Alta Vista Ward Explained

Alta Vista
Coordinates:45.4°N -114°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Ottawa
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Total Km2:20.3
Population Footnotes:Canada 2016 Census[1]
Population Total:42,410
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages (2016)
Demographics1 Title1:English
Demographics1 Info1:57.2%
Demographics1 Title2:French
Demographics1 Info2:16.9%
Demographics1 Title3:Arabic
Demographics1 Info3:6.4%
Demographics1 Title4:Somali
Demographics1 Info4:2.2%
Demographics1 Title5:Spanish
Demographics1 Info5:1.7%
Demographics1 Title6:Mandarin
Demographics1 Info6:1.5%
Demographics1 Title7:Persian
Demographics1 Info7:1.3%
Demographics1 Title8:Tagalog
Demographics1 Info8:1.0%
Blank Name Sec1:Avg. income
Blank Info Sec1:$34,941

Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, 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 councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997.[2] The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way. Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014.

Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor, the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors

Council Aldermen
Don KayPierre Benoit
1970-72Jeffrey King
1973-74Don Kay
1975-76
1977-78
1978-80
1980-82Greg MacDougall
1982-85
1985-88Darrel Kent
1988-91
1991-94Peter Hume
Council City Councillor Regional Councillor
1994-97Allan HigdonPeter Hume
1997-00
Council City Councillor
2001-03Peter Hume
2003-06
2006-10
2010-14
2014-18
2018-22
2022-26Marty Carr

School trustees

Chris Ellis (Zone 6, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward)

Mark Mullan (Zone 8, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward)

Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward)

Monique Briand (Zone 10, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward and Osgoode Ward)

Population data

The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue)

  1. English

54.6%

  1. French

15.6%

  1. Arabic

7.9%

  1. Spanish

1.8%

  1. Chinese

1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)

  1. Italian

1.1%

Religion

  1. Roman Catholic

40.0%

  1. Muslim

11.7%

  1. No religion: 11.4%
  2. Anglican

8.3%

  1. United Church of Canada

8.2%

  1. Jewish

2.0%

  1. Presbyterian

1.6%

  1. Buddhist

1.3%

  1. Baptist

1.3%

  1. Pentecostal

1.1%

Income

Election results

1966 elections

1966 Ottawa municipal election

City council

CandidateVotes%
Don Kay 6,879 37.49
Pierre Benoit 4,309 23.48
Jack Stanton 2,957 16.11
Ralph Stewart 2,645 14.41
Charles Kruger 1,560 8.50

1969 elections

1969 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

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

1974 elections

1974 Ottawa municipal election

City and council

CandidateVotes%
4,59657.27
Phil Graham 3,429 42.33

1976 elections

1976 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

CandidateVotes%
3,702 54.07
Nancy McGee 3,145 45.93

1978 elections

1978 Ottawa municipal election

City council and regional

CandidateVotes%
5,749 48.85
Keith Martin 3,571 30.35
2,448 20.80

1980 elections

1980 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

CandidateVotes%
2,927 43.38
Roy Bushfield 2,124 31.48
John Coe 1,005 14.90
Fern Payne 691 10.24

1982 elections

1982 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

CandidateVotes%
6,413 79.31
Earle MacPhail 1,673 20.69

1985 elections

Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1985 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

CandidateVotes%
2,927 36.57
Dylan McGuinty 2,725 34.05
Angie Herzog 1,831 22.87
Phil Massad 353 4.41
Rebecca Liff 169 2.11

1991 elections

1991 Ottawa municipal election

City and regional council

CandidateVotes%
4,660 55.80
Stephen Amesse 2,827 33.85
Rebecca Liff 865 10.36

1994 elections

1994 Ottawa municipal election

City council

CandidateVotes%
6,401 46.83
4,057 29.68
Georges Jarbouh 1,526 11.16
Patrick Basham 977 7.15
Robert White 489 3.58
J.J. Pawlak 218 1.59
RMOC elections, 1994

Regional council

CandidateVotes%
11,142 82.66
Rebecca Liff 1,172 8.69
Sean Abdallah 1,166 8.65

1997 elections

RMOC elections, 1997

Regional council

CandidateVotes%
6,277 65.32
Patricia O'Reilly 2,383 24.80
John Yarmo 657 6.84
John Wiebe 239 3.05

2000 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume8,62555.67
Allan Higdon6,34540.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor5223.37
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli9,41060.48
Claudette Cain5,38734.62
Georges Saade4492.89
Marc-André Belair930.60
James A. Hall540.35
Ken Mills480.31
John Turmel480.31
Paula Nemchin370.24
Morteza Naini340.22

