Ottawa municipal election, 2006 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, 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...

, Canada

Canada

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, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, 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...

and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario. See Ontario municipal elections, 2006

Ontario municipal elections, 2006

In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in the province of Ontario, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by the .- Date :...

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The race featured three main candidates: Incumbent mayor 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...

, former Kanata councillor 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....

and businessman 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....

. The race began as a fight between Chiarelli and Munter, with Munter getting the edge and 2003 candidate 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...

in a close third. However, in the summer O'Brien joined the campaign, splitting the right of centre vote. Kilrea dropped out and endorsed rival Chiarelli fearing Munter's lead. However, most of Kilrea's support went to O'Brien, creating a tight three way race. Chiarelli's support then got pulled away from the right by O'Brien and to the left by Munter and was eventually depleted, and by the last weekend before the election, O'Brien had caught up to Munter and led for the first time. This lead carried through on election day.

In the end, Munter could only win his core areas in the central part of the city, plus his former home of Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

, while O'Brien won the rest of the city—suburban areas and the rural areas (where he did especially well). Chiarelli did not win any wards, but he did finish second in Gloucester-South Nepean with 28%. This area of the city was where his O-Train proposal was going to go.

Voters turn-out

The 2006 municipal election had one of the highest voters turn-out in Ottawa's history, with 54%.

Mayor

Mayor

Candidate	Piotr Anweiler	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... (inc.)	Robert Larter	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....	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....	Barkley Pollock	Jane Scharf
Votes	762	46697	667	108752	141262	432	1467
%	0.25%	15.56%	0.22%	36.25%	47.08%	0.14%	0.49%
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Residence	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...	Carlingwood	Vanier Vanier, Ontario -External links:*...	Downtown Downtown Ottawa Downtown Ottawa is the central area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Like other downtowns it is the commercial and economic centre of the city. It is sometimes referred to as the Central Business District and contains Ottawa's financial district. It is bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, the...	Byward Market Byward Market ByWard Market is a district in Lower Town located east of the government & business district, surrounding the market buildings and open-air market on George, York, ByWard and William Streets.The district is bordered on the west by Sussex Drive, on the...	Centretown Centretown Centretown is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway Freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the...	Vanier Vanier, Ontario -External links:**...
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Orléans Orléans Ward Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional...	44	2325	32	6422	8928	23	78
Innes Innes Ward Innes is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It includes the community of Blackburn Hamlet as well as the neighbourhoods of Orléans Village, Chateau Neuf and Chapel Hill in Orléans. It also includes the part of the community of Notre Dame des Champs formerly in the city of Gloucester. The...	32	1959	27	5488	6775	16	47
Barrhaven Barrhaven Ward Barrhaven Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. Prior to 2006, the ward was known as Bell-South Nepean Ward.The ward consists of the neighbourhoods of Cedarhill Estates, Orchard Estates, The Meadows, Pheasant Run, Fraservale, Barrhaven, Knollsbrook and Longfields.Prior to 2006, the ward was much...	31	2734	14	2959	6989	5	40
Kanata North Kanata North Ward Kanata North Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. The ward was created in 2006 when its precessor, Kanata Ward, split in two main parts. The original Kanata Ward covered all of the former City of Kanata...	10	619	10	5036	4498	5	32
West Carleton- March West Carleton-March Ward West Carleton-March Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada.The ward was created for the 2000 election when West Carleton Township was amalgamated into the new city of Ottawa. At that time, the ward was called West Carleton Ward. It consisted of the former West Carleton Township. In 2006, the...	13	824	13	2716	6409	11	29
Stittsville- Kanata West Stittsville-Kanata West Ward Stittsville is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. It consists of the community of Stittsville in suburban Ottawa. Prior to the 2006 election, the Ward was known as Goulbourn Ward which consisted of the former Goulbourn Township...	9	717	12	2814	5187	10	26
Bay Bay Ward Bay Ward is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Canada. 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 in the Queensway while the northern...	47	2949	36	5593	7458	31	117
College College Ward College Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada's west end. The ward covers the neighbourhoods of Bells Corners, Qualicum, Graham Park, Leslie Park, Redwood, Kenson Park, Bel-Air Park, Bel-Air Heights, Braemar Park, Copeland Park, Briar Green, Centrepointe, Navaho, City View, Ryan Farm, Meadowlands...	49	3191	37	5672	10513	32	77
Knoxdale- Merivale Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward is bordered to the east by the Rideau River and Fisher Avenue, the northern boundaries of the community of Barrhaven to the south, Ontario Highway 416 and Cedarview Road to the west and to the north by the...	37	2345	19	3803	7720	14	46
Gloucester- Southgate Gloucester-Southgate Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFB Uplands, Blossom Park, Greenboro, portions of Heron Gate south of Walkley Road, the Ottawa...	40	2685	27	3561	6310	20	68
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward is bordered to the west by Blair Ward from the Ottawa River to Ogilvie Road and St. Laurent Boulevard south of it, the south by the Via Rail train line and Innes Ward, to the east by Green's Creek...	36	1686	40	4301	5190	22	54
Rideau-Vanier Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward on Regional Council....	45	2377	71	6442	3420	31	135
Rideau- Rockcliffe Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward covers the neighbourhoods of New Edinburgh, Manor Park, Rockcliffe Park, CFB Rockcliffe, Overbrook, Lindenlea, Viscount Alexander Park, Finter Quarries, Forbes, Castle Heights and part of Carson...	44	2333	73	5272	4495	18	87
Somerset Somerset Ward Somerset is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 km² and...	57	1725	47	5916	2873	23	112
Kitchissippi Kitchissippi Ward Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...	44	2414	27	7149	5304	26	72
River River Ward River Ward is city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the central west/south central portion of the city, the ward includes the communities of Carlington, Skyline, Parkwood Hills, Fisher Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park and Hunt Club/Uplands which are located on both sides of the...	47	3025	37	4846	6625	28	65
Capital Capital Ward Capital Ward is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University and Riverside...	47	2319	19	7056	4237	34	111
Alta Vista Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two...	36	3055	45	5319	6784	13	78
Cumberland Cumberland Ward Cumberland Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the far east end of the city, it includes portions of the Orleans communities of Queenswood Heights, Mer Bleue, Avalon, Chaperal, Notting Hill, Fallingbrook as well as the rural areas of the former city of Cumberland and the village as...	17	1567	24	4223	5995	23	56
Osgoode Osgoode Ward Osgoode Ward represents the south end of the City of Ottawa and solely made up of residents of the former Osgoode Township. The current city councillor is Doug Thompson....	10	1123	9	1536	6354	10	38
Rideau- Goulbourn Rideau-Goulbourn Ward Rideau-Goulbourn Ward 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 Goulbourn...	12	1103	10	2240	7309	12	40
Gloucester- South Nepean Gloucester-South Nepean Ward Gloucester-South Nepean Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the south end of the city, the ward includes the communities of Chapman Mills, Stonebridge and Davidson Heights in Barrhaven as well as Riverside South...	22	2558	19	2008	4621	6	24
Kanata South Kanata South Ward Kanata South Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward created in 2006 includes the communities of Katimativik-Hazeldean, Glen Cairn and Bridlewood...	33	1064	19	8380	7268	19	35

