River Ward Explained

River
Coordinates:45.3667°N -116°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Ottawa
Leader Title:Councillor
Leader Name:Riley Brockington
Population Footnotes:Canada 2016 Census[1]
Population Total:44,345
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages (2016)
Demographics1 Title1:English
Demographics1 Info1:59.6%
Demographics1 Title2:French
Demographics1 Info2:10.8%
Demographics1 Title3:Arabic
Demographics1 Info3:6.6%
Demographics1 Title4:Italian
Demographics1 Info4:2.2%
Demographics1 Title5:Spanish
Demographics1 Info5:2.2%
Demographics1 Title6:Mandarin
Demographics1 Info6:2.0%
Demographics1 Title7:Cantonese
Demographics1 Info7:2.0%
Demographics1 Title8:Somali
Demographics1 Info8:1.2%
Demographics1 Title9:Tagalog
Demographics1 Info9:1.0%

River Ward or Ward 16 (French: Quartier Rivière) is a municipal ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the south central portion of the city, and includes the communities of Carlington, Central Park, Carleton Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park, and Hