Rideau-Jock Ward Explained

Rideau-Jock
Coordinates:45.1°N -122°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Ottawa
Leader Title:Councillor
Leader Name:David Brown
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:30,864
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages (2016)
Demographics1 Title1:English
Demographics1 Info1:88.4%
Demographics1 Title2:French
Demographics1 Info2:6.6%

Rideau-Jock Ward (Ward 21) 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 the former Goulbourn Township south and west of Stittsville.

History

The ward was created following the area's amalgamation into Ottawa in 2001, and first contested in 2000. Prior to amalgamation, this area was represented on Regional council by Western Townships Ward. Until 2006, the ward was known as Rideau Ward, containing the former Rideau Township. In 2006, the ward increased in size to contain the rural parts of the former Goulbourn Township (excluding Stittsville, which became the new Stittsville Ward), due to population growth in Stittsville. At this time, the ward was re-named Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. In 2014, the new Blackstone subdivision was transferred from Rideau-Goulbourn Ward to Stittsville Ward.

Following the George Floyd protests in 2020, there were calls to re-name this ward due to Goulbourn's namesake, Henry Goulburn's attachment to slavery in the 19th century.[2] [3] The ward name was ultimately changed, with "Goulbourn" being replaced by "Jock", for the Jock River which flows through the former Goulbourn Township.

Regional councillors

Rideau Township formed as an amalgamation of Malborough and North Gower Township in 1974.

  1. Bill Tupper (1974-1978, Mayor of Rideau)
  2. Dave Bartlett (1978-1985, Mayor of Rideau)
  3. Glenn Brooks (1986-1991, Mayor of Rideau)
  4. James Stewart (1992-1994, Mayor of Rideau)
  5. Betty Hill (1995-2000, Western Townships Ward)

City councillors

Since the amalgamation of Rideau Township into the City of Ottawa, its constituents have elected the following to the Ottawa City Council:

Ottawa City Councillors for Rideau-Goulbourn!No.!Years!Name
12001–2010Glenn Brooks
22010–2022Scott Moffatt
Ward re-named Rideau-Jock
32022–presentDavid Brown

Election results

2000 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks344465.10
James Stewart184634.90

2003 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks276562.68
Paul Paton164637.32%

2006 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks467844.41
Scott Moffatt320530.43
Iain McCallum134512.77
Jim Stewart130512.39

2010 Ottawa municipal election

City council
CandidateVotes%
5048 52.64
2539 26.48
Bruce Webster 1181 12.32
Iain McCallum 563 5.87
Bruce Chrustie 258 2.69

2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#114B9D width="30px" 5,137 62.26
bgcolor=#22195C width="30px"   Daniel Scharf 3,114 37.74
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px" 4,771 58.58
bgcolor=#008000 width="30px"   Mike Maguire 3,191 39.18
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Rebecca Pyrah 45 0.55
bgcolor=#007FFF width="30px"   Darren W. Wood 36 0.44
bgcolor=#20487E width="30px"   Anwar Syed 35 0.43
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Robert White 32 0.39
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Bernard Couchman 19 0.23
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Michael St. Arnaud 15 0.18

2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#114B9D width="30px" 5,080 55.81
bgcolor=#F6EC10 width="30px" 4,023 44.19

2022 Ottawa municipal election

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Expenditures|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#F8EF00;" || style="text-align:left;" | David Brown| style="text-align:right;" | 6,901| style="text-align:right;" | 66.64| style="text-align:right;" | +22.45| style="text-align:right;" ||-| style="background-color:#616B63;" || style="text-align:left;" | Leigh-Andrea Brunet| style="text-align:right;" | 1,654| style="text-align:right;" | 15.97| style="text-align:right;" || style="text-align:right;" ||-| style="background-color:#2A2829;" || style="text-align:left;" | Kevin Setia| style="text-align:right;" | 1,201| style="text-align:right;" | 11.60| style="text-align:right;" || style="text-align:right;" ||-| style="background-color:#b0947c;" || style="text-align:left;" | Patty Searl| style="text-align:right;" | 349| style="text-align:right;" | 3.37| style="text-align:right;" || style="text-align:right;" ||-| style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Michael J. Nowak| style="text-align:right;" | 251| style="text-align:right;" | 2.42| style="text-align:right;" || style="text-align:right;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 10,356| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 98.03| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 208| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1.97| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 10,564| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 48.09| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | +1.89| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 21,966| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="3" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources:[4] |}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rural Rideau-Jock ward looking for new voice . . 2022-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119061811/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-municipal-election-ward-21-1.6569661 . 2022-11-19 . live.
  2. News: Black leaders back councillor's bid to change ward's name. CBC.
  3. News: Councillor plans to rename Rideau-Goulbourn ward because of namesake's slavery ties. Ottawa Citizen.
  4. Web site: 2022 Election Results . October 25, 2022 . Elections Ottawa.