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Orléans Ward Orléans Ward Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional... (Ward 1)
Candidate	Votes	%
Bob Monette Bob Monette Robert "Bob" Monette is a politician in Ottawa, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years... (X)	12201	69.98%
Dennis Vowles	5235	30.02%

Innes Ward Innes Ward Innes is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It includes the community of Blackburn Hamlet as well as the neighbourhoods of Orléans Village, Chateau Neuf and Chapel Hill in Orléans. It also includes the part of the community of Notre Dame des Champs formerly in the city of Gloucester. The... (Ward 2)
Candidate	Votes	%
Rainer Bloess Rainer Bloess Rainer Bloess is a member of Ottawa City Council. He represents Ward 2 - Innes covering some of the city's eastern suburbs. He was originally a member of the city council of Gloucester, being elected to that council in 1994 on a cost cutting platform. He lives in the suburban community of... (X)	11746	83.65%
David Cameron	2296	16.35%

Barrhaven Ward Barrhaven Ward Barrhaven Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. Prior to 2006, the ward was known as Bell-South Nepean Ward.The ward consists of the neighbourhoods of Cedarhill Estates, Orchard Estates, The Meadows, Pheasant Run, Fraservale, Barrhaven, Knollsbrook and Longfields.Prior to 2006, the ward was much... (Ward 3)
Candidate	Votes	%
Jan Harder Jan Harder Jan Harder is an Ottawa City Councillor representing the ward of Barrhaven. She is the appointed chair of the Ottawa Public Library board, which sets policy and has the ultimate say in decisions affecting the library system.... (X)	9433	74.94%
Joe King	1468	11.66%
T.K. Chu	853	6.78%
Catherine Gardner	833	6.62%

Kanata North Ward Kanata North Ward Kanata North Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. The ward was created in 2006 when its precessor, Kanata Ward, split in two main parts. The original Kanata Ward covered all of the former City of Kanata... (Ward 4)
Candidate	Votes	%
Marianne Wilkinson Marianne Wilkinson Marianne Wilkinson is the Councillor of Kanata North in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a long-time resident of Kanata and a veteran public servant in that former city. She served as Kanata's first mayor following its incorporation...	3661	36.23%
Jeff Seeton	2641	26.41%
Matt Muirhead	2105	20.83%
Anu Bose	1606	15.89%
Eric Forgrave	91	0.90%

West Carleton-March Ward West Carleton-March Ward West Carleton-March Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada.The ward was created for the 2000 election when West Carleton Township was amalgamated into the new city of Ottawa. At that time, the ward was called West Carleton Ward. It consisted of the former West Carleton Township. In 2006, the... (Ward 5)
Candidate	Votes	%
Eli El-Chantiry Eli El-Chantiry Eli El-Chantiry is an Ottawa City Councillor.He was born in Lebanon and moved to Canada with his family at age eighteen. He became a businessman, owning the Lighthouse Restaurant in Constance Bay in West Carleton.... (X)	6683	67.13%
J. P. Dorion	3273	32.87%

Stittsville-Kanata West Ward Stittsville-Kanata West Ward Stittsville is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. It consists of the community of Stittsville in suburban Ottawa. Prior to the 2006 election, the Ward was known as Goulbourn Ward which consisted of the former Goulbourn Township... (Ward 6)
Candidate	Votes	%
Shad Qadri Shad Qadri Shad Qadri is a politician and businessman in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the councillor for Stittsville-Kanata West Ward defeating Gilles Chasles in the 2006 municipal election.-Personal life:...	6287	72.02%
Gilles R. Chasles	2442	27.98%

Bay Ward Bay Ward Bay Ward is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Canada. 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 in the Queensway while the northern... (Ward 7)
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Cullen Alex Cullen Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.-Early life and city politics:Cullen was born February 18,... (X)	8393	52.69%
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...	6303	39.57%
Sherril Noble	1234	7.75%

College Ward College Ward College Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada's west end. The ward covers the neighbourhoods of Bells Corners, Qualicum, Graham Park, Leslie Park, Redwood, Kenson Park, Bel-Air Park, Bel-Air Heights, Braemar Park, Copeland Park, Briar Green, Centrepointe, Navaho, City View, Ryan Farm, Meadowlands... (Ward 8)
Candidate	Votes	%
Rick Chiarelli Rick Chiarelli Richard "Rick" Chiarelli is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently an Ottawa City Councillor, and the second cousin of former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli. He represents the College Ward covering part of Nepean and Ottawa's west end.-Early years:... (X)	13761	72.59%
Brett Delmage	3765	19.86%
Laura Lee Doupe	1432	7.55%

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward is bordered to the east by the Rideau River and Fisher Avenue, the northern boundaries of the community of Barrhaven to the south, Ontario Highway 416 and Cedarview Road to the west and to the north by the... (Ward 9)
Candidate	Votes	%
Gord Hunter Gord Hunter Gordon Hunter was an Ottawa City Councillor. He represented Knoxdale-Merivale Ward. On January 31, 2010, he announced that he would not be running re-election to city council in 2010.... (X)	10461	78.13%
James Dean	2929	21.87%

