Bay Ward

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Bay
Bayward.PNG
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°21′N75°50′W / 45.350°N 75.833°W / 45.350; -75.833
Country Canada
Province Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
  Councillor Theresa Kavanagh
Area
  Total64.2 km2 (24.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
  Total42,890
  Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
   English 64.4%
   French 9.4%
   Arabic 4.0%
   Somali 1.6%
   Mandarin 1.5%
   Tagalog 1.4%
   Persian 1.3%
   Spanish 1.2%
   Russian 1.1%
Avg. income$38,201

Bay Ward or Ward 7 (French: Quartier Baie) is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. It covers much of the western portion of the old city of Ottawa as well as some portions of what was once Nepean. The ward runs from Sherbourne and Maitland in the east to March Road in the west. The southern border is the Queensway while the northern border is the Ottawa River. The ward makes up the northern portion of the federal and provincial riding of Ottawa West-Nepean.

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The ward contains a number of neighbourhoods, with quite diverse populations. Some of the neighbourhoods in the ward are Bayshore, Woodroffe North, Michele Heights, Glabar Park, Lincoln Heights, Britannia, and Crystal Beach. The westernmost part of the ward also contains a large section of the Greenbelt. Some of these neighbourhoods, especially those by the Ottawa River are quite wealthy. However, there are also many much poorer parts of the ward with many residents living in high-density apartments. The ward also contains some of Ottawa's highest concentrations of recent immigrants.

From the creation of the new city of Ottawa in 2001 to 2010 the ward was represented by former MPP Alex Cullen, who was considered to be one of the most left-wing members of city council. However, Bay Ward has voted Liberal in recent provincial elections and Conservative federally. In the 2003 and 2006 elections, Cullen faced strong challenges from conservative opponents. In the 2003 election he faced John Blatherwick, while in 2006 he fended off a challenge from high-profile former mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea. In 2010, Cullen was defeated by a Liberal, Mark Taylor.

Bay Ward was the home of former mayor Bob Chiarelli, and he won the area by large margins in both the 2000 and 2003 mayoral elections. In the 2006 mayoral election, however, the area supported Larry O'Brien and Chiarelli finished third, also behind Alex Munter. In the 2010 mayoral election, Bay Ward swung back to the centre, going for Jim Watson.

The ward is a descendant of Britannia-Richmond Ward, which included the area now in Bay Ward before Ottawa amalgamated in 2001. That ward was created in 1994 as Ward 1 when Britannia Ward merged with Richmond Ward and given the Britannia-Richmond name in 1995. The ward existed on Regional Council as Ward 7 from 1994 until the region dissolved, and was named Bay Ward in 1997. This area was part of Carleton Ward until 1972 when it became Britannia Ward. Richmond Ward was carved out of it in 1980 and existed until merging back with the original ward in 1994.

Following the 2020 Ottawa Ward boundary review, the ward will gain the neighbourhoods of McKellar Heights and McKellar Park. [2]

City councillors

  1. Marion Dewar (1973-1974), Britannia
  2. Sandy Boyce (1975-1976), Britannia
  3. Marlene Catterall (1977-1985), Britannia
  4. Ruth Wildgen (1986-1988), Britannia
  5. Jim Jones (1989-1991), Britannia
  6. Jill Brown (1992-1994), Britannia
  7. Ron Kolbus (1995-2000), Britannia-Richmond
  8. Alex Cullen (2001-2010), Bay
  9. Mark Taylor (2010–2018), Bay
  10. Theresa Kavanagh (2018–present), Bay

Election results

1972

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marion Dewar 1,36727.57
Sandy Boyce 86217.39
Brian McNally71414.40
Mike McMullen56611.42
Ken Creppin4529.12
Charles Strang3847.75
Suzanne Saunders1994.01
Richard MacDonald1983.99
Gerald Cammy1973.97
Gary Hugh190.38

1974

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Sandy Boyce 2,41241.18
Diane Birch2,20337.61
Maurice Royer70612.05
Anthony Gray5369.15

1976

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marlene Catterall 3,04152.15
Sandy Boyce 2,79047.85

1978

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marlene Catterall 5,41860.08
Sandy Boyce 3,60039.92

1980

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marlene Catterall 3,35480.11
Paul MacKay83319.89

1982

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Marlene Catterall 2,84049.80
Paul MacKay1,48726.07
Terry O'Neill1,37624.13

1985

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

1988

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jim Jones 1,94040.80
Ruth Wildgen 1,92840.55
Geoffrey Sharpe49610.43
Jenny Lee Lapointe3918.22

1991

Britannia Ward
CandidateVotes%
Jill Brown 1,85933.13
Gregory Ross1,55827.77
Geoffrey Sharpe83114.81
Jim Jones 66511.85
Clarence S. Dungey2734.87
Randy McCooey2143.81
Andy Sammon2113.76

1994

Regional council: Ward 7
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen 8,00964.58
Betty-Ann Kealey3,35527.05
Andy Sammon1,0378.36
City council: Ward 1
CandidateVotes%
Ron Kolbus 4,75646.13
Gregory L. Ross4,03039.09
Richard Kuzell152314.77

1997

Regional council: Bay Ward
CandidateVotes%
Wendy Byrne 3,19929.43
Peter Harris3,01727.75
Frank Dalton2,04118.77
David Morrow1,87117.21
Victoria Manson5955.47
Douglas Besharah1481.36
City council: Britannia-Richmond Ward
CandidateVotes%
Ron Kolbus 6,50675.93
Jim Jones1,63919.13
Alphonse Lapointe4234.94

2000

City council
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen 7,19148.02
Doug Shouldice6,26241.82
Jim Jones5723.82
Jeff Seeton5503.67
Geoffrey Sharpe3992.66

2003

City council
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen6,71356.74
John Blatherwick4,47737.84
Don Rivington3943.33
Didar Mohamed2482.10

2006

City council
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen 8,39352.69
Terry Kilrea6,30339.57
Sherril Noble1,2347.75

2010

City council
CandidateVotes%
Mark Taylor 5,39437.78
Alex Cullen 4,32330.28
George Guirguis1,78912.53
Terry Kilrea1,1648.15
Shawn Little 9036.32
Oni Joseph5443.81
Peter Heyck990.69
Erik Olesen610.43

2014

City council
CandidateVote %
   Mark Taylor 5,75046.75
   Alex Cullen 5,27642.89
   George Guirguis4984.05
   Trevor Robinson4823.92
   Michael Pastien1511.23
   Brendan Mertens1431.16
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVote %
   Jim Watson 9,14076.31
   Mike Maguire2,20518.41
   Anwar Syed1901.59
   Rebecca Pyrah1411.18
   Robert White950.79
   Darren W. Wood780.65
   Bernard Couchman730.61
   Michael St. Arnaud550.46

2018

Council candidateVote %
   Theresa Kavanagh 6,50955.17
   Don Dransfield2,10417.83
   Erica Dath1,79315.20
   Marc Lugert8517.21
   Trevor Robinson5414.59

2022

Council candidateVote %
Theresa Kavanagh 12,39882.79
Robert Hill1,65911.08
Othman Alhusain9196.14

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References

  1. (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. "Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020". City of Ottawa.