Alta Vista Ward
Encyclopedia
Alta Vista Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 represented on Ottawa City Council
Ottawa City Council
The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 23 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four year terms with the...

. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election
Ottawa municipal election, 1966
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1966.Mayor Don Reid is easily re-elected.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

 when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections
Ottawa municipal election, 1972
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1972.Controller Pierre Benoit is easily elected without significant opposition. Ottawa's city council is divided in two, as this marks the first election where only one alderman is elected from each ward, as opposed to two.-Mayor of...

, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election
Ottawa municipal election, 1980
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 10, 1980.Mayor Marion Dewar defeats former alderman Pat Nicol in a re-match of the 1978 race. This is the first election in 70 years without the Ottawa Board of Control, as it had been abolished. Council stays the same size however, as...

, 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
Ottawa municipal election, 1994
The 1994 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, in Ottawa, Canada. The number of wards in the city had been reduced from 15 to 10 for this election. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman was re-elected in a three way contest with councillors Joan O'Neill and Tim Kehoe.-Mayoral election:-City...

 and was known as Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

The ward is in Ottawa's east end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview
Riverview (Ottawa)
Riverview also known as Riverview Park is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is southeast of the downtown adjacent to the Rideau River, its location on which is its namesake...

, Alta Vista
Alta Vista (Ottawa)
Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be broadly described as: Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south, and Bank Street and Riverside Drive in the west...

, Heron Gate
Heron Gate
Heron Gate is the name given to the neighbourhood in South-East Ottawa.The boundaries are Heron Road from the north, Alta Vista Drive on the west, the angle of Heron and Walkley on the east and Walkley Road in the south....

 and Sheffield Glen
Sheffield Glen
Sheffield Glen is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the southeast part of the old city of Ottawa. It is bounded on the west by Russell Road, on the south by Walkley Road and on the north and east by Lancaster Road. The neighbourhood is more commonly referred to as Southvale by...

. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview." 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
Highway 417 (Ontario)
King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...

 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way.

Currently, the ward is represented by Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon
Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the University of Toronto.He then worked with the Canadian...

 in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
The Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton was a regional government area and census division in Ontario, Canada which existed from 1969 until 2001...

 was abolished.

For the 2006 Election year, some of the issues which most deeply impact the Alta Vista ward are: The proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor, The Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum
The Canada Science and Technology Museum is located in Ottawa, Ontario, on St. Laurent Boulevard, to the south of the Queensway .-Mission:...

, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors

Council Aldermen
1967-69
Ottawa municipal election, 1966
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1966.Mayor Don Reid is easily re-elected.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

Don Kay
Don Kay (politician)
Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

Pierre Benoit
Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)
J. Pierre Benoit was mayor of Ottawa from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa and played Canadian football with the Ottawa Gee-Gees from 1957 to 1961. He then practised law in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of...

1970-72
Ottawa municipal election, 1969
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1969.Controller Kenneth Fogarty is easily elected as mayor. This would be the last election where two aldermen would be elected from each ward.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:...

Jeffrey King
1973-74
Ottawa municipal election, 1972
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1972.Controller Pierre Benoit is easily elected without significant opposition. Ottawa's city council is divided in two, as this marks the first election where only one alderman is elected from each ward, as opposed to two.-Mayor of...

Don Kay
1975-76
Ottawa municipal election, 1974
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1974.Controller Lorry Greenberg defeats fellow controller Tom McDougall.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

1977-78
Ottawa municipal election, 1976
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.Mayor Lorry Greenberg is easily re-elected.-Mayor:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

1978-80
Ottawa municipal election, 1978
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol...

1981-82
Ottawa municipal election, 1980
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 10, 1980.Mayor Marion Dewar defeats former alderman Pat Nicol in a re-match of the 1978 race. This is the first election in 70 years without the Ottawa Board of Control, as it had been abolished. Council stays the same size however, as...

Greg MacDougall
1983-85
Ottawa municipal election, 1982
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.Mayor Marion Dewar is re-elected, defeating conservative Darrel Kent.-Mayor:-Ottawa City Council:...