Gloucester-Southgate Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFB Uplands, Blossom Park, Greenboro, portions of Heron Gate south of Walkley Road, the Ottawa... (Ward 10)
Candidate	Votes	%
Diane Deans Diane Deans Diane Elisabeth Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, Canada, representing Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the city's south-east.A graduate of the University of Guelph she was active in the Canadian Federation of Students. Deans was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1994... (X)	9242	74.73%
Douglas Besharah	1660	13.42%
David Alloggia	1465	11.85%

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward is bordered to the west by Blair Ward from the Ottawa River to Ogilvie Road and St. Laurent Boulevard south of it, the south by the Via Rail train line and Innes Ward, to the east by Green's Creek... (Ward 11)
Candidate	Votes	%
Michel Bellemare Michel Bellemare Michel Bellemare was member of the City Council in Ottawa, Canada from 1994 to 2010. He served as acting as mayor of Ottawa, while mayor Larry O'Brien faced charges from May 2-July 8, 2009.... (X)	6905	61.73%
Frank Reid	4281	38.27%

Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward on Regional Council.... (Ward 12)
Candidate	Votes	%
Georges Bédard Georges Bédard Georges Bédard is a former member of Ottawa City Council representing the ward of Rideau-Vanier. This ward covers Lower Town, Sandy Hill, and Vanier. Born and raised in the area Bédard currently lives in Sandy Hill he attended Carleton University where he obtained a degree in political science... (X)	5685	46.72%
Bruce McConville	5482	45.06%
Krista Driscoll	1000	8.22%

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward covers the neighbourhoods of New Edinburgh, Manor Park, Rockcliffe Park, CFB Rockcliffe, Overbrook, Lindenlea, Viscount Alexander Park, Finter Quarries, Forbes, Castle Heights and part of Carson... (Ward 13)
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacques Legendre (X)	7450	62.35%
Maurice Lamirande	1953	16.34%
James T. Parker	1248	10.44%
Jules Bouvier	1077	9.01%
Muinis Ramadan	221	1.85%

Somerset Ward Somerset Ward Somerset is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 km² and... (Ward 14)
Candidate	Votes	%
Diane Holmes Diane Holmes Diane Holmes is an Ottawa City Councillor representing Somerset Ward which consists of Centretown, Centretown West and the downtown core. She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from McGill University with a degree in Physical Education... (X)	6600	63.07%
Luc Lapointe	1782	17.03%
George Guirguis	1497	14.31%
Karen Dawe	359	3.43%
I. Ben-Tahir	226	2.16%

Kitchissippi Ward Kitchissippi Ward Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,... (Ward 15)
Candidate	Votes	%
Christine Leadman Christine Leadman Christine Leadman was a city councillor in Ottawa, Canada. She won the position for Kitchissippi Ward councillor in the 2006 Ottawa municipal election on 13 November 2006 after incumbent Shawn Little dropped out of the race. She only served one term however, losing the 2010 election...	5949	41.12%
Gary Ludington	4571	31.59%
Vicky Smallman	3576	24.72%
Daniel Narwa	372	2.57%

River Ward River Ward River Ward is city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the central west/south central portion of the city, the ward includes the communities of Carlington, Skyline, Parkwood Hills, Fisher Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park and Hunt Club/Uplands which are located on both sides of the... (Ward 16)
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... (X)	9278	65.51%
Blake Batson	4885	34.49%

Capital Ward Capital Ward Capital Ward is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University and Riverside... (Ward 17)
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet Clive Doucet Clive Doucet is a Canadian writer and politician.Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an Acadian serviceman and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Doucet was raised as a Catholic,... (X)	6495	48.14%
Jay Nordenstrom	4602	34.11%
Ian Boyd	1963	14.55%
Sean Curran	433	3.21%

Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two... (Ward 18)
Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Hume (X)	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%

Cumberland Ward Cumberland Ward Cumberland Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the far east end of the city, it includes portions of the Orleans communities of Queenswood Heights, Mer Bleue, Avalon, Chaperal, Notting Hill, Fallingbrook as well as the rural areas of the former city of Cumberland and the village as... (Ward 19)
Candidate	Votes	%
Rob Jellett Rob Jellett Robert Jellett was an Ottawa City Councillor. He represented the large Cumberland Ward, located at the eastern edge of the city since 2003. Jellett worked as a reporter, news anchor and Assistant News Director with local radio stations CFMO and CFRA for eighteen years. He then became the... (X)	8306	71.55%
Henry Valois	2110	18.18%
Dan Biocchi Dan Biocchi Dan Biocchi is a Canadian politician and former Olympic athlete . He was born November 28, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in August 1962....	1192	10.27%

Osgoode Ward Osgoode Ward Osgoode Ward represents the south end of the City of Ottawa and solely made up of residents of the former Osgoode Township. The current city councillor is Doug Thompson.... (Ward 20)
Candidate	Votes	%
Doug Thompson Doug Thompson Doug Thompson is a councillor in the city of Ottawa for the Osgoode Ward. Thompson is also the former mayor of Osgoode Township prior to the amalgamation with the new City of Ottawa, and he is a Councillor with the amalgamated City of Ottawa Council for Osgoode Ward. Prior to being Mayor of... (X)	7681	85.44%
Robert Fowler	1309	14.56%

Rideau-Goulbourn Ward Rideau-Goulbourn Ward Rideau-Goulbourn Ward 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 Goulbourn... (Ward 21)
Candidate	Votes	%
Glenn Brooks Glenn Brooks Robert "Glenn" Brooks is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Rideau Township and later Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.He... (X)	4678	44.41%
Scott Moffatt Scott Moffatt (politician) Scott Moffatt is the Ottawa city councillor of Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. He won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010, defeating the incumbent Glenn Brooks....	3205	30.43%
Iain McCallum	1345	12.77%
Jim Stewart	1305	12.39%

