1985 Ottawa municipal election

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1985 Ottawa mayoral election
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Candidate Jim Durrell Marlene Catterall
Popular vote56,98835,711
Percentage59.95%37.57%
1985 Ottawa mayoral election results by ward.png
Results by ward
Mayor before election

Marion Dewar

Elected mayor

Jim Durrell

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.

Contents

Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeated Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall to become the new mayor of Ottawa.

Mayor

Durrell swept 12 of the city's 15 wards en route to victory, doing particularly well in the city's suburbs. His best ward was Riversdie, which he represented on council, where he won 72% of the vote. Catterall won the remaining three wards, all in the inner-city. Her strongest ward was Wellington, the only one where she won a majority of the vote. There, she won 52% of the vote. Catterall was not even able to win her home ward of Britannia, which she lost by 108 votes. [1]

CandidateVotes%
Jim Durrell 56,98859.95
Marlene Catterall 35,71137.57
R. Allan Jones9420.99
Walter J. McPhee8860.93
Nabil Fawzry5290.56

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%
Darrel Kent 2,92736.57
Dylan McGuinty2,72534.05
Angie Herzog1,83122.87
Phil Massad3534.41
Rebecca Liff1692.11
Billings Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joan O'Neill 3,20259.86
Bill Zlepnig1,77633.20
John Kroeker3716.94
Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ruth Wildgen 1,31024.45
Jim Jones 1,26323.57
Greg Ross1,08320.21
Sandra Presley97218.14
Bud Downing3506.53
Kurt Orlik2043.81
Donald Holmes1763.28
By-Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marc Laviolette (X)4,34372.61
Wayne MacKinnon1,63827.39
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Rob Quinn 2,61237.93
David Hagerman1,88027.30
Howard Smith (X)1,60323.28
Susan Pond79111.49
Canterbury Ward
CandidateVotes%
Michael McSweeney (X)5,19773.46
Ernest Lauzon1,87826.54
Carleton Ward
CandidateVotes%
Bob Morrison (X)2,37736.81
Tim Kehoe 2,28835.43
Barbara Lejeunesse1,79227.75
Queensboro Ward
CandidateVotes%
Mark Maloney 2,90241.22
Gordon MacMichael1,84626.22
Mary Hegan 1,73124.58
Phil MacNeill5627.98
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Mac Harb 1,78036.17
Denis LeBlanc1,72535.05
Michael Janigan 1,41628.77
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jamie Fisher 1,78035.32
Penina Coopersmith1,37527.28
Steve Grattan1,06321.09
Ed Barter82216.31
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
CandidateVotes%
George Kelly 2,39148.12
Claudette Cyr-Smith1,63632.92
Gillian Sloan94218.96
Richmond Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jacquelin Holzman (X)Acclaimed
Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
George Brown 3,74644.45
Fidel Palumbo2,20626.17
Marc Wallace1,33615.85
Tom Quinn1,14013.53
St. George's Ward
CandidateVotes%
Nancy Smith (X)2,99751.43
Rheal Leroux2,69946.32
Serge Girard1312.25
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
Diane Holmes (X)2,90269.98
Terry McLaughlin1,24530.02

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees

Two to be elected in each zone

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)Vote %
Jane Dobell6,685
Harriet Lang3,934
Gary Hough3,340
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)Vote %
John Smart (X)3,513
Brian McGarry3,030
D. Paterson2.989
Don Francis (X)2,253
Gord Hauser1,337
James Bowie-Reed712
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)Vote %
Marian Lothian4,523
Ted Best (X)4,360
Sandra Goldstein (X)2,850
Julia Brady2,524
Terry Kilrea1,710
Bente Addison1,683
Harry Albright 1,104
Barry Lemoine648
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)Vote %
Bill Gowling (X)4,273
Robert Beatty (X)3,377
Wayne Wilson2,512
Margo Deriger2,191
E. C. Stoddon1,103
Dale Alkerton1,111
John Teller818
Larry Arpaia713
Zone 5 (Carleton, Queensboro)Vote %
Alex Cullen (X)3,222
Kathy Yach3,067
Brian Mackay2,968
Beth Little2,299
C. J. Kempffer1,018
Kevin Kinsella875
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)Vote %
Marjorie Loughrey5,652
Russ Jackson (X)5,296
Roy Bushfield (X)5,085
Arthur Dufays2,324
Brian Elliott1,599
Leonard Haggstrom519

Four to be elected

Separate school: OttawaVote %
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X)16,346
Robert Belanger (X)16,278
Jacques Beauchamp (X)15,822
Frank Dalton13,302
Lucien Bradet (X)12,560
Patrick Holt10,188

One to be elected

Separate school: Vanier Vote %
Claudette Boyer2,65354.55
Denise Matte2,21045.45

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References

  1. ↑ Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
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