Rideau-Jock Ward

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Rideau-Jock
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Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°06′N75°47′W / 45.100°N 75.783°W / 45.100; -75.783 Coordinates: 45°06′N75°47′W / 45.100°N 75.783°W / 45.100; -75.783
Country Canada
Province Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
  Councillor David Brown
Population
 (2022) [1]
  Total30,864
Languages (2016)
   English 88.4%
   French 6.6%

Rideau-Jock Ward (Ward 21) is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the rural south end of the city, the ward includes rural areas west of the Rideau River and the communities of Manotick, Richmond, North Gower, Munster, Kars, Fallowfield, Ashton and Burritts Rapids as well as the former Goulbourn Township south and west of Stittsville.

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History

The ward was created following the area's amalgamation into Ottawa in 2001, and first contested in 2000. Prior to amalgamation, this area was represented on Regional council by Western Townships Ward. Until 2006, the ward was known as Rideau Ward, containing the former Rideau Township. In 2006, the ward increased in size to contain the rural parts of the former Goulbourn Township (excluding Stittsville, which became the new Stittsville Ward), due to population growth in Stittsville. At this time, the ward was re-named Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. In 2014, the new Blackstone subdivision was transferred from Rideau-Goulbourn Ward to Stittsville Ward.

Following the George Floyd protests in 2020, there were calls to re-name this ward due to Goulbourn's namesake, Henry Goulburn's attachment to slavery in the 19th century. [2] [3] The ward name was ultimately changed, with "Goulbourn" being replaced by "Jock", for the Jock River which flows through the former Goulbourn Township.

Regional councillors

Rideau Township formed as an amalgamation of Malborough and North Gower Township in 1974.

  1. Bill Tupper (1974-1978, Mayor of Rideau)
  2. Dave Bartlett (1978-1985, Mayor of Rideau)
  3. Glenn Brooks (1986-1991, Mayor of Rideau)
  4. James Stewart (1992-1994, Mayor of Rideau)
  5. Betty Hill (1995-2000, Western Townships Ward)

City councillors

Since the amalgamation of Rideau Township into the City of Ottawa, its constituents have elected the following to the Ottawa City Council:

Ottawa City Councillors for Rideau-Goulbourn
No.YearsName
12001–2010 Glenn Brooks
22010–2022 Scott Moffatt
Ward re-named Rideau-Jock
32022–present David Brown

Election results

2000 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks 344465.10
James Stewart 184634.90

2003 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks 276562.68
Paul Paton164637.32%

2006 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks 467844.41
Scott Moffatt 320530.43
Iain McCallum134512.77
Jim Stewart130512.39

2010 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Scott Moffatt 504852.64
Glenn Brooks 253926.48
Bruce Webster118112.32
Iain McCallum5635.87
Bruce Chrustie2582.69

2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVote %
   Scott Moffatt 5,13762.26
   Daniel Scharf3,11437.74
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVote %
   Jim Watson 4,77158.58
   Mike Maguire3,19139.18
   Rebecca Pyrah450.55
   Darren W. Wood360.44
   Anwar Syed350.43
   Robert White320.39
   Bernard Couchman190.23
   Michael St. Arnaud150.18

2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVote %
   Scott Moffatt 5,08055.81
   David Brown 4,02344.19

2022 Ottawa municipal election

2022 Ottawa municipal election: Rideau—Jock Ward
CandidatePopular voteExpenditures
Votes %±%
David Brown 6,90166.64+22.45
Leigh-Andrea Brunet1,65415.97
Kevin Setia1,20111.60
Patty Searl3493.37
Michael J. Nowak2512.42
Total valid votes10,35698.03
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes2081.97
Turnout10,56448.09+1.89
Eligible voters21,966
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: [4]

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References

  1. "Rural Rideau-Jock ward looking for new voice". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 2022-09-02. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19.
  2. "Black leaders back councillor's bid to change ward's name". CBC.
  3. "Councillor plans to rename Rideau-Goulbourn ward because of namesake's slavery ties". Ottawa Citizen.
  4. "2022 Election Results". Elections Ottawa. Retrieved October 25, 2022.