Gloucester-South Nepean Ward Gloucester-South Nepean Ward Gloucester-South Nepean Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the south end of the city, the ward includes the communities of Chapman Mills, Stonebridge and Davidson Heights in Barrhaven as well as Riverside South... (Ward 22)
Candidate	Votes	%
Steve Desroches Steve Desroches Steve Desroches is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the councillor for the new ward of Gloucester-South Nepean in the 2006 municipal election. He has been nominated for city Councillor in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010....	3599	39.72%
Andrew S. Haydon Andrew S. Haydon Andrew Scott "Andy" Haydon is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was reeve of Nepean Township, Ontario from 1970 to 1978 and Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1978-1991...	2602	28.72%
Eric Lamoureux	1215	13.41%
Robert McKenney	449	4.96%
Tanya Thompson	1037	11.45%
Don Dransfield	158	1.74%

Kanata South Ward Kanata South Ward Kanata South Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward created in 2006 includes the communities of Katimativik-Hazeldean, Glen Cairn and Bridlewood... (Ward 23)
Candidate	Votes	%
Peggy Feltmate Peggy Feltmate Peggy Feltmate is Canadian politician who was Ottawa city councillor representing Kanata South Ward from 2003 to 2010.She was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario, in 1949 and was first elected in the 2003 Ottawa election to replace outgoing councillor Alex Munter in Kanata ward... (X)	8344	50.05%
Allan Hubley Allan Hubley Allan Hubley is a municipal politician in Ottawa, Ontario, currently an Ottawa City Councillor for Kanata South Ward. He first ran in the Ottawa municipal election, 2006, finishing second with 5,700 votes in Kanata South against Peggy Feltmate, and was elected in 2010 election following Feltmate's...	5631	33.78%
Amrik Dhami	1314	7.88%
Richard Rutkowski	811	4.86%
Suraj Harish	571	3.43%

Dropped out

Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15)

Daniel Stringer
Shawn Little
Shawn Little
Shawn Little is a former City Councillor in Ottawa, Canada, for the urban Kitchissippi Ward, consisting of neighbourhoods west of the city centre. He was born in Ottawa and raised in its Westboro neighbourhood, where he attended Woodroffe Avenue and Broadview Public elementary schools followed by...

College Ward (Ward 8)

Dana Barnett withdrew as per her Media Release dated Sept. 6, 2006.

Kanata South (Ward 23)

Noel Z. Gondek withdrew and on Sept. 29, 2006.

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 21)
Candidate	Votes	%
Lynn Scott (X)	15299	77.28%
Jon Morgan	4499	22.72%

Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)
Candidate	Votes	%
Cathy Curry	ACCLAIMED

Zone 3 (Wards 3, 9)
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Getty	12629	79.97%
Frank St. Denis	3164	20.03%

Zone 4 (Ward 7)
Candidate	Votes	%
Samuel Getachew	1592	15.18%
Margaret Lange (X)	8893	84.82%

Zone 5 (Ward 8)
Candidate	Votes	%
Pam FitzGerald	9052	76.58%
Cleve Hamilton	2769	23.42%

Zone 6 (Wards 13, 18)
Candidate	Votes	%
Bronwyn Funiciello (X)	7955	53.27%
Russ Jackson	6979	46.73%

Zone 7 (Wards 10, 20, 22)
Candidate	Votes	%
Tom Connolly	8239	47.51%
Greg Laws (X)	9102	52.49%

Zone 8 (Wards 1, 19)
Candidate	Votes	%
John Caputo	724	5.98%
David Loveridge	4536	37.49%
Qamar Masood	1054	8.71%
John Shea	5784	47.81%

Zone 9 (Wards 12, 17)
Candidate	Votes	%
Rob Campbell	ACCLAIMED

Zone 10 (Wards 14, 15)
Candidate	Votes	%
Jennifer McKenzie	9198	54.38%
Joan Spice (X)	7716	45.62%

Zone 11 (Ward 16)
Candidate	Votes	%
Riley Brockington (X)	5617	65.75%
Patrick Ready	2926	34.25%

Zone 12 (Wards 2, 11)
Candidate	Votes	%
David Moen (X)	8453	78.03%
Michel Tardif	2380	21.97%

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 20, 21)
Candidate	Votes	%
John Curry (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)
Candidate	Votes	%
Romeo Bellai	ACCLAIMED

Zone 3 (Wards 1, 19)
Candidate	Votes	%
Stephen Blais Stephen Blais Stephen Blais is the Ottawa City Councillor for Cumberland Ward. He won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010, defeating the incumbent Rob Jellett....	3124	55.30%
Des Curley (X)	2525	44.70%

Zone 4 (Wards 3, 22)
Candidate	Votes	%
Teri-Lynne Belanger	2055	36.37%
Cathy Maguire-Urban	3596	63.63%

Zone 5 (Wards 2, 11)
Candidate	Votes	%
Dominic Roszak	1169	28.63%
Kaitlin Sheskay	2914	71.37%

Zone 6 (Wards 8, 9)
Candidate	Votes	%
Gord Butler (X)	5301	69.88%
John Chiarelli	2285	30.12%

Zone 7 (Wards 7, 15)
Candidate	Votes	%
Betty-Ann Kealey (X)	2684	56.07%
Chris Wong	1169	24.42%
Charles Yellen	934	19.51%

Zone 8 (Wards 10, 18)
Candidate	Votes	%
Mark D. Mullan (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 9 (Wards 16, 17)
Candidate	Votes	%
Kathy Ablett (X)	3213	66.41%
Patrycja Anweiler	583	12.05%
Su Choi Broussard	1042	21.54%

Zone 10 (Wards 12, 13, 14)
Candidate	Votes	%
Thérèse Maloney Cousineau (X)	ACCLAIMED

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est Trustees

Zone 4 (Wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23)
Candidate	Votes	%
Marie Biron (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 5 (Wards 3, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22)
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacques Duplain	879	31.92%
Andrée Newell	1147	41.65%
Denis Vermeirre	728	26.43%

Zone 6 (Wards 12, 14, 17)
Candidate	Votes	%
Diane Doré (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 7 (Ward 2)
Candidate	Votes	%
Monique Briand (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 8 (Ward 19)
Candidate	Votes	%
Dan Boudria	1327	38.82%
Lise Cloutier (X)	1195	34.96%
Benoît Chiquette	896	26.21%

Zone 9 (Ward 1)
Candidate	Votes	%
Madelaine Chevalier (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 10 (Wards 10, 18, 20)
Candidate	Votes	%
Patrick Boucher	1030	32.29%
Robert Tremblay (X)	2160	67.71%

Zone 11 (Wards 11, 13)
Candidate	Votes	%
Brian Beauchamp (X)	2159	38.82%
Donna Martin	983	17.67%
Denis Poirier	2420	43.51%

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Trustees

Zone 6 (Wards 10, 19, 20)
Candidate	Votes	%
Georges Orfali	ACCLAIMED

Zone 7 (Ward 1)
Candidate	Votes	%
Pierre Maheu (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 8 (Wards 2, 11)
Candidate	Votes	%
Chantal Lecours (X)	1313	65.52%
Fayek Tabet	85	4.24%
Pierre Tessier	606	30.24%

Zone 9 (Wards 13, 18)
Candidate	Votes	%
Marielle Godbout (X)	1236	85.71%
Dorcase Saintil	206	14.29%

Zone 10 (Ward 12)
Candidate	Votes	%
Denis Chartrand	943	58.57%
Abdi Aden Chil (X)	313	19.44%
Osman Daher	83	5.16%
Alexandra Samson	271	16.83%

Zone 11 (Wards 14-17)
Candidate	Votes	%
Jean-Paul Lafond (X)	ACCLAIMED

Zone 12 (Wards 3-9, 21-23)
Candidate	Votes	%
Bernard Bareilhe (X)	ACCLAIMED

Registered candidates

Piotr Anweiler: Local businessman. President of AplusB Software Corporation.

Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

: Incumbent mayor, has been mayor of Ottawa since 2001, and was regional chair of 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...

prior. He is also a former Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

Member of Provincial Parliament.

Robert Larter: Unknown candidate. The Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Citizen

The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...

reported his registered number was traceable to an apartment in Vanier where he moved away from in the summer. The Citizen was unable to contact him.

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....

: Former city councillor in Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

(1991–1994), regional councillor (1994–2000) and former Ottawa city councillor (2000–2003). Ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

in Carleton in the 1990 election

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

. Openly gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

, Munter was also the co-ordinator for Canadians for Equal Marriage

Canadians for Equal Marriage

Canadians for Equal Marriage is a Canadian public interest group representing Egale Canada, PFLAG Canada, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and the Canadian Association of...

.

Larry O'Brien: Chairman and former CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd., an Ottawa based company that sells technology services to industry and government.

Barkley Pollock: 27 year old wants to look at the possibility of a municipal income tax to increase money for the poor. Campaigned for Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

Richard Mahoney

Richard J. Mahoney is a Canadian lawyer, specializing in public policy and regulatory law. He is also a prominent member of the Liberal Party of Canada, known as a strategist and advisor to former Prime Minister Paul Martin. He ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Ottawa Centre during the...

in Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...

in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.

Jane Scharf: Local poverty activist. She has been arrested more than once including an arrest during the Homeless Action Strike on City Hall. All charges were dropped.

Dropped out

Don Rivington: A single-issue candidate who wants an ombudsman

Ombudsman

An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...

for the city. Ran for city council in the 2003 election in Bay Ward

Bay Ward

Bay Ward is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Canada. 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 in the Queensway while the northern...

but lost. Dropped out of the Orléans Ward

Orléans Ward

Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional...

by-election in 2006.

Terry Kilrea

Terry Kilrea

: Placed second in the 2003 election

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...

. Kilrea is generally regarded as a conservative. He ran for the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

's nomination race in Ottawa South in the 2004 election

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

but lost. Withdrew on August 30, 2006 and will endorse Chiarelli. Will run as councillor candidate in Bay Ward against Alex Cullen

Alex Cullen

Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.-Early life and city politics:Cullen was born February 18,...

Not running

Diane Deans
Diane Deans
Diane Elisabeth Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, Canada, representing Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the city's south-east.A graduate of the University of Guelph she was active in the Canadian Federation of Students. Deans was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1994...

, city councillor. running for re-election in Gloucester-Southgate Ward
Jan Harder
Jan Harder
Jan Harder is an Ottawa City Councillor representing the ward of Barrhaven. She is the appointed chair of the Ottawa Public Library board, which sets policy and has the ultimate say in decisions affecting the library system....

, city councillor. running for re-election in Barrhaven Ward
Brian McGarry, funeral home director.

Poll results

Polling Firm	Polling Dates	Link	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...	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....	Larry O'Brien	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... (dropped out)	other/non-runners	undecided and/or not voting	MOE Margin of error The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results. The larger the margin of error, the less faith one should have that the poll's reported results are close to the "true" figures; that is, the figures for the whole population... +/−
Decima Decima Research Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada, founded in 1979 by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada strategist Allan Gregg....	7–9 November 2006	http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=44396	11%	32%	37%	—	?	?	2.85% (19/20)
UniMarketing	2–7 November 2006	http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20061108/ACTEST/61108245/5046/CPDROIT	20%	34%	25%	—	1%	20%	4% (19/20)
Strategic Counsel	1–4 November 2006	http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=44280	17%	29%	27%	—	2%	25%	4.4% (19/20)
Holinshed	31 October - 1 November 2006	http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=44201	22%	28%	24%	—	—	19%	5% (19/20)
UniMarketing	13 October 2006 - 18 October 2006	http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2006/10/23/001-sondage-marie-ottawa.shtml	23%	31%	21%	—	1%†²	24%	3.6% (19/20)
Holinshed	14 October 2006 – 15 October 2006	http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=8c9eaf18-e8d0-40b2-a237-1f035d3d1c2e&k=61704	21%	30%	26%	—	2%†²	21%	4.13% (19/20)
Leger Marketing Léger Marketing Leger Marketing is the largest solely Canadian owned polling and market research firm in Canada with 650 employees, including 103 professionals. Leger Marketing provides access to Canadian and American markets...	29 September 2006 – 8 October 2006	http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2006/10/12/2007492-sun.html	32%^	37%^	31%^	—	—	17%	4.0% (19/20)
Holinshed	25 September 2006 – 27 September 2006	http://www.cfra.com/chum_audio/Frank_Hall_Sept29.mp3	28.1%	27.5%	22.3%	—	?	?	4.6% (?/?)
Decima	18 September 2006 – 25 September 2006	http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a1c3f9a4-b170-4319-a67e-dfc36091fa45&k=94133	24%	25%	20%	—	—	31%	4.9% (19/20)
Holinshed	1 September 2006 *	http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060901/CPACTUALITES/609010617/5173/CPDROIT	22.5%	24.2%	18%	—	?	?	?
Holinshed	28 July 2006 *	http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=41312	20%	25%	6.8%	14%	~3%†	29%	?
Decima	23 June 2006 – 26 June 2006	http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=84e0038d-df6b-48a2-8152-7bf0f60c222d	20%	22%	—	12%	~3%†	46%	4.9% (19/20)
Decima	24 February 2006 – 4 March 2006	http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=7a210813-be59-4419-9638-7cd921fbae92&k=29072&p=1	20%	27%	—	14%	1%	38%	4.9% (19/20)
Decima	30 April 2005 *	¹	27%^	28%^	—	14%^	31%^	?	?

