Bay Ward Explained

Bay
Coordinates:	45.35°N -125°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Ontario
Subdivision Type2:	City
Subdivision Name2:	Ottawa
Leader Title:	Councillor
Leader Name:	Theresa Kavanagh
Area Total Km2:	64.2
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	42,890
Population As Of:	2016
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Languages (2016)
Demographics1 Title1:	English
Demographics1 Info1:	64.4%
Demographics1 Title2:	French
Demographics1 Info2:	9.4%
Demographics1 Title3:	Arabic
Demographics1 Info3:	4.0%
Demographics1 Title4:	Somali
Demographics1 Info4:	1.6%
Demographics1 Title5:	Mandarin
Demographics1 Info5:	1.5%
Demographics1 Title6:	Tagalog
Demographics1 Info6:	1.4%
Demographics1 Title7:	Persian
Demographics1 Info7:	1.3%
Demographics1 Title8:	Spanish
Demographics1 Info8:	1.2%
Demographics1 Title9:	Russian
Demographics1 Info9:	1.1%
Blank Name Sec1:	Avg. income
Blank Info Sec1:	$38,201

Bay Ward or Ward 7 (French: Quartier Baie) is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. 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 is the Queensway while the northern border is the Ottawa River. The ward makes up the northern portion of the federal and provincial riding of Ottawa West—Nepean.

The ward contains a number of neighbourhoods, with quite diverse populations. Some of the neighbourhoods in the ward are Bayshore, Woodroffe North, Michele Heights, Glabar Park, Lincoln Heights, Britannia, and Crystal Beach. The westernmost part of the ward also contains a large section of the Greenbelt. Some of these neighbourhoods, especially those by the Ottawa River are quite wealthy. However, there are also many much poorer parts of the ward with many residents living in high-density apartments. The ward also contains some of Ottawa's highest concentrations of recent immigrants.

From the creation of the new city of Ottawa in 2001 to 2010 the ward was represented by former MPP Alex Cullen, who was considered to be one of the most left-wing members of city council. However, Bay Ward has voted Liberal in recent provincial elections and Conservative federally. In the 2003 and 2006 elections, Cullen faced strong challenges from conservative opponents. In the 2003 election he faced John Blatherwick, while in 2006 he fended off a challenge from high-profile former mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea. In 2010, Cullen was defeated by a Liberal, Mark Taylor.

Bay Ward was the home of former mayor Bob Chiarelli, and he won the area by large margins in both the 2000 and 2003 mayoral elections. In the 2006 mayoral election, however, the area supported Larry O'Brien and Chiarelli finished third, also behind Alex Munter. In the 2010 mayoral election, Bay Ward swung back to the centre, going for Jim Watson.

The ward is a descendant of Britannia-Richmond Ward, which included the area now in Bay Ward before Ottawa amalgamated in 2001. That ward was created in 1994 as Ward 1 when Britannia Ward merged with Richmond Ward and given the Britannia-Richmond name in 1995. The ward existed on Regional Council as Ward 7 from 1994 until the region dissolved, and was named Bay Ward in 1997. This area was part of Carleton Ward until 1972 when it became Britannia Ward. Richmond Ward was carved out of it in 1980 and existed until merging back with the original ward in 1994.

Following the 2020 Ottawa Ward boundary review, the ward will gain the neighbourhoods of McKellar Heights and McKellar Park.^[2]

City councillors

Marion Dewar (1973-1974), Britannia
Sandy Boyce (1975-1976), Britannia
Marlene Catterall (1977-1985), Britannia
Ruth Wildgen (1986-1988), Britannia
Jim Jones (1989-1991), Britannia
Jill Brown (1992-1994), Britannia
Ron Kolbus (1995-2000), Britannia-Richmond
Alex Cullen (2001-2010), Bay
Mark Taylor (2010–2018), Bay
Theresa Kavanagh (2018–present), Bay

