2018 Ottawa municipal election explained

Election Name:2018 Ottawa mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2014 Ottawa municipal election
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 Ottawa municipal election
Next Year:2022
Election Date:October 22, 2018
Image1:File:Jim Watson at 2018 Holocaust Remembrance Day (cropped).jpg
Image1 Size:175x175px
Candidate1:Jim Watson
Popular Vote1:188,960
Percentage1:71.03%
Color1:ED1D24
Image2 Size:175x175px
Color2:1B194A
Popular Vote2:59,156
Percentage2:22.24%
Mayor
Before Election:Jim Watson
After Election:Jim Watson
Turnout:42.55%

The 2018 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 22, 2018, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

The electoral system used is First past the post. Successful candidates do not need to have majority support of the voters in their district. Seven of the 23 successful ward councillors were elected with less than majority of votes in their districts.

Mayoral candidates

Hamid Alakozai

Nominated May 10. Former CF reservist member. Considered running for president of Afghanistan in 2011. Past advisor to the attorney general of Afghanistan.

Ahmed Bouragba

Nominated July 26. Bilingual teacher and former elected Council member for the Ontario College of Teachers. Bouragba is a social justice advocate and civil liberties activist. Ran for Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario trustee in 2014. Citation: Y.B. v. Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, 2017 HRTO 1240 (CanLII)

Bernard Couchman

Nominated May 1. Immigrant from Guyana; operates a marketing company.[1] He ran for mayor in 2014, finishing in last place (8th) with 1,255 votes (0.51%).

Clive Doucet

Nominated July 27. City councillor for Capital Ward from 2001 to 2010. He represented Capital Ward on the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council from 1997 to 2000. Ran for mayor in 2010.

Joey Drouin

Nominated July 27. Businessman. Running on a platform of combining Ottawa and Gatineau.

Ryan Lythall

Nominated July 9. Disabilities advocate.

Craig MacAulay

Nominated July 11. Ran for city council in 2010 and 2014 in College Ward.

Bruce McConville

Nominated July 26. Garage operator from Vanier. Ran for city council in 2003 and 2006 in Rideau-Vanier Ward.[2] McConville was born August 30, 1962, in Eastview, Ontario (now Vanier). He dropped out of high school and would later start his garage in 1981.[3]

Michael Pastien

Nominated May 16. Self described "futurist".[4] Ran for city council in 2014 in Bay Ward and for public school trustee in 2010.

Moises Schachtler

Nominated July 4. A former student of the University of Ottawa.

James T. Sheahan

Nominated July 25. North Gower resident.

Jim Watson

Mayor Jim Watson had declared his intention to run for re-election in early 2017.[5] He filed his nomination forms on May 1.

Mayoral results

Mayoral candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px"   Jim Watson (X) 188,960 71.03
bgcolor=#1B194A width="30px" 59,156 22.24
bgcolor=#C1B094 width="30px"   Bruce McConville 4,360 1.64
bgcolor=#000000 width="30px"   Craig MacAulay 2,272 0.85
bgcolor=#DB1D23 width="30px"   Ahmed Bouragba 1,912 0.72
bgcolor=#4C0363 width="30px"   Joey Drouin 1,893 0.71
bgcolor=#427BDB width="30px"   Hamid Alakozai 1,867 0.70
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   James T. Sheahan 1,354 0.51
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Michael Pastien 1,177 0.44
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Ryan Lythall 1,115 0.42
bgcolor=#20A6E8 width="30px"   Moises Schachtler 994 0.37
bgcolor=#2185B7 width="30px"   Bernard Couchman 964 0.36