? indicates statistic not stated/unknown

— indicates candidate's name not included in polling question

indicates poll release date - actual polling date(s) unknown

^ indicates percentage of decided voters only

†² indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Robert Larter, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf

† indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf

¹ Source: Ottawa Sun

Ottawa Sun

The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....

, 30 April 2005

Bob Chiarelli

Jean-Jacques Blais
Jean-Jacques Blais
Jean-Jacques Blais, PC, QC is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nipissing in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1984...

, former MP
Marlene Catterall
Marlene Catterall
Marlene Catterall is a former Canadian politician. Catterall was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean from 1997 to 2005 and previously representing the riding of Ottawa West from 1988 to 1997. Catterall is a former...

, former MP
Guy Cousineau
Guy Cousineau
Guy Cousineau was the last mayor of the city of Vanier before it was amalgamated with Ottawa in 2001.He was born in Eastview, which was later renamed Vanier, in 1937, the son of Trefflé Cousineau and Augustine Charette. His grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Charette, was mayor of Eastview in 1936...

, former mayor of Vanier
Clive Doucet
Clive Doucet
Clive Doucet is a Canadian writer and politician.Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an Acadian serviceman and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Doucet was raised as a Catholic,...

, city councillor
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...

, former mayor
Lee Farnworth, former Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.-Geography:...

city councillor
Brian Ford
Brian Ford (Canadian politician)
Brian Ford was Chief of Police of the Ottawa Police Service from 1993 to 2000.In 2006 he was a candidate in Nepean—Carleton for the Liberal Party of Ontario.-Electoral history:...

, former police chief
Bernard Grandmaître
Bernard Grandmaître
Bernard "Ben" C. Grandmaitre is a retired politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1984 to 1999, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.Grandmaitre was educated as Ottawa schools, and owned a small business in...

, former mayor of Vanier
Mac Harb
Mac Harb
Mac Harb is a Canadian Senator and former Member of the House of Commons.-Life and career:Harb was born in Chaat, Lebanon and immigrated to Canada to study at the University of Ottawa. He subsequently worked as an engineer at Northern Telecom and a professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa...

, Senator
Jan Harder
Jan Harder
Jan Harder is an Ottawa City Councillor representing the ward of Barrhaven. She is the appointed chair of the Ottawa Public Library board, which sets policy and has the ultimate say in decisions affecting the library system....

, city councillor
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...

, former mayoral candidate
David McGuinty
David McGuinty
David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...

, MP
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...

, city councillor
Bob Monette
Bob Monette
Robert "Bob" Monette is a politician in Ottawa, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years...

, city councillor
Jim Watson, MPP
Ottawa Sun
Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...

Alex Munter

Norm Atkins, Senator
Mauril Bélanger
Mauril Bélanger
Mauril A. Bélanger, PC, MP is a Member of the Canadian Parliament. He is a member of the Liberal Party. Bélanger has been involved in advocacy for the rights of Franco-Ontarians....

, MP
Ed Broadbent
Ed Broadbent
John Edward "Ed" Broadbent, is a Canadian social democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the federal New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. In the 2004 federal election, he returned to Parliament for one additional term as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre.-Life...

, former leader of the NDP
Claudette Boyer
Claudette Boyer
Claudette Boyer is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1999 as a Liberal, but was later forced to leave the party as a result of legal difficulties...

, former MPP
Michael Cassidy
Michael Cassidy
Michael Morris Cassidy is a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1984, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 1988...

, former leader of the Ontario NDP
Alex Cullen
Alex Cullen
Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.-Early life and city politics:Cullen was born February 18,...

, city councillor
Marion Dewar
Marion Dewar
Marion Dewar, CM was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party , mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the Parliament of Canada from 1986 to 1988.-Early life:...

, former mayor
Paul Dewar
Paul Dewar
Paul W. Dewar is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa Centre.Dewar is a member of the New Democratic Party and was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2006 federal election...

, MP
Peggy Feltmate
Peggy Feltmate
Peggy Feltmate is Canadian politician who was Ottawa city councillor representing Kanata South Ward from 2003 to 2010.She was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario, in 1949 and was first elected in the 2003 Ottawa election to replace outgoing councillor Alex Munter in Kanata ward...

, city councillor
John Godfrey
John Godfrey
John Ferguson Godfrey, PC is a Canadian educator, journalist and former Member of Parliament.- Education :He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Senator John Morrow Godfrey , was a Canadian pilot, lawyer and politician. John Godfrey graduated from Upper Canada College in 1960...

, MP
Diane Holmes
Diane Holmes
Diane Holmes is an Ottawa City Councillor representing Somerset Ward which consists of Centretown, Centretown West and the downtown core. She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from McGill University with a degree in Physical Education...

, city councillor
John Manley
John Manley (politician)
John Paul Manley, PC, OC is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2004, and a Cabinet Minister from 1993 to 2003. He is presently President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.-Background:Manley was...

, former MP
Monia Mazigh
Monia Mazigh
Monia Mazigh is a Canadian academic best known for her efforts to free her husband Maher Arar from a Syrian prison. A resident of Ottawa, Ontario, she was the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Ottawa South, a traditionally Liberal riding, in the 2004 federal election.She was born...

, former NDP candidate, wife of Maher Arar
Maher Arar
Maher Arar is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who resides in Canada. Arar's story is frequently referred to as "extraordinary rendition" but the U.S. government insisted it was a case of deportation.Arar was detained during a layover at John F...
Simon Pulsifer
Simon Pulsifer
Simon Edward Pulsifer is a contributor to the English-language Wikipedia whose prolific participation made him a subject of many human interest stories in the media beginning in 2005.-Wikipedia:...

, prolific Wikipedian
Janet Stavinga
Janet Stavinga
Janet Stavinga is a politician from East Ontario, Canada, she was an Ottawa City Councillor. She represented the Goulbourn ward covering what was once the independent Goulbourn Township. Stavinga represent the claim of Tanakiwin, the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation.She was first a...

, outgoing city councillor
Pat Woodcock
Pat Woodcock
Patrick Ian Woodcock is a Canadian football wide receiver who is currently a free agent.Woodcock attended American College at Syracuse University between 1997 and 2000 and he attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School, which is located in Kanata, Ontario...

, professional football player
Le Droit
Le Droit
Le Droit is a Canadian daily newspaper, published in Ottawa, Canada. Initially established and owned by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the paper was has been published by Gesca since 2000.-History:...
Ottawa Life

Larry O'Brien

Piotr Anweiler, mayoral candidate
Glenn Brooks
Glenn Brooks
Robert "Glenn" Brooks is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Rideau Township and later Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.He...

, city councillor
Art Eggleton
Art Eggleton
Arthur "Art" C. Eggleton, PC is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and Mayor of Toronto, and is currently a Senator representing Ontario.-City council:...

, former MP
Jacquelin Holzman
Jacquelin Holzman
Jacquelin Holzman served as mayor of Ottawa, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Never attending university, she married at age nineteen and started a family...

, former mayor
Gord Hunter
Gord Hunter
Gordon Hunter was an Ottawa City Councillor. He represented Knoxdale-Merivale Ward. On January 31, 2010, he announced that he would not be running re-election to city council in 2010....

, city councillor
Merle Nicholds
Merle Nicholds
Merle Nicholds served as the final mayor of Kanata, Ontario from 1991 to 2000.Her background was in nursing and was employed by the Scarborough Health Department Metropolitan Toronto until 1982...

, former mayor of Kanata
Gordon O'Connor
Gordon O'Connor
Gordon James O'Connor, is a retired Brigadier-General, businessman, lobbyist, and current Canadian Member of Parliament and the Minister of State and Chief Government Whip....

, MP
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre, MP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the suburban Ottawa riding of Nepean-Carleton. First elected in 2004, Poilievre was re-elected in 2006 and 2008. Poilievre received the second highest vote total of any...

, MP
Tim Power, Conservative Party strategist
Marianne Wilkinson
Marianne Wilkinson
Marianne Wilkinson is the Councillor of Kanata North in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a long-time resident of Kanata and a veteran public servant in that former city. She served as Kanata's first mayor following its incorporation...

, former mayor of Kanata

Timeline

June 21, 2005 - Brian McGarry announces he will not run for mayor, as he fears the right-wing vote would be split with 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...

. ottsun.canoe.ca
September 9, 2005 - Orléans Ward
Orléans Ward
Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional...

Councillor Herb Kreling
Herb Kreling
Herb Kreling is a former Ottawa City Councillor representing Orléans Ward. He was first elected as a regional councillor for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in the 1994 election, and was re-elected to that position in 1997. He was elected to city council in 2000 and was re-elected in...

resigns his seat to become Justice of the Peace. orleansonline.ca
October 7, 2005 - the Ontario Municipal Board rules in favour of the new ward boundary proposal that was being fought by mostly rural residents. ottawasun.com
January 3, 2006 - First day of nominations. Chiarelli, Kilrea and Rivington file nomination papers for mayor.
January 9, 2006 - Bob Monette
Bob Monette
Robert "Bob" Monette is a politician in Ottawa, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years...

is elected in the by-election to replace Herb Kreling.
February 13, 2006 - Munter declares his intention to run for mayor. cbc.ca
April 11, 2006 - City Councillor Janet Stavinga
Janet Stavinga
Janet Stavinga is a politician from East Ontario, Canada, she was an Ottawa City Councillor. She represented the Goulbourn ward covering what was once the independent Goulbourn Township. Stavinga represent the claim of Tanakiwin, the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation.She was first a...

announces she will not be running for re-election. janetstavinga.com
May 2, 2006 - Pollock declares his intention to run for mayor. cfra.com
June 1, 2006 - Anweiler declares his intention to run for mayor. anweiler.ca
June 13, 2006 - Gloucester-Southgate Councillor Diane Deans
Diane Deans
Diane Elisabeth Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, Canada, representing Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the city's south-east.A graduate of the University of Guelph she was active in the Canadian Federation of Students. Deans was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1994...

declares that she will not run for mayor and instead decided to run for re-election. (Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...

, June 14)
July 26, 2006 - High-tech businessman Larry O'Brien announces his intention to run for the mayoralty as a "centrist candidate," planning to file his nomination papers within a few weeks. cbc.ca
August 8, 2006 - O'Brien fills out nomination papers.
August 30, 2006 - Kilrea drops out of the race.
September 12, 2006 - First mayoral debate
September 13, 2006 - Councillor Shawn Little
Shawn Little
Shawn Little is a former City Councillor in Ottawa, Canada, for the urban Kitchissippi Ward, consisting of neighbourhoods west of the city centre. He was born in Ottawa and raised in its Westboro neighbourhood, where he attended Woodroffe Avenue and Broadview Public elementary schools followed by...

drops out of his city council race
September 14, 2006 - Election signs can legally be put up.
September 28, 2006 - Robert Larter files his nomination papers.
September 29, 2006 - Nominations close.
October 10, 2006 - John Baird, president of the federal Treasury Board, announced that the 200M$ promised from the federal government for the O-Train project would not be given until the new elected council approves the project.
October 23, 2006 - A-Channel
CHRO-TV
CHRO-TV is a television station serving the National Capital and Ottawa Valley regions of Ontario, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Two television system....

debate.
November 13, 2006 - Election day.
- 8:00PM - Polls close.
- 8:30PM - A-Channel recognizes Larry O'Brien as the new Mayor of the City of Ottawa
- 8:50PM - Bob Chiarelli arrives at Larry O'Brien's campaign headquarters, and officially names Larry O'Brien as new Mayor of the City of Ottawa

Issues

Bilingualism in Ottawa
Bilingualism in Ottawa
One controversial aspect of the City of Ottawa Act is the manner in which it addresses official bilingualism within Ottawa's municipal government...
Budget difficulties
Amalgamation
Homelessness
Homelessness
Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country...
Pesticide
Pesticide
Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.A pesticide may be a chemical unicycle, biological agent , antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest...

