrod Cormier92115.25

Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1
2 to be elected
Richard Boudreau50731.67
Marcel Champagne47929.92
Denis Neider28817.99
Gerald Gagné1237.68
Robert Gemus1076.68
Paul Tomaro976.06
Ward 2
2 to be elected
Marcel Chaput (X)1,15038.23
Ronald Killeen (X)95931.88
Yvette Bigras36412.10
Hector Jamieson33010.97
Jacques Drouin2056.82
Ward 3
2 to be elected
Gilles Barbary79033.73
Robert Madore (X)69429.63
Charles Beriault43518.57
Claude Robillard42318.06
Ward 4
2 to be elected
Guy Cousineau (X)81837.18
Florian Gauthier (X)67730.77
Gerald Beausejour62928.59
Raphael Pilon763.45

West Carleton

Mayoral race [10]

CandidateVote %
Frank Marchington (X)2,53260.01
Don Munro 1,68739.99

Council

CandidateVote %
Torbolton Ward
2 to be elected
Betty Smith (X)94842.80
Delmer Wilson75033.86
Andrew Baldwin51723.34
Fitzroy Ward
2 to be elected
Bert Reitsman (X)66330.10
Eric Greene57626.16
Eric Craig 49622.51
Ambrose Holmes46821.24
Huntley Ward
2 to be elected
Ivan Baird (X)94637.20
Gerald Belisle (X)93436.73
Don Irwin66326.07

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References

  1. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "Clark beats Rocque"
  2. Ottawa Citizen, Dec 10, 1980, pg 4, "Betty Stewart still top dog"
  3. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "The battle isn't over yet"
  4. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "Tight victory for Hill"
  5. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 49, "Wilkinson devastates St. Aubin"
  6. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 49, "Franklin wins, so do wine stores"
  7. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "Voters were out in force"
  8. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "Voters were out in force"
  9. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 50, "Champagne wins on pro-annexation issue"
  10. Ottawa Citizen, Nov 11, 1980, pg 49, "Easy victory march for Marchington"