Results by ward

WardAlakozaiBouragbaCouchmanDoucetDrouinLythallMacAulayMcConvillePastienSchachtlerSheahanWatson
64 79 512278133 43 123 259 51 39 79 11203
76 61 35 2155 106 52 71 196 50 36 30 9261
Barrhaven121 128 35 2176 72 58 123 123 112 44 66 11044
Kanata North64 86 33 193554 31 87 107 128 40 51 7606
West Carleton-March23 18 26 1544 37 31 75 110 2417 55 5429
Stittsville36 25 39 1868 50 47 85 129 25 31 74 7215
Bay143 123 62 2559 83 61 126 158 39 55 55 7946
98 64 61 2873 63 98 175 189 57 56 85 10068
Knoxdale-Merivale50 36 33 1922 55 43 91 90 29 53 58 7047
Gloucester-Southgate112 270 36 1754 69 52 74 110 38 30 53 6665
Beacon Hill-Cyrville69 50 50 1666 71 25 51 215 42 34 34 5799
Rideau-Vanier76 95 743915 139 44 84 719 49 52 37 4869
Rideau-Rockcliffe72 53 49 3123 98 28 55 430 38 39 39 5120
76 65 26 321285 52 53 85 16 54 27 5424
Kitchissippi54 43 32 4469 80 39 68 108 28 40 41 8719
113 120 48 2392 73 38 72 140 29 47 43 7682
71 60 31 4656 82 45 66 109 25 4546 6890
Alta Vista88 75 23 2729 81 50 86 147 34 52 43 7898
Cumberland87 85 41 1538 120 32 73 164 49 35 49 8916
21 24 30 1394 64 45 130 155 31 37 84 6149
Rideau-Goulbourn22 24 25 1646 50 39 130 145 22 20 108 6547
113 170 39190164 45 116 124 151 29 72 10043
Kanata South9948 36 2454 665513216160 48 73 9678
Special/Advance (No Ward) 119 110 49 2997 98 62 126 187 50 61 52 11742

City Council

Orléans Ward

Nominated candidates

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#FDBC20 width="30px" 3,622 23.76
bgcolor=#0E2E47 width="30px" 3,35822.02
bgcolor=#1F3C73 width="30px"   Rick Bédard 2,799 18.36
bgcolor=#D28F1B width="30px"   Mireille Brownhill 1,900 12.46
bgcolor=#335B8A width="30px"   Kevin Tetreault 685 4.49
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Diego Elizondo 399 2.62
bgcolor=#4FB1E2 width="30px"   Qamar Masood 393 2.58
bgcolor=#3F2654 width="30px"   Jarrod Goldsmith 357 2.34
bgcolor=#415C8D width="30px"   Dina Epale 3362.20
bgcolor=#441839 width="30px"   Shannon Kramer 333 2.18
bgcolor=#33F728 width="30px"   Guy Desroches 328 2.15
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Miranda Gray 238 1.56
bgcolor=#313967 width="30px"   Don Yetman 212 1.39
bgcolor=#2EAAEF width="30px"   Doug Feltmate 102 0.67
bgcolor=#161616 width="30px"   Toby Bossert 73 0.48
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Geoffrey Nicholas Griplas 65 0.43
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Louise Soyez 47 0.31

Innes Ward

Incumbent councillor Jody Mitic announced he would not be running for re-election.[12]

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#582C83 width="30px" 5,32541.37
bgcolor=#023E88 width="30px"   Donna Leith-Gudbranson 3,645 28.32
bgcolor=#004890 width="30px"   François Trépanier 2,391 18.58
bgcolor=#38296E width="30px"   Tammy Lynch 1,510 11.73

Barrhaven Ward

Nominated candidates

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#0F5E9C width="30px"   Jan Harder (X) 11,489 74.27
bgcolor=#045184 width="30px"   Hadi Wess 2,427 15.69
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Franklin Epape 908 5.87
bgcolor=#C4AD92 width="30px"   Atiq Qureshi 535 3.46
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Ahmad Malgarai 110 0.71

Kanata North Ward

Incumbent councillor Marianne Wilkinson had announced she would not be running for re-election.[12]

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#66CCCC width="30px" 5,298 46.68
bgcolor=#120E26 width="30px"   Matt Muirhead 3,634 32.02
bgcolor=#1D2E4F width="30px"   David Gourlay 2,33520.57
bgcolor=#000000 width="30px"   Lorne Neufeldt 56 0.49
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Philip Bloedow 270.24

West Carleton-March Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#0F2739 width="30px"   Eli El-Chantiry (X) 5,099 65.90
bgcolor=#250D42 width="30px"   Judi Varga-Toth 2,132 27.56
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   James Parsons 506 6.54

Stittsville Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#017292 width="30px" 5,877 57.86
bgcolor=#1F5CBF width="30px"   Shad Qadri (X) 4,280 42.14

Bay Ward

Incumbent councillor Mark Taylor did not run for re-election.

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#A1CD52 width="30px" 6,509 55.17
bgcolor=#525A9E width="30px"   Don Dransfield 2,104 17.83
bgcolor=#FDFF75 width="30px"   Erica Dath 1,793 15.20
bgcolor=#003366 width="30px"   Marc Lugert 851 7.21
bgcolor=#CC0000 width="30px"   Trevor Robinson 541 4.59

College Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1C24 width="30px"   Rick Chiarelli (X) 7,079 46.79
bgcolor=#295D73 width="30px"   Emilie Coyle 5,751 38.01
bgcolor=#005262 width="30px"   Ryan Kennery 2,299 15.20

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward

Nominated candidates:

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#8C120A width="30px"   Keith Egli (X) 6,369 63.12
bgcolor=#131C62 width="30px"   James Dean 2,002 19.84
bgcolor=#00FF00 width="30px"   Luigi Mangone 1,114 11.04
bgcolor=#0f5c2e width="30px"   Warren Arshinoff 342 3.39
bgcolor=#AC23DB width="30px"   Peter Anthony Weber 264 2.62

Gloucester-Southgate Ward

Nominated candidates:

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#5F2987 width="30px"   Diane Deans (X) 6,179 56.08
bgcolor=#C00000 width="30px"   Robert Swaita 3,435 31.17
bgcolor=#A0262F width="30px"   Alek Golijanin 875 7.94
bgcolor=#36454F width="30px"   Sam Soucy 342 3.10
bgcolor=#A0138E width="30px"   Perry Sabourin 188 1.71

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#FE0000 width="30px"   Tim Tierney (X) 6,730 81.34
bgcolor=#1C75BD width="30px"   Michael Schurter 1,544 18.66

Rideau-Vanier Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#213340 width="30px"   Mathieu Fleury (X) 7,302 68.08
bgcolor=#B33D2A width="30px"   Thierry Harris 3,050 28.44
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Matt Lowe 285 2.66
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Salar Changiz 88 0.82

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#FCD40D width="30px"   Tobi Nussbaum (X) 7,334 80.52
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Peter Heyck 1,774 19.48

Somerset Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#56419A width="30px"   Catherine McKenney (X) 7,754 76.66
bgcolor=#2EAB78 width="30px"   Jerry Kovacs 1,461 14.44
bgcolor=#0D326E width="30px"   Arthur David 701 6.93
bgcolor=#0D0D0D width="30px"   Merdod Zopyrus 199 1.97

Kitchissippi Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#009999 width="30px"   Jeff Leiper (X) 12,068 85.28
bgcolor=#552413 width="30px"   Daniel Stringer 2,083 14.72

River Ward

Incumbent councillor Riley Brockington ran for re-election

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#8D2424 width="30px"   Riley Brockington (X) 6,122 54.50
bgcolor=#DF0202 width="30px"   Fabien Kalala Cimankinda 2,445 21.76
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Kerri Keith 1,783 15.87
bgcolor=#0F8DD1 width="30px"   Hassib Reda 884 7.87

Capital Ward

Incumbent councillor David Chernushenko ran for re-election.

Nominated candidates

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#FEDC34 width="30px" 3,575 28.12
bgcolor=#00BCC8 width="30px"   Christine McAllister 3,198 25.15
bgcolor=#990000 width="30px"   David Chernushenko (X) 2,970 23.36
bgcolor=#582A72 width="30px"   Anthony Carricato 2,451 19.28
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Jide Afolabi 520 4.09

Alta Vista Ward

Incumbent councillor Jean Cloutier ran for re-election

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#006E61 width="30px"   Jean Cloutier (X) 3,866 32.81
bgcolor=#4BC1C1 width="30px"   Raylene Lang-Dion 3,665 31.10
bgcolor=#1C75BD width="30px"   Kevin Kit 2,616 22.20
bgcolor=#A2DA35 width="30px"   Clinton Cowan 1,415 12.01
bgcolor=#2C5441 width="30px"   John Redins 127 1.08
bgcolor=#AA00BB width="30px"   Mike McHarg 84 0.80

Cumberland Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#002D62 width="30px"   Stephen Blais (X) 11,230 89.08
bgcolor=#448859 width="30px"   Cameron Rose Jette 741 5.88
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Jensen Boire 636 5.04

Osgoode Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#373737 width="30px"   George Darouze (X) 4,653 54.86
bgcolor=#0200B0 width="30px"   Jay Tysick 2,694 31.76
bgcolor=#323232 width="30px"   Mark Scharfe 603 7.11
bgcolor=#DA225E width="30px"   Kim Sheldrick 504 5.94
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Auguste Banfalvi 28 0.33

Rideau-Goulbourn Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#114B9D width="30px"   Scott Moffatt (X) 5,080 55.81
bgcolor=#F6EC10 width="30px" 4,023 44.19

Gloucester-South Nepean Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#337AB7 width="30px" 5,960 42.55
bgcolor=#053360 width="30px"   Michael Qaqish (X) 5,420 38.69
bgcolor=#492A80 width="30px"   Harpreet Singh 2,152 15.36
bgcolor=#DD9933 width="30px"   Zaff Ansari 358 2.56
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Irene Mei 118 0.84

Kanata South Ward

Nominated candidates:

Results:

Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#1505E5 width="30px"   Allan Hubley (X) 6,183 45.53
bgcolor=#4F4F4F width="30px"   Steve Anderson 4,274 31.47
bgcolor=#004A8B width="30px"   Mike Brown 2,978 21.93
bgcolor=#161616 width="30px"   Doug Large 146 1.08

School Board Trustee

Ottawa Catholic School Board

Zone 1

Zone 2
Zone 2Vote%
Sandra Moore (X) 3,259 69.53
Michael Olsen 717 15.30
Kevin Sawyer 711 15.17
Zone 3Zone 4Zone 5Zone 6
Zone 6Vote%
Glen Armstrong 2,613 54.59
Jeff Darwin 2,174 45.41
Zone 7Zone 8Zone 9
Zone 9Vote%
Shelley Lawrence 2,491 82.92
Regan Preszcator (X) 513 17.08
Zone 10
Zone 10Vote%
Thérèse Maloney-Cousineau (X) 1,093 50.09
Cindy Desclouds-Simpson 1,089 49.91

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Zone 1

Zone 1Vote%
Lynn Scott (X) 11,540 64.84
John Flemming 3,793 21.31
Ken Lumsden 1,048 5.89
Brandon Rabideau 812 4.56
Gurprit Kindra 604 3.39

Zone 2

Zone 2Vote%
Christine Boothby (X) 10,797 66.34
Adam Grodinsky 2,818 17.31
Waleed Qirbi 2,660 16.34

Zone 3

Zone 3Vote%
Donna Blackburn (X) 6,300 39.96
Amy Wellings 4,501 28.55
Amanda Purdy 2,954 18.74
Patricia Kmiec 1,091 6.92
Alex Sivasambu 921 5.84
Zone 4
Zone 4Vote%
Wendy Hough 5,497 66.65
Dragos Popa 1,387 16.82
Fraser Anderson 1,363 16.53
Zone 5
Zone 5Vote%
Rob Campbell 5,983 65.08
C. J. Blake 2,470 26.87
Nicholas Lapierre 741 8.06
Zone 6
Zone 6Vote%
Chris Ellis (X) 5,883 48.28
4,216 34.60
Tanya Melissa Dasilva 2,085 17.11
Zone 7
Zone 7Vote%
Jennifer Jennekens 6,857 52.74
Kim Woods 6,144 47.26
Zone 8
Zone 8Vote%
Keith Penny (X) 6,175 55.13
John Hewitt 5,025 44.87
Zone 9
Zone 9Vote%
Lyra Evans 7,603 55.33
Rose LaBrèche 6,139 44.67
Zone 10
Zone 10Vote%
Erica Braunovan (X) 11,935 72.86
Wesley Campbell 1,620 9.89
David Thomas Humphries 1,582 9.66
Justin W. Laku 1,243 7.59
Zone 11
Zone 11Vote%
Mark Fisher (X) 6,506 50.42
Elaine Hayles 4,352 33.73
Travis Croken 2,045 15.85
Zone 12
Zone 12Vote%
Sandra Schwartz (X) 7,265 74.31
2,511 25.69

Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est

Zone 4

Zone 4Vote%
Jolène Savoie-Day 1,475 66.80
Loree-Ann Huard 733 33.20
Zone 5Zone 6Zone 7Zone 8
Zone 8Vote%
Dan Boudria (X) 3,037 79.15
Cynthia Wagner 448 11.68
Nenette Ntema-Mbudi 352 9.17
Zone 9Zone 10Zone 11

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

Zone 6

Zone 7
Zone 7Vote%
Denis Chartrand (X) 1,357 73.79
Sean Curran 482 26.21
Zone 8Zone 9
Zone 9Vote%
Marielle Godbout (X) 1,671 79.34
Abdourahman Kahin 435 20.66
Zone 10Zone 11
Zone 11Vote%
Jacinthe Marcil 734 43.87
Myriam Hebabi 519 31.02
Marc Bissonnette 420 25.10
Zone 12
Zone 12Vote%
Samia Ouled Ali 772 50.99
Denis Labrèche 742 49.01

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayoral candidate calls for change, appears unclear when election is - Ottawa Citizen. Matthew Pearson More Matthew Pearson. Ottawa Citizen. 28 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Reevely: A good fight for mayor is good for Ottawa — and even for Jim Watson.
  3. News: Adam: Why Bruce McConville thinks he can be Ottawa's next mayor. Ottawacitizen.
  4. Web site: Meet your candidates for Ottawa mayor CBC News.
  5. Web site: Jim Watson to seek re-election as Ottawa mayor in 2018 CBC News.
  6. Web site: Orléans councillor to run for re-election in 2018. 4 October 2017.
  7. 1006891676823183360. OttawaCitizen. Coun. Bob Monette announces he won't seek re-election in Orléans ward. #ottnews #ottpoli . 13 June 2018.
  8. Web site: The Orléans Star.
  9. Web site: Following cannabis legalization, Canopy CEO Bruce Linton gets rock-star treatment at Ruckify launch.
  10. Web site: Local musician champions networking - Local - Ottawa Business Journal . https://archive.today/20141020032633/http://www.obj.ca/Local/2014-10-08/article-3897357/Local-musician-champions-networking/1 . 20 October 2014 . dead.
  11. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Orléans.
  12. Web site: Five things: 2018 municipal election nominations open Tuesday.
  13. Web site: Adam: Municipal election – Bilingualism may make the difference in Innes ward.
  14. Web site: Municipal candidates off to the races CBC News.
  15. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Innes.
  16. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Barrhaven.
  17. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in West Carleton-March.
  18. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Stittsville.
  19. News: Can Ottawa's municipal candidates shed political allegiances?. 2018-07-31. Ottawa Sun. 2018-08-01. en-US.
  20. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Bay ward.
  21. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in College ward.
  22. Web site: Ottawa Youth Council Members. City of Ottawa. 21 June 2001.
  23. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Knoxdale-Merivale.
  24. Web site: Samuel Soucy.
  25. Web site: Meet Robert - Robert Swaita for Gloucester-Southgate . 2018-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005704/https://www.voterobert.ca/meet_robert . 2018-08-20 . dead .
  26. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Beacon Hill-Cyrville.
  27. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Rideau-Vanier.
  28. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Somerset.
  29. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Kitchissippi.
  30. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in River ward.
  31. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Capital ward.
  32. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Alta Vista.
  33. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Cumberland.
  34. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Osgoode.
  35. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Rideau-Goulbourn.
  36. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about Gloucester-South Nepean's candidates.
  37. Web site: Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about Kanata South's candidates.