1986-88
Ottawa municipal election, 1985
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeats Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall.-Mayor:-City council:...

Darrel Kent
1989-91
Ottawa municipal election, 1988
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988.Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition.-Mayor:-City council:...

1992-94
Ottawa municipal election, 1991
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeats left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette.-Mayor:-City council:...

Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

Council City Councillor Regional Councillor
1995-97
Ottawa municipal election, 1994
The 1994 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, in Ottawa, Canada. The number of wards in the city had been reduced from 15 to 10 for this election. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman was re-elected in a three way contest with councillors Joan O'Neill and Tim Kehoe.-Mayoral election:-City...

Allan Higdon
Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the University of Toronto.He then worked with the Canadian...

Peter Hume
1998-00
Ottawa municipal election, 1997
The 1997 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, in Ottawa, Canada. Capital Ward councillor Jim Watson was easily elected mayor over two lesser known candidates. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman did not run for re-election. This would be the last election for the old city of Ottawa...

Council City Councillor
2001-03
Ottawa municipal election, 2000
The 2000 City of Ottawa elections were held on November 13, 2000, in Ottawa, Canada. The elections were held for mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and a number of school trustees. These elections would mark the first for the newly amalgamated city, which now included 10 new municipalities in...

Peter Hume
2003-06
Ottawa municipal election, 2003
The Ottawa municipal election of 2003 was held in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003...

2006-10
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario...

2010-14
Ottawa municipal election, 2010
The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...


Population data

The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census
Canada 2001 Census
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

 it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue)
  1. English
    English language
    English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

    : 54.6%
  2. French
    French language
    French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

    : 15.6%
  3. Arabic
    Arabic language
    Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

    : 7.9%
  4. Spanish
    Spanish language
    Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

    : 1.8%
  5. Chinese
    Chinese language
    The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

    : 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  6. Italian
    Italian language
    Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

    : 1.1%


Religion
  1. Roman Catholic: 40.0%
  2. Muslim
    Muslim
    A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

    : 11.7%
  3. No religion: 11.4%
  4. Anglican: 8.3%
  5. United Church of Canada
    United Church of Canada
    The United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...

    : 8.2%
  6. Jewish: 2.0%
  7. Presbyterian: 1.6%
  8. Buddhist: 1.3%
  9. Baptist
    Baptist
    Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

    : 1.3%
  10. Pentecostal: 1.1%


Income
  • Average household income: $64,697
  • Average income: $34,941

1966 elections

  • 2 elected
    Ottawa municipal election, 1966
    Ottawa municipal election, 1966
    The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1966.Mayor Don Reid is easily re-elected.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

    : City council
    Candidate Votes %
    Don Kay
    Don Kay (politician)
    Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

    6,879 37.49
    Pierre Benoit
    Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician)
    J. Pierre Benoit was mayor of Ottawa from 1972 to 1974. He was a lawyer by career.Benoit studied law at the University of Ottawa and played Canadian football with the Ottawa Gee-Gees from 1957 to 1961. He then practised law in the Ottawa area. He was mayor during the opening of the Main Branch of...

    4,309 23.48
    Jack Stanton 2,957 16.11
    Ralph Stewart 2,645 14.41
    Charles Kruger 1,560 8.50

1969 elections

  • 2 elected
    Ottawa municipal election, 1969
    Ottawa municipal election, 1969
    The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 1, 1969.Controller Kenneth Fogarty is easily elected as mayor. This would be the last election where two aldermen would be elected from each ward.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:...

