1982 Ottawa municipal election

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1982 Ottawa mayoral election
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  1980 November 8, 1982 1985  
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Candidate Marion Dewar Darrel Kent
Popular vote57,16748,461
Percentage52.02%44.10%

1982 Ottawa mayoral election results map by ward.png

Mayor before election

Marion Dewar

Elected mayor

Marion Dewar

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.

Contents

Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.

Mayor

Official results [1]

Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's (63.7%), Wellington (63.2%) and Capital (61.6%). Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote.

CandidateVotes%
Marion Dewar (X)57,16852.02
Darrel Kent 48,46144.10
T. Joseph McCarthy2,0601.87
Marc Gauvin1,7251.57
Arnold Guetta4870.44

Ottawa City Council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Billings Ward
3. Britannia Ward
4. By-Rideau Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Canterbury Ward
7. Carleton Ward
8. Dalhousie Ward
9. Elmdale Ward
10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
11. Queensboro Ward
12. Richmond Ward
13. Riverside Ward
14. St. George's Ward
15. Wellington Ward . Ottawawards1981-1994.PNG
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Billings Ward
3. Britannia Ward
4. By-Rideau Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Canterbury Ward
7. Carleton Ward
8. Dalhousie Ward
9. Elmdale Ward
10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
11. Queensboro Ward
12. Richmond Ward
13. Riverside Ward
14. St. George's Ward
15. Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
CandidateVotes%
Greg MacDougall (X)6,41379.31
Earle MacPhail1,67320.69
Billings Ward
CandidateVotes%
Brian Bourns (X)3,70355.25
Bill Zlepnig2,99944.75
Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marlene Catterall (X)2,84049.80
Paul MacKay1,48726.07
Terry O'Neill1,37624.13
By-Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marc Laviolette (X)4,46654.53
Pierre Labelle3,72445.47
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Howard Smith (X)3,15043.22
Dave Hagerman2,79538.35
David Brasset1,34318.43
Canterbury Ward
CandidateVotes%
Michael McSweeney 3,70644.44
Sue Snider3,15437.82
Sig Schmidt1,47917.74
Carleton Ward
CandidateVotes%
Toddy Kehoe (X)2,63136.56
Bob Morrison2,39533.28
Barbara Lajeunesse2,17130.17
Queensboro Ward
CandidateVotes%
Terry Denison (X)5,47675.97
Gordon MacMichael1,73224.03
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Rolf Hasenack (X)3,28556.66
Warren Ralph2,51343.34
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Graham Bird (X)4,74281.94
Geoffrey Sharpe1,04518.06
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
CandidateVotes%
Rhéal Robert (X)4,38358.53
Fernande Casey2,81937.64
Marion Cray2873.83
Richmond Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jacquelin Holzman 4,79648.51
Bob Chiarelli 4,21442.63
Rick Stewart8768.86
Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jim Durrell (X)6,85687.53
Gregory Minion97712.47
St. George's Ward
CandidateVotes%
Nancy Smith (X)4,64477.41
Sam MacLean82613.77
Serge Girard5298.82
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
Diane Holmes 2,92046.28
Joe Cassey (X)2,52239.97
Jack Bowie-Reed86713.74

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees

Six to be elected in each zone

Eastern Zone (529/530 polls)Vote
Jane Dobell (X)17,501
Russ Jackson13,053
Ted Best (X)12,781
Roy Bushfield12,423
Don Francis11,942
John Smart10,587
Marjorie Loughrey (X)9,701
John Samuel8,872
David Armstrong9,027
Michael McKenna (X)8,540
Ken Ellis6,069
Anne Dupuis6,156
Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau5,230
Allan Simpson4,483
David Delisle3,953
George Denison3,709
Colin Simpson2,997
Barry Lemoine2,344
William Voller2,283
Western ZoneVote
Bill Law (X)13,733
Robert Beatty (X)12,769
Sandra Goldstein (X)10,903
Bill Gowling10,817
Kathy Yach9,058
Alexander Cullen 8,595
Wayne Wilson (X)7,527
John Jackson (X)7,310
John Wright (X)7,262
Abby Pollonetsky7,221
Marion Lothian6,377
Robert Grace6,366
Harry Albright 5,381
Stephen Delaney5,306
Barbara Mollon4,455
Calvin Kempffer3,041
Dale Alkerton2,373

4 to be elected

Separate school supporters: Ottawa (937/938 polls)Vote
Jacques Beauchamp (X)18,925
Robert Belanger (X)17,877
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X)16,585
Lucien Bradet (X)15,755
Thomas Kent15,442
Edouard Gagnon10,905
Ken Bruton8,152

1 to be elected

Separate school supporters: Vanier Vote %
Claudette Boyer3,37856.21
Alain Gougeon2,63243.79

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References

  1. 1982 Ottawa election results, Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch