1991 Ottawa municipal election

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1991 Ottawa mayoral election
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Candidate Jacquelin Holzman Nancy Smith Marc Laviolette
Popular vote38,72535,52521,101
Percentage39.61%36.34%21.58%
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Results by ward
Mayor before election

Marc Laviolette

Elected mayor

Jacquelin Holzman

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.

Contents

Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeated left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette. Holzman defeated Smith by just 3,022 votes. She ran on a platform to "keep a lid on city taxes". [1]

Despite the eventual closeness of the result, and the polarization of the candidates, pundits lamented that the electorate was not interested in the election, as the candidates had not inspired the voters who were more concerned with "national issues like the constitution and the economy". [2]

After the election, Liberal MP Mac Harb (who supported Holzman) admitted to "quietly encourag[ing]" Laviolette to enter the race to split the vote, because he "couldn't stomach (the thought of) Smith's left wing social agenda" winning. [3]

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Jacquelin Holzman 38,72539.61
Nancy Smith 35,52536.34
Marc Laviolette (X)21,10121.58
Michael Bartholomew2,4172.47

Results by ward

Holzman's victory was propelled by winning the city's suburban wards, with her best ward being Richmond, which she had represented on council. Smith won the city's four urban wards, doing her best in St. George's, which she had represented on council. Laviolette won the city's two Francophone-influenced eastern wards. [4]

WardBartholomewHolzmanLavioletteSmith
By-Rideau (1)1451,5583,7312,763
St. George's (2)1021,3671,0363,401
Overbrook-Forbes (3)1561,0762,7361,425
Wellington (4)1091,2927582,431
Capital (5)2682,2356113,934
Dalhousie (6)2351,8101,2012,329
Elmdale (7)1432,9061,3392,835
Carlington-Westboro (Queensboro) (8)1802,5191,2762,159
Richmond (9)1195,4697872,433
Britannia (10)1752,4111,0232,054
Carleton (11)1703,5749101,836
Canterbury (12)1752,8942,0221,973
Alta Vista (13)1813,8601,6642,835
Billings (14)1122,4321,0021,136
River (15)1473,3221,0051,981

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. By-Rideau Ward 2. St. George's Ward 3. Overbrook-Forbes Ward 4. Wellington Ward 5. Capital Ward 6. Dalhousie Ward 7. Elmdale Ward 8. Carlington-Westboro Ward 9. Richmond Ward 10. Britannia Ward 11. Carleton Ward 12. Canterbury Ward 13. Alta Vista Ward 14. Billings Ward 15. Riverside Ward. Ottawa ward map (1991-1994)-2.png
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. By-Rideau Ward
2. St. George's Ward
3. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
4. Wellington Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Dalhousie Ward
7. Elmdale Ward
8. Carlington-Westboro Ward
9. Richmond Ward
10. Britannia Ward
11. Carleton Ward
12. Canterbury Ward
13. Alta Vista Ward
14. Billings Ward
15. Riverside Ward.
Alta Vista Ward
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 4,66055.80
Stephen Amesse2,82733.85
Rebecca Liff86510.36
Billings Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joan O'Neill (X)Acclaimed
Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jill Brown 1,85933.13
Gregory Ross1,55827.77
Geoffrey Sharpe83114.81
Jim Jones (X)66511.85
Clarence S. Dungey2734.87
Randy McCooeye2143.81
Andy Sammon2113.76
By-Rideau Ward
CandidateVotes%
Richard Cannings 3,65745.41
Pierre Bourque (X)2,46130.56
Maurice Pagé1,71721.32
Richard Beaudry2182.71
Capital Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jim Watson 4,12358.40
Lynn Smyth (X)1,81725.74
Michael Lynch6389.04
Frank De Jong 4826.83
Canterbury Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jack MacKinnon 1,53022.37
Ed Concordia1,43520.98
Mireille Landry-Kennedy1,13216.55
Ernie Lauzon1,04115.22
Douglas Sears94313.78
Carl Langroix3404.97
Elaine Lindsay2884.21
Garry J. Fischer1321.93
Carleton Ward
CandidateVotes%
Tim Kehoe (X)3,44254.93
Jim Bonner2,82445.07
Carlington-Westboro Ward
CandidateVotes%
Mark Maloney (X)5,01181.85
Lynda Flowers1,11118.15
Dalhousie Ward
CandidateVotes%
Peter Harris 2,80748.89
Elisabeth Arnold 2,60245.32
Andy Haydon, Jr.3335.80
Elmdale Ward
CandidateVotes%
Joan Wong 3,38347.60
Jamie Fisher (X)3,19444.94
Steve Rimek5307.46
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jacques Legendre 1,94536.56
George Kelly (X)1,75833.05
Eve Elliott91817.26
Michael Green69913.14
Richmond Ward
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen 3,26837.91
Ron Kolbus2,92233.90
Daniel Stringer2,43028.19
Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
George Brown (X)4,14067.88
John Ross1,95932.12
St. George's Ward
CandidateVotes%
Nancy Mitchell 2,49942.86
Gordon Brownlee93816.09
Ed Barter92115.79
Geoff Nimmo78013.38
Maurice Dumoulin5439.31
Paul Kerston1141.96
George Ibrahim360.62
Wellington Ward
CandidateVotes%
Diane Holmes (X)3,57978.09
Keith Shirreffs70915.47
M. Ross Taylor2956.44

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)
3 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting)		Vote %
Jane Dobell (X)5,175
Cynthia Bled (X)4,294
Harriet Lang (X)3,927
Debbie Morey2,546
Donna Silver2,047
Jeannine Denis-Ladouceur1,733
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)
2 to be elected		Vote %
Anne Scotton (X)5,92844.33
Brian McGarry (X)5,73742.90
Rick Alexanderson1,70812.77
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)
4 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting)		Vote %
Marian Lothian (X)6,720
Mary Lou Fleming (X)5,891
Elda M. Allen (X)5,843
Ted Best (X)3,806
Walter Robinson3,644
William J. Taylor3,253
Bill Pugsley3,253
John Dodson2,402
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)
2 to be elected
(95% of polls reporting)		Vote %
Margaret Lange (X)4,977
Bill Gowling (X)3,376
Sandra Bertrand2,976
Sandra R. Goldstein2,351
Irma Cohen1,752
Christopher Assad688
Ed Halla408
Zone 5 (Carleton, Carlington-Westboro)
3 to be elected		Vote %
Brian Mackey (X)5,23527.15
Kathy Yach (X)4,16121.58
Linda Hunter (X)4,01820.83
Shawn Marmer3,12616.21
John M. Wright2,74214.22
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)
4 to be elected
(99% of polls reporting)		Vote %
Margaret Woodley6,607
John Sutherland (X)6,216
Marjorie Loughrey (X)6,210
Russ Jackson (X)6,115
Sue Mack5,047
Roy Bushfield (X)4,453
Wayne Mannion1,271
Henry Assad1,111

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References

  1. ↑ Ottawa Citizen , Nov 13, 1991, pg A1, "It's Mayor Holzman"
  2. ↑ "Race stuck in neutral". Ottawa Citizen. November 9, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Split vote kept left wing from winning, Harb boasts". Ottawa Citizen. November 30, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ Election 1991; Mayor; Summary (Available, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Ottawa Room)
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