Bylaw ottawa.ca
Public transportation, LRT
LRT
LRT may stand for:*IATA airport code for Lorient South Brittany Airport, France*Lewis Roberts-Thomson*Lithuanian National Radio and Television *Light rail, a form of urban rail public transportation...

and in particular O-Train expansion controversies
Rising property taxes
Safety issues
Taxes
Ward boundary changes

Ward boundary changes

New ward boundaries were drawn for the 2006 election. Under the new plan, the size of city council will be increased by two members. The boundary commission made the following proposal that was adopted by city council:

Orléans Ward
Orléans Ward
Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional...

1
Innes Ward
Innes Ward
Innes is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It includes the community of Blackburn Hamlet as well as the neighbourhoods of Orléans Village, Chateau Neuf and Chapel Hill in Orléans. It also includes the part of the community of Notre Dame des Champs formerly in the city of Gloucester. The...

2
Barrhaven Ward
Barrhaven Ward
Barrhaven Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. Prior to 2006, the ward was known as Bell-South Nepean Ward.The ward consists of the neighbourhoods of Cedarhill Estates, Orchard Estates, The Meadows, Pheasant Run, Fraservale, Barrhaven, Knollsbrook and Longfields.Prior to 2006, the ward was much...

3 (drastically decreased in size, formerly Bell-South Nepean Ward.)
Kanata North Ward
Kanata North Ward
Kanata North Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. The ward was created in 2006 when its precessor, Kanata Ward, split in two main parts. The original Kanata Ward covered all of the former City of Kanata...

4 (formerly Kanata Ward)
West Carleton Ward 5 (added rural parts from Kanata)
Stittsville-Kanata West Ward
Stittsville-Kanata West Ward
Stittsville is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. It consists of the community of Stittsville in suburban Ottawa. Prior to the 2006 election, the Ward was known as Goulbourn Ward which consisted of the former Goulbourn Township...

6 (New ward, formerly Goulbourn Ward)
Bay Ward
Bay Ward
Bay Ward is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Canada. 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 in the Queensway while the northern...

7
College Ward
College Ward
College Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada's west end. The ward covers the neighbourhoods of Bells Corners, Qualicum, Graham Park, Leslie Park, Redwood, Kenson Park, Bel-Air Park, Bel-Air Heights, Braemar Park, Copeland Park, Briar Green, Centrepointe, Navaho, City View, Ryan Farm, Meadowlands...

8 (Formerly Baseline Ward. Added neighbourhoods of Bells Corners and Crestview)
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
Knoxdale-Merivale is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward is bordered to the east by the Rideau River and Fisher Avenue, the northern boundaries of the community of Barrhaven to the south, Ontario Highway 416 and Cedarview Road to the west and to the north by the...

9 (added suburbs south of Hunt Club Road)
Gloucester-Southgate Ward
Gloucester-Southgate Ward
Gloucester-Southgate Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFB Uplands, Blossom Park, Greenboro, portions of Heron Gate south of Walkley Road, the Ottawa...

10 (made significantly smaller. Includes now only Hunt Club and Blossom Park)
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward is bordered to the west by Blair Ward from the Ottawa River to Ogilvie Road and St. Laurent Boulevard south of it, the south by the Via Rail train line and Innes Ward, to the east by Green's Creek...

11
Rideau-Vanier Ward
Rideau-Vanier Ward
Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward on Regional Council....

12
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward covers the neighbourhoods of New Edinburgh, Manor Park, Rockcliffe Park, CFB Rockcliffe, Overbrook, Lindenlea, Viscount Alexander Park, Finter Quarries, Forbes, Castle Heights and part of Carson...

13
Somerset Ward
Somerset Ward
Somerset is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 km² and...

14
Kitchissippi Ward
Kitchissippi Ward
Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...

15
River Ward
River Ward
River Ward is city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the central west/south central portion of the city, the ward includes the communities of Carlington, Skyline, Parkwood Hills, Fisher Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park and Hunt Club/Uplands which are located on both sides of the...

16 (losses Macdonald-Cartier airport and Ellwood)
Capital Ward
Capital Ward
Capital Ward is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University and Riverside...

17
Alta Vista Ward
Alta Vista Ward
Alta Vista Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two...

18
Cumberland Ward
Cumberland Ward
Cumberland Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the far east end of the city, it includes portions of the Orleans communities of Queenswood Heights, Mer Bleue, Avalon, Chaperal, Notting Hill, Fallingbrook as well as the rural areas of the former city of Cumberland and the village as...

19 (added rural parts from Gloucester)
Osgoode Ward
Osgoode Ward
Osgoode Ward represents the south end of the City of Ottawa and solely made up of residents of the former Osgoode Township. The current city councillor is Doug Thompson....

20 (added rural parts from Gloucester)
Rideau-Goulbourn Ward
Rideau-Goulbourn Ward
Rideau-Goulbourn Ward 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 Goulbourn...

21 (amalgamation of Rideau Ward
Rideau Ward
Rideau Ward may refer one of the following wards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:* Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward* Rideau-Vanier Ward* Rideau-Goulbourn Ward...

and Goulbourn Ward. Added rural parts from Nepean, lost Stittsville)
Gloucester-South Nepean Ward
Gloucester-South Nepean Ward
Gloucester-South Nepean Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the south end of the city, the ward includes the communities of Chapman Mills, Stonebridge and Davidson Heights in Barrhaven as well as Riverside South...

22 (New) (created from parts of Bell-South Nepean and Gloucester-Southgate.)
Kanata South Ward
Kanata South Ward
Kanata South Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward created in 2006 includes the communities of Katimativik-Hazeldean, Glen Cairn and Bridlewood...

23 (New) (created from south part of Kanata ward.)

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