    : City and regional council
    Candidate Votes %
    Don Kay
    Don Kay (politician)
    Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

    6,914 39.36
    Jeffrey King 6,419 36.54
    Gwendeline Power-Binns 2,250 12.81
    Ross Potter 1,982 11.28

1972 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1972
Ottawa municipal election, 1972
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1972.Controller Pierre Benoit is easily elected without significant opposition. Ottawa's city council is divided in two, as this marks the first election where only one alderman is elected from each ward, as opposed to two.-Mayor of...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay
Don Kay (politician)
Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

Acclaimed

1974 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1974
Ottawa municipal election, 1974
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1974.Controller Lorry Greenberg defeats fellow controller Tom McDougall.-Mayor of Ottawa:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

: City and council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay
Don Kay (politician)
Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

 
4,596 57.27
Phil Graham 3,429 42.33

1976 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1976
Ottawa municipal election, 1976
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1976.Mayor Lorry Greenberg is easily re-elected.-Mayor:-Ottawa Board of Control:-City council:...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay
Don Kay (politician)
Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

 
3,702 54.07
Nancy McGee 3,145 45.93

1978 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1978
Ottawa municipal election, 1978
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol...

: City council and regional
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay
Don Kay (politician)
Donald Kay was an alderman on Ottawa City Council for 18 years.Before entering politics, Kay was an administrative officer for the Federal Post Office Department. He was also the chairman of the council of the Community Association of Southeast Ottawa...

 
5,212 48.35
Keith Martin 3,304 30.65
Darrel Kent  2,264 21.00

1980 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1980
Ottawa municipal election, 1980
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 10, 1980.Mayor Marion Dewar defeats former alderman Pat Nicol in a re-match of the 1978 race. This is the first election in 70 years without the Ottawa Board of Control, as it had been abolished. Council stays the same size however, as...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Greg MacDougall  2,927 43.38
Roy Bushfield 2,124 31.48
John Coe 1,005 14.90
Fern Payne 691 10.24

1982 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1982
Ottawa municipal election, 1982
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.Mayor Marion Dewar is re-elected, defeating conservative Darrel Kent.-Mayor:-Ottawa City Council:...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Greg MacDougall  6,413 79.31
Earle MacPhail 1,673 20.69

1985 elections

Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....

) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.
Ottawa municipal election, 1985
Ottawa municipal election, 1985
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeats Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall.-Mayor:-City council:...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Darrel Kent  2,927 36.57
Dylan McGuinty 2,725 34.05
Angie Herzog 1,831 22.87
Phil Massad 353 4.41
Rebecca Liff 169 2.11

1988 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1988
Ottawa municipal election, 1988
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988.Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition.-Mayor:-City council:...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Darrel Kent ACCLAIMED

1991 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1991
Ottawa municipal election, 1991
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeats left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette.-Mayor:-City council:...

: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

 
4660 55.80
Stephen Amesse 2827 33.85
Rebecca Liff 865 10.36

1994 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1994
Ottawa municipal election, 1994
The 1994 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, in Ottawa, Canada. The number of wards in the city had been reduced from 15 to 10 for this election. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman was re-elected in a three way contest with councillors Joan O'Neill and Tim Kehoe.-Mayoral election:-City...

: City council
Candidate Votes %
Allan Higdon
Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the University of Toronto.He then worked with the Canadian...

 
6401 46.83
Jack MacKinnon  4057 29.68
Georges Jarbouh 1526 11.16
Patrick Basham 977 7.15
Robert White 489 3.58
J.J. Pawlak 218 1.59

RMOC elections, 1994
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections, 1994
Elections were held on November 14, 1994 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. This page lists the election results for Regional Chair, Regional Council, and local mayors and councils of the RMOC in 1994...

: Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

 
11142 82.66
Rebecca Liff 1172 8.69
Sean Abdallah 1166 8.65

1997 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 1997
Ottawa municipal election, 1997
The 1997 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, in Ottawa, Canada. Capital Ward councillor Jim Watson was easily elected mayor over two lesser known candidates. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman did not run for re-election. This would be the last election for the old city of Ottawa...

: City council
Candidate Votes %
Allan Higdon
Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the University of Toronto.He then worked with the Canadian...

ACCLAIMED

RMOC elections, 1997
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections, 1997
Elections were held on November 10, 1997 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. This page lists the election results for Regional Chair, Regional Council, and local mayors and councils of the RMOC in 1997...

: Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

 
6277 66.38
Patricia O'Reilly 2283 24.14
John Yarmo 657 6.95
John Wiebe 239 2.53

Ottawa municipal election, 2000
Ottawa municipal election, 2000
The 2000 City of Ottawa elections were held on November 13, 2000, in Ottawa, Canada. The elections were held for mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and a number of school trustees. These elections would mark the first for the newly amalgamated city, which now included 10 new municipalities in...

City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

8625 55.67
Allan Higdon
Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the University of Toronto.He then worked with the Canadian...

6345 40.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor 522 3.37
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Chiarelli
Bob Chiarelli
Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

9410 60.48
Claudette Cain
Claudette Cain
Claudette Cain was the mayor in the city of Gloucester, Ontario from 1991 until 2001 when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa.Before being elected to Gloucester council, Cain was an assistant to the council and a press secretary for the Carleton Separate School board.In the Ottawa...

5387 34.62
Georges Saade 449 2.89
Marc-André Belair 93 0.60
James A. Hall 54 0.35
Ken Mills 48 0.31
John Turmel 48 0.31
Paula Nemchin 37 0.24
Morteza Naini 34 0.22

Ottawa municipal election, 2003
Ottawa municipal election, 2003
The Ottawa municipal election of 2003 was held in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003...

Ottawa municipal election, 2003
Ottawa municipal election, 2003
The Ottawa municipal election of 2003 was held in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003...

: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

ACCLAIMED
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Chiarelli
Bob Chiarelli
Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

5382 56.90
Terry Kilrea
Terry Kilrea
Terry Kilrea is an aspiring politician from Ottawa.-2003 election:Kilrea ran for mayor of Ottawa in the 2003 municipal election on a platform that included opposition to light rail expansion, opposition to official bilingualism, abolition of the ban on smoking in public places, and an increase of...

3421 36.17
Ike Awgu
Ike Awgu
Ike Jonathan Awgu is a Canadian politician. At the age of 19 he ran for Mayor in the 2003 municipal election, and finished third out of eight candidates with 2.92% of the vote...

247 2.61
Ron Burke
Ron Burke
For the American sportscaster and television personality, seeRon Burke .Ron Burke, also known as Lucky Ron is a country music performer based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital.-Musical style:...

117 1.24
John A. Bell 103 1.09
Paula Nemchin 66 0.70
John Turmel 66 0.70
Donna Upson
Donna Upson
Donna Marie Upson is a white supremacist who ran for the office of mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in the 2003 municipal election....

56 0.59

Ottawa municipal election, 2006
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario...

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.
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario...

: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

10433 69.53
James Ryan 1955 13.03
Perry Marleau 1190 7.93
Yusef Al Mezel 1063 7.08
Ahmed Ibrahim 224 1.49
Ismael Lediye 141 0.94

Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Larry O'Brien
Larry O'Brien (Canadian politician)
Lawrence Robert O'Brien , was the 58th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is also a current director of Calian Technologies Ltd. and its former CEO and chairman....

6784 44.25
Alex Munter
Alex Munter
Alexander Mathias Munter is a former politician and journalist in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario....

5319 34.70
Bob Chiarelli
Bob Chiarelli
Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

3055 19.93
Jane Scharf 78 0.51
Robert Larter 45 0.29
Piotr Anweiler 36 0.23
Barkley Pollock 13 0.08

Ottawa municipal election, 2010
Ottawa municipal election, 2010
The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...

Ottawa municipal election, 2010
Ottawa municipal election, 2010
The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...

: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume
Peter Hume
Peter Ernest Hume is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He represents Alta Vista Ward.Hume grew up in the Canterbury area of Ottawa. He attended Hawthorne Public School and Canterbury High School before graduating with a degree in Economics from Carleton University...

7553 59.49
Clinton Cowan 2374 18.70
Ernie Lauzon 1851 14.58
Kevin Hogan 919 7.24

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