Mark Sutcliffe

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Mark Sutcliffe
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Sutcliffe in 2022
59th Mayor of Ottawa
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Children3
Parents
  • John Sutcliffe (father)
  • Florence Ng-Yelim (mother)
Residence Wellington Village [1]
Alma mater Carleton University (attended)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist
Website marksutcliffe.ca

Mark Sutcliffe (born July 14, 1968) [2] [3] is a Canadian politician who has been the 59th mayor of Ottawa since 2022. [4] Before entering politics, he hosted Ottawa Today on 1310News radio. Sutcliffe is the first Chinese Canadian and person from a visible minority group to serve as mayor of Ottawa. [5]

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Early life

Mark Sutcliffe was born at the Riverside Hospital on July 14, 1968, the son of John Michael Sutcliffe and Florence Ng-Yelim. [6] [7] Sutcliffe's maternal grandfather, Xavier, was born to a Chinese family in Mauritius in 1902. Sutcliffe's maternal grandmother, Yolande, was French, and the two moved to Shanghai. The family moved to Canada during the Chinese Civil War. John Sutcliffe was also an immigrant, coming from Yorkshire in England. John and Florence met while working at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. [5]

Sutcliffe grew up in McKellar Park in the city's west end. He graduated from St. Pius X High School, and then studied political science [5] at Carleton University for one year before dropping out to take a job at the CHEZ 106 radio station. [1] At the same time, he started working as a news reader at CFRA, and then became a news reporter for the Ottawa Business News , and was the first play-by-play announcer for the Ottawa Lynx baseball team. He then founded the Ottawa Business Journal , where he met his wife, Ginny. [5]

Political career

Sutcliffe was elected mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 municipal election. [8] Described as a centrist, Sutcliffe defeated Catherine McKenney, a progressive councillor supported by many New Democratic Party and some Liberal figures. [9] Sutcliffe was supported by many sitting Liberal and Conservative politicians. [10] [9]

He is the first Chinese Canadian mayor of Ottawa, as well as its first mayor from a visible minority group. [5] Despite this, Sutcliffe acknowledges that he has benefitted in his career from racial privilege, being born "visibly White" without "any Asian features." [11]

Electoral record

2022 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
CandidatePopular voteExpenditures
Votes %±%
Mark Sutcliffe 161,67951.37–$537,834.79
Catherine McKenney 119,24137.88–$542,847.97
Bob Chiarelli 15,9985.08–$96,844.84
Nour Kadri7,4962.38–$71,062.45
Mike Maguire2,7750.88–$5,500.00
Graham MacDonald1,6290.52–$5,334.50
Brandon Bay1,5120.48–$9,478.02
Param Singh1,1760.37–$13,650.40
Celine Debassige8670.28–none listed
Ade Olumide6360.20–$1,966.25
Gregory Jreg Guevara5840.19–$2,349.61
Bernard Couchman4710.15-0.21none listed
Jacob Solomon4320.14–none listed
Zed Chebib2640.08–none listed
Total valid votes314,76099.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes1,5000.47-0.92
Turnout316,26043.79+1.24
Eligible voters722,227
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Ottawa [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6603187
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  4. ↑ Deachman, Bruce (October 25, 2022). "Deachman: Ottawa makes a bet on the inexperienced, but safe Mark Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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  6. ↑ Bishop, Heather (March 13, 1982). "Carriers fly to Florida Friday". Ottawa Citizen . p. 33. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen . July 16, 1968. p. 26. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Pringle, Josh (October 25, 2022) [October 24, 2022]. "Mark Sutcliffe elected mayor of Ottawa". CTV News . Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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