 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
 Results by ward | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988.
Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition. Rideau Street businessman Michael Bartholomew finished 2nd with just 6% of the vote. Due to the lack of competition, only about one third of the electorate participated in the election. [1]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Durrell (X) | 69,813 | 86.77 |
| Michael Bartholomew | 4,800 | 5.97 |
| John Turmel | 3,123 | 3.88 |
| John Kroeker | 1,704 | 2.12 |
| Nabil Fawzry | 1,022 | 1.27 |
A plebiscite was held asking voters if they supported establishing a single level of municipal government for the urban part of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. It was a non binding plebiscite, and was only held in Ottawa. The measure was supported by mayor Durrell. [2] The city would eventually amalgamate with the region in 2001, including the non-urban areas.
The ballot question read "Are you in favour of the City of Ottawa working towards one level of municipal government for the urban area of Ottawa-Carleton?" [3]
| Choice | Votes [4] | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 64,862 | 81.11 |
| No | 15,102 | 18.89 |
The composition of Ottawa's city council was more left leaning than the previous council due to the defeat of Durrell-ally Bob Morrison in Carleton Ward and the election of New Democratic Party backed candidates Lynn Smyth and Michael Jannigan. [5] Jannigan, who was declared elected on election night had to wait over a year to take his seat however, as a recount gave his opponent the win, but after the case was taken to court, a special election was held in 1989 which Jannigan won.
| Alta Vista Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Darrel Kent (X) | Acclaimed | |
| Billings Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Joan O'Neill (X) | 4,170 | 84.36 |
| Eugene Mallay | 773 | 15.64 |
| Britannia Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jim Jones | 1,941* | 40.79 |
| Ruth Wildgen (X) | 1,931* | 40.58 |
| Geoffrey Sharpe | 496 | 10.42 |
| Jenny Lee Lapointe | 391 | 8.22 |
* Results after a recount. [6]
| By-Rideau Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Marc Laviolette (X) | 4,395 | 78.11 |
| Les MacAfee | 872 | 15.50 |
| Richard Beaudry | 360 | 6.40 |
| Capital Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Lynn Smyth | 3,370 | 56.16 |
| Rob Quinn (X) | 2,631 | 43.84 |
| Canterbury Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael McSweeney (X) | 5,592 | 76.33 |
| Ernest Lauzon | 1,734 | 23.67 |
| Carleton Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tim Kehoe | 2,480 | 49.03 |
| Bob Morrison (X) | 1,378 | 27.24 |
| Mary Nash | 1,200 | 23.72 |
| Queensboro Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mark Maloney (X) | Acclaimed | |
| Dalhousie Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Peter Harris | 2,024* | 46.12 |
| Michael Janigan | 2,022* | 46.07 |
| Richard Lobb | 343 | 7.81 |
* Results after a recount.
| Elmdale Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jamie Fisher (X) | Acclaimed | |
| Overbrook-Forbes Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| George Kelly (X) | Acclaimed | |
| Richmond Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jacquelin Holzman (X) | 4,380 | 52.04 |
| Alex Cullen | 2,391 | 28.41 |
| Daniel Stringer | 1,646 | 19.56 |
| Riverside Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| George Brown (X) | 4,531 | 85.30 |
| Norman Van Cleaf | 781 | 14.70 |
| St. George's Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Nancy Smith (X) | 3,757 | 82.94 |
| Ed Barter | 773 | 17.06 |
| Wellington Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Diane Holmes (X) | 3,260 | 80.61 |
| Lindsay Blackett | 784 | 19.39 |
The election day results in Dalhousie Ward showed Michael Janigan ahead by 12 votes over Peter Harris, but this was done in error. A recount gave Harris a 2 vote win, but Janigan took the results to court, so the city held a special election on November 20, 1989 to resolve the matter, which Janigan won. Harris served as alderman in the interim. The race was a proxy battle for federal politics, with Janigan being supported by the NDP and Harris by the Liberals. The fringe candidates were backed by parties too, the Greens backed Dan Roy and the Rhinoceros Party backed Dale Alkerton [7]
| Dalhousie Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael Janigan | 2,582 | 49.07 |
| Peter Harris | 2,411 | 45.82 |
| Dan Roy | 227 | 4.31 |
| Dale Alkerton | 45 | 0.80 |
| Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes) 3 to be elected (79% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Dobell (X) | 3,627 | |
| Harriet Lang (X) | 2,577 | |
| Cynthia Bled | 2,077 | |
| Margaret Pazdzior | 1,561 | |
| John Stopa | 1,268 | |
| Gary Hough | 1,230 | |
| Salah Al Zein | 836 |
| Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington) 2 to be elected (94% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Scotton | 3,144 | |
| Brian McGarry (X) | 2,514 | |
| Ruth Coodin | 2,064 | |
| Don Francis | 1,707 | |
| Les Jones | 1,459 | |
| Cecile Smithers | 386 | |
| Idris Ben-Tahir | 261 | |
| Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale) 4 to be elected (98% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Marian Lothian (X) | 5,282 | |
| Ted Best (X) | 4,185 | |
| Elda Allen | 4,038 | |
| Mary Lou Fleming | 3,277 | |
| Helen Campbell | 3,060 | |
| William Pugsley | 2,753 | |
| Dan Berg | 2,493 |
| Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond) 2 to be elected (95% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Gowling (X) | 3,919 | |
| Margaret Lange | 3,771 | |
| Robert Beatty (X) | 2,409 | |
| Wayne Wilson | 2,029 | |
| Irma Cohen | 1,700 | |
| Terry Orchard | 831 | |
| Robert Morrissette | 731 | |
| Zone 5 (Carleton, Queensboro) 3 to be elected (96% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kathryn Yach (X) | 3,891 | |
| Brian Mackey | 3,472 | |
| Linda Hunter | 2,629 | |
| John Wright | 2,101 | |
| Margaret Bristow | 1,468 | |
| Geoff Brown | 1,460 | |
| Kevin Kinsella | 1,302 |
| Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury) 4 to be elected (95% of polls reporting) | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson (X) | 5,373 | |
| Marjorie Loughrey (X) | 5,273 | |
| John Sutherland | 4,393 | |
| Roy Bushfield | 3,905 | |
| Rosalind Labow | 2,896 | |
| Linda Townsend | 2,831 | |
| Sue Mack | 2,412 | |
| David Gibbons | 2,041 | |
| Gordon Campbell | 1,625 | |
| Jeannine Ladouceur | 990 | |
| Donald Holmes | 827 |
Robert Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who served from 1987 to 1997 and again from 2010 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Ottawa West and Ottawa West—Nepean. He was the Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1997 to 2001 and was mayor of Ottawa from 2001 to 2006. He served in the provincial cabinets of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. Chiarelli was a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election.
Richard "Rick" Chiarelli is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was an Ottawa City Councillor, and is the second cousin of former Ottawa mayor and 2022 mayoral candidate Bob Chiarelli. He represented the College Ward covering part of Nepean and Ottawa's west end. On council, Chiarelli was known for being an "independent voice, often voicing dissent on issues his fellow councillors support" and now for "offensive and disreputable behaviour" and "incomprehensible incidents of harassment" against staff. He was for a time the longest serving municipal politician on Ottawa's city council.
Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end. He retired in 2016 and went on to serve as President of the Federation of Citizens Associations (FCA) in Ottawa (2021-22).
Andrew Scott Haydon was a Canadian engineer and politician. He was reeve of Nepean Township, Ontario from 1970 to 1978 and Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1978–1991. Haydon was the first mayor of the city of Nepean when it incorporated on November 24, 1978; Ben Franklin assumed the title six days later.
The 1994 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, in Ottawa, Canada. The number of wards in the city had been reduced from 15 to 10 for this election. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman was re-elected in a three-way contest with councillors Joan O'Neill and Tim Kehoe.
The 2010 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 25, 2010, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same date as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.
River Ward or Ward 16 is a municipal ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the south central portion of the city, and includes the communities of Carlington, Central Park, Carleton Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park, and Hunt Club/Uplands. The ward spans both sides of the Rideau River between Carling Avenue and Hunt Club Road.
The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 4, 1950.
The 1987 Gatineau municipal election was held on November 1, 1987, to elect a mayor and councillors in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Incumbent mayor Gaétan Cousineau was narrowly re-elected over a challenge from former mayor John Luck.
George M. Brown is a former Ottawa City Councillor. He represented Riverside Ward from 1985 to 1994.
Clifford Frank Reid was a Canadian football player and politician. He played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and played college football at the University at Buffalo. After his football career, he spent 11 years on Nepean City Council, including six years as a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council.
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1926 to elect members of the 1927 Ottawa City Council.
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 7, 1925 to elect members of the 1926 Ottawa City Council.
The 2018 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 22, 2018, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.
Shawn Michael Menard is a Canadian politician. He was elected to Ottawa City Council representing Capital Ward in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election.
Darrel Brock Kent is a former Ottawa City Councillor. He served on council from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1991. He ran for mayor of Ottawa in 1982 and for Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in 1991.
W. Greg MacDougall is a former Canadian politician who served on Ottawa City Council from 1980 to 1985. He served as the city's deputy mayor from 1981 to 1982 and was briefly acting mayor in 1985.
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.
Ruth Wildgen, née Besharah was a Canadian politician and activist. She represented Britannia Ward on Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council from 1985 to 1988.
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.
| Bytown |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa |
| |
| Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton | ||