Alta Vista Ward

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Alta Vista
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Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′N75°39′W / 45.400°N 75.650°W / 45.400; -75.650
Country Canada
Province Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
  Councillor Marty Carr
Area
  Total20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population
  Total42,410
  Density2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
   English 57.2%
   French 16.9%
   Arabic 6.4%
   Somali 2.2%
   Spanish 1.7%
   Mandarin 1.5%
   Persian 1.3%
   Tagalog 1.0%
Avg. income$34,941

Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

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The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. [2] The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way.

Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014.

Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine , the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors

CouncilAldermen
1967-69 Don Kay Pierre Benoit
1970-72 Jeffrey King
1973-74 Don Kay
1975-76
1977-78
1978-80
1980-82 Greg MacDougall
1982-85
1985-88 Darrel Kent
1988-91
1991-94 Peter Hume
CouncilCity CouncillorRegional Councillor
1994-97 Allan Higdon Peter Hume
1997-00
CouncilCity Councillor
2001-03 Peter Hume
2003-06
2006-10
2010-14
2014-18 Jean Cloutier
2018-22
2022-26 Marty Carr

School trustees

Population data

The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue)

  1. English: 54.6%
  2. French: 15.6%
  3. Arabic: 7.9%
  4. Spanish: 1.8%
  5. Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  6. Italian: 1.1%

Religion

  1. Roman Catholic: 40.0%
  2. Muslim: 11.7%
  3. No religion: 11.4%
  4. Anglican: 8.3%
  5. United Church of Canada: 8.2%
  6. Jewish: 2.0%
  7. Presbyterian: 1.6%
  8. Buddhist: 1.3%
  9. Baptist: 1.3%
  10. Pentecostal: 1.1%

Income

Election results

1966 elections

1966 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 6,87937.49
Pierre Benoit 4,30923.48
Jack Stanton2,95716.11
Ralph Stewart2,64514.41
Charles Kruger1,5608.50

1969 elections

1969 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 6,91439.36
Jeffrey King 6,41936.54
Gwendeline Power-Binns2,25012.81
Ross Potter1,98211.28

1972 elections

1972 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay Acclaimed

1974 elections

1974 Ottawa municipal election: City and council
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 4,59657.27
Phil Graham3,42942.33

1976 elections

1976 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 3,70254.07
Nancy McGee3,14545.93

1978 elections

1978 Ottawa municipal election: City council and regional
CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 5,74948.85
Keith Martin3,57130.35
Darrel Kent 2,44820.80

1980 elections

1980 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Greg MacDougall 2,92743.38
Roy Bushfield2,12431.48
John Coe1,00514.90
Fern Payne69110.24

1982 elections

1982 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Greg MacDougall 6,41379.31
Earle MacPhail1,67320.69

1985 elections

Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1985 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Darrel Kent 2,92736.57
Dylan McGuinty2,72534.05
Angie Herzog1,83122.87
Phil Massad3534.41
Rebecca Liff1692.11

1988 elections

1988 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Darrel Kent ACCLAIMED

1991 elections

1991 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 4,66055.80
Stephen Amesse2,82733.85
Rebecca Liff86510.36

1994 elections

1994 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Allan Higdon 6,40146.83
Jack MacKinnon 4,05729.68
Georges Jarbouh1,52611.16
Patrick Basham9777.15
Robert White4893.58
J.J. Pawlak2181.59
RMOC elections, 1994: Regional council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 11,14282.66
Rebecca Liff1,1728.69
Sean Abdallah1,1668.65

1997 elections

1997 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Allan Higdon ACCLAIMED
RMOC elections, 1997: Regional council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 6,27765.32
Patricia O'Reilly2,38324.80
John Yarmo6576.84
John Wiebe2393.05

2000 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 8,62555.67
Allan Higdon 6,34540.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor5223.37
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli 9,41060.48
Claudette Cain5,38734.62
Georges Saade 4492.89
Marc-André Belair 930.60
James A. Hall540.35
Ken Mills480.31
John Turmel 480.31
Paula Nemchin 370.24
Morteza Naini 340.22

2003 Ottawa municipal election

2003 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume ACCLAIMED
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli 5,38256.90
Terry Kilrea3,42136.17
Ike Awgu2472.61
Ron Burke1171.24
John A. Bell1031.09
Paula Nemchin 660.70
John Turmel 660.70
Donna Upson 560.59

2006 Ottawa municipal election

After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

2006 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 10,43369.53
James Ryan1,95513.03
Perry Marleau1,1907.93
Yusef Al Mezel1,0637.08
Ahmed Ibrahim2241.49
Ismael Lediye1410.94
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Larry O'Brien 6,78444.25
Alex Munter 5,31934.70
Bob Chiarelli 3,05519.93
Jane Scharf780.51
Robert Larter450.29
Piotr Anweiler360.23
Barkley Pollock130.08

2010 Ottawa municipal election

2010 Ottawa municipal election: City council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume 7,55359.49
Clinton Cowan2,37418.70
Ernie Lauzon1,85114.58
Kevin Hogan9197.24
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results) [3]
CandidateVotes%
Jim Watson 6,66651.44
Larry O'Brien 2,67220.62
Clive Doucet 2,11416.31
Andrew S. Haydon 8016.18
Mike Maguire2652.04
Idris Ben-Tahir890.69
Robert G. Gauthier740.57
Charlie Taylor600.46
Cesar Bello580.45
Jane Scharf520.40
Samuel Wright220.17
Robin Lawrance150.12
Sean Ryan150.12
Julio Pita130.10
Joseph Furtenbacher120.09
Daniel J. Lyrette90.07
Robert Larter80.06
Michael St. Arnaud80.06
Vincent Libweshya50.04
Fraser Liscumb20.02

2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVote %
   Jean Cloutier 5,29547.37
   Clinton Cowan3,28729.40
   Hussein Mahmoud1,60014.31
   Daher Muse Calin2632.35
   Brandon Scharfe1951.74
   Jeff Dubois1691.51
   Perry Marleau1591.42
   Adam Bowick1121.00
   John Redins990.89
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVote %
   Jim Watson 8,76679.08
   Mike Maguire1,71915.51
   Anwar Syed2282.06
   Rebecca Pyrah1050.95
   Darren W. Wood740.67
   Robert White720.65
   Michael St. Arnaud650.59
   Bernard Couchman560.51

2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Council candidateVote %
   Jean Cloutier 3,86632.81
   Raylene Lang-Dion3,66531.10
   Kevin Kit2,61622.20
   Clinton Cowan1,41512.01
   John Redins1271.08
   Mike McHarg840.80
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVote %
   Jim Watson 7,89869.86
   Clive Doucet 2,72924.14
   Bruce McConville1471.30
   Hamid Alakozai880.78
   Craig MacAulay860.76
   Joey Drouin810.71
   Ahmed Bouragba750.66
   Moises Schachtler520.46
   Ryan Lythall500.44
   James T. Sheahan430.38
   Michael Pastien340.30
   Bernard Couchman230.20

2022 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Council candidateVote %
Marty Carr 6,08847.12
Carolyn Kropp4,10731.79
Bob Perkins2,45318.99
Angelo Gino Scaffidi2712.10
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVote %
Mark Sutcliffe 5,75745.96
Catherine McKenney 5,41743.25
Bob Chiarelli 6555.23
Nour Kadri3292.63
Mike Maguire830.66
Graham MacDonald640.51
Brandon Bay460.37
Param Singh430.34
Celine Debassige340.27
Jacob Solomon230.18
Zed Chebib200.16
Gregory Jreg Guevara190.15
Bernard Couchman180.14
Ade Olumide180.14

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