2003 Ottawa municipal election

Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli5,38256.90
Terry Kilrea3,42136.17
Ike Awgu2472.61
Ron Burke1171.24
John A. Bell1031.09
Paula Nemchin660.70
John Turmel660.70
Donna Upson560.59

2006 Ottawa municipal election

After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

2006 Ottawa municipal election

City council

CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume10,43369.53
James Ryan1,95513.03
Perry Marleau1,1907.93
Yusef Al Mezel1,0637.08
Ahmed Ibrahim2241.49
Ismael Lediye1410.94
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
CandidateVotes%
Larry O'Brien6,78444.25
Alex Munter5,31934.70
Bob Chiarelli3,05519.93
Jane Scharf780.51
Robert Larter450.29
Piotr Anweiler360.23
Barkley Pollock130.08

2010 Ottawa municipal election

2010 Ottawa municipal election

City council

CandidateVotes%
7,553 59.49
Clinton Cowan 2,374 18.70
Ernie Lauzon 1,851 14.58
Kevin Hogan 919 7.24
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)[3]
CandidateVotes%
6,666 51.44
2,672 20.62
2,114 16.31
801 6.18
Mike Maguire 265 2.04
Idris Ben-Tahir 89 0.69
Robert G. Gauthier 74 0.57
Charlie Taylor 60 0.46
Cesar Bello 58 0.45
Jane Scharf 52 0.40
Samuel Wright 22 0.17
Robin Lawrance 15 0.12
Sean Ryan 15 0.12
Julio Pita 13 0.10
Joseph Furtenbacher 12 0.09
Daniel J. Lyrette 9 0.07
Robert Larter 8 0.06
Michael St. Arnaud 8 0.06
Vincent Libweshya 5 0.04
Fraser Liscumb 2 0.02

2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#019877 width="30px" 5,295 47.37
bgcolor=#A2DA35 width="30px"   Clinton Cowan 3,287 29.40
bgcolor=#D5242B width="30px"   Hussein Mahmoud 1,600 14.31
bgcolor=#FE0000 width="30px"   Daher Muse Calin 263 2.35
bgcolor=#222B52 width="30px"   Brandon Scharfe 195 1.74
bgcolor=#065961 width="30px"   Jeff Dubois 169 1.51
bgcolor=#FE2B00 width="30px"   Perry Marleau 159 1.42
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Adam Bowick 112 1.00
bgcolor=#FF2F45 width="30px"   John Redins 99 0.89
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px" 8,766 79.08
bgcolor=#008000 width="30px"   Mike Maguire 1,719 15.51
bgcolor=#20487E width="30px"   Anwar Syed 228 2.06
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Rebecca Pyrah 105 0.95
bgcolor=#007FFF width="30px"   Darren W. Wood 74 0.67
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Robert White 72 0.65
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Michael St. Arnaud 65 0.59
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Bernard Couchman 56 0.51

2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Council candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#006E61 width="30px" 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
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px" 7,898 69.86
bgcolor=#1B194A width="30px" 2,729 24.14
bgcolor=#C1B094 width="30px"   Bruce McConville 147 1.30
bgcolor=#427BDB width="30px"   Hamid Alakozai 88 0.78
bgcolor=#000000 width="30px"   Craig MacAulay 86 0.76
bgcolor=#4C0363 width="30px"   Joey Drouin 81 0.71
bgcolor=#DB1D23 width="30px"   Ahmed Bouragba 75 0.66
bgcolor=#20A6E8 width="30px"   Moises Schachtler 52 0.46
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Ryan Lythall 50 0.44
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   James T. Sheahan 43 0.38
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Michael Pastien 34 0.30
bgcolor=#2185B7 width="30px"   Bernard Couchman 23 0.20

2022 Ottawa municipal election

Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote%
Mark Sutcliffe5,75745.96
Catherine McKenney5,41743.25
Bob Chiarelli6555.23
Nour Kadri3292.63
Mike Maguire830.66
Graham MacDonald640.51
Brandon Bay460.37
Param Singh430.34
Celine Debassige340.27
Jacob Solomon230.18
Zed Chebib200.16
Gregory Jreg Guevara190.15
Bernard Couchman180.14
Ade Olumide180.14

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. News: New ward name had Canterbury feeling left out. May 16, 1997. Ottawa Citizen. July 8, 2020.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-10 . 2014-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140911010344/http://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents.ottawa.ca/files/documents/con055997.pdf . dead .

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