Election results

1972

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	1,367	27.57
	862	17.39
Brian McNally	714	14.40
Mike McMullen	566	11.42
Ken Creppin	452	9.12
Charles Strang	384	7.75
Suzanne Saunders	199	4.01
Richard MacDonald	198	3.99
Gerald Cammy	197	3.97
Gary Hugh	19	0.38

1974

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	2,412	41.18
Diane Birch	2,203	37.61
Maurice Royer	706	12.05
Anthony Gray	536	9.15

1976

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	3,041	52.15
	2,790	47.85

1978

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	5,418	60.08
	3,600	39.92

1980

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	3,354	80.11
Paul MacKay	833	19.89

1982

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	2,840	49.80
Paul MacKay	1,487	26.07
Terry O'Neill	1,376	24.13

1985

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	1,310	24.45
	1,263	23.57
Greg Ross	1,083	20.21
Sandra Presley	972	18.14
Bud Downing	350	6.53
Kurt Orlik	204	3.81
Donald Holmes	176	3.28

1988

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	1,940	40.80
	1,928	40.55
Geoffrey Sharpe	496	10.43
Jenny Lee Lapointe	391	8.22

1991

Britannia Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	1,859	33.13
Gregory Ross	1,558	27.77
Geoffrey Sharpe	831	14.81
	665	11.85
Clarence S. Dungey	273	4.87
Randy McCooey	214	3.81
Andy Sammon	211	3.76

1994

Regional council Ward 7
Candidate	Votes	%
	8,009	64.58
Betty-Ann Kealey	3,355	27.05
Andy Sammon	1,037	8.36

City council Ward 1
Candidate	Votes	%
	4,756	46.13
Gregory L. Ross	4,030	39.09
Richard Kuzell	1523	14.77

1997

Regional council Bay Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Wendy Byrne	3,199	29.43
Peter Harris	3,017	27.75
Frank Dalton	2,041	18.77
David Morrow	1,871	17.21
Victoria Manson	595	5.47
Douglas Besharah	148	1.36

City council Britannia-Richmond Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	6,506	75.93
Jim Jones	1,639	19.13
Alphonse Lapointe	423	4.94

2000

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Cullen	7,191	48.02
Doug Shouldice	6,262	41.82
Jim Jones	572	3.82
Jeff Seeton	550	3.67
Geoffrey Sharpe	399	2.66

2003

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Cullen	6,713	56.74
John Blatherwick	4,477	37.84
Don Rivington	394	3.33
Didar Mohamed	248	2.10

2006

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Cullen	8,393	52.69
Terry Kilrea	6,303	39.57
Sherril Noble	1,234	7.75

2010

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
	5,394	37.78
	4,323	30.28
George Guirguis	1,789	12.53
Terry Kilrea	1,164	8.15
	903	6.32
Oni Joseph	544	3.81
Peter Heyck	99	0.69
Erik Olesen	61	0.43

2014

City council
Candidate		Vote	%
		5,750	46.75
		5,276	42.89
	George Guirguis	498	4.05
	Trevor Robinson	482	3.92
	Michael Pastien	151	1.23
	Brendan Mertens	143	1.16

Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate		Vote	%
		9,140	76.31
	Mike Maguire	2,205	18.41
	Anwar Syed	190	1.59
	Rebecca Pyrah	141	1.18
	Robert White	95	0.79
	Darren W. Wood	78	0.65
	Bernard Couchman	73	0.61
	Michael St. Arnaud	55	0.46

2018

	Vote	%
	6,509	55.17
Don Dransfield	2,104	17.83
Erica Dath	1,793	15.20
Marc Lugert	851	7.21
Trevor Robinson	541	4.59

2022

	Vote	%
Theresa Kavanagh	12,398	82.79
Robert Hill	1,659	11.08
Othman Alhusain	919	6.14

External links

Map of Bay Ward

Notes and References

https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)
Web site: Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020. City of Ottawa.