River Ward is city ward located in 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...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. Located in the central west/south central portion of the city, the ward includes the communities of Carlington

Carlington

Carlington is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 12,585 in 2001, which dropped to 10,107 in 2006...

, Skyline

Skyline, Ottawa

Skyline is the name of a neighbourhood in the Nepean sector of Ottawa, Canada. It is bounded on the south by Meadowlands Drive, on the west by Clyde Avenue and Merivale Road, on the north by Baseline Road and on the east by the neighbourhood of Fisher Heights....

, Parkwood Hills

Parkwood Hills

Parkwood Hills is a neighbourhood in River Ward and Knoxdale-Merivale Ward, located in Nepean, Ontario. It is notable for the thriller Parkwood Hills which was filmed on location in the area by Kolin Casagrande, and for being a typical and illustrative example of town planning and development by...

, Fisher Heights

Fisher Heights

Fisher Heights is the name of a neighbourhood in the Nepean sector of Ottawa, Canada.Fisher Heights is bounded on the north by Baseline Road, on the east by Fisher Avenue, on the south by Meadowlands Drive and on the west by the Skyline neighbourhood...

, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park

Riverside Park, Ottawa

Riverside Park is a neighbourhood in the south end of Ottawa, Canada.It is bounded on the north by Brookfield Road, on the east by the Airport Parkway, on the south by Walkley Road and on the west by the Rideau River....

 and Hunt Club/Uplands which are located on both sides of the Rideau River

Rideau River

thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...

 between Carling Avenue and Hunt Club Road

Hunt Club Road (Ottawa)

Hunt Club Road also known as Ottawa Road #32, is a major east-west route in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Hunt Club originally ran from Albion Road to Riverside Drive, but was extended east to Hawthorne Road in the late 1980s. The section between Bank Street and Riverside Drive, originally only one lane...

.

Prior to amalgamation, this area was part of Mooney's Bay Ward, which existed from 1994 to 2000. Before this, the ward was called Riverside Ward which was created in 1980 from parts of Elmdale-Victoria Ward and Gloucester Ward.

City councillors

1. Jim Durrell
   Jim Durrell
   James A. Durrell is a former Mayor of Ottawa and former president of the Ottawa Senators hockey team. He now works as the owner of a car dealership. Durrell, an insurance executive, was elected to Ottawa City Council in 1980...
   
    (1981-1985)
2. George Brown (1986-1994)
3. Karin Howard (1995-1999)
4. Jim Bickford (1999-2000)
5. Wendy Stewart
   Wendy Stewart
   Wendy Stewart is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor.Stewart was born in Ottawa, and lived in Carleton Heights since 1980, with her husband Ron Stewart, a professional football player....
   
    (2001-2003)
6. Maria McRae
   Maria McRae
   Maria McRae is an Ottawa City Councillor. She represents the River Ward covering some of the city's southern suburbs. Born in Sudbury, Ontario McRae has an undergraduate degree in biology and a law degree from the University of Western Ontario. She moved to Ottawa in 2000 working as a legal...
   
    (2003-present)

Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality 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	%
Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor.Stewart was born in Ottawa, and lived in Carleton Heights since 1980, with her husband Ron Stewart, a professional football player....	6855	86.25
Daryl Martin	1093	13.75

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	%
Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor.Stewart was born in Ottawa, and lived in Carleton Heights since 1980, with her husband Ron Stewart, a professional football player....	7091	79.95
Dave Hagerman	1778	20.05

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	%
Maria McRae Maria McRae Maria McRae is an Ottawa City Councillor. She represents the River Ward covering some of the city's southern suburbs. Born in Sudbury, Ontario McRae has an undergraduate degree in biology and a law degree from the University of Western Ontario. She moved to Ottawa in 2000 working as a legal...	5600	63.11
Todd Mattila-Hartman	1654	18.64
Richard Smith	1619	18.25

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	%
Maria McRae Maria McRae Maria McRae is an Ottawa City Councillor. She represents the River Ward covering some of the city's southern suburbs. Born in Sudbury, Ontario McRae has an undergraduate degree in biology and a law degree from the University of Western Ontario. She moved to Ottawa in 2000 working as a legal...	9278	65.51
Blake Batson	4885	34.49

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	%
Maria McRae Maria McRae Maria McRae is an Ottawa City Councillor. She represents the River Ward covering some of the city's southern suburbs. Born in Sudbury, Ontario McRae has an undergraduate degree in biology and a law degree from the University of Western Ontario. She moved to Ottawa in 2000 working as a legal...	7496	59.55
Ian Boyd	1908	15.16
Nadia Willard	1704	13.54
Michael Kostiuk	1480	11.76

External links

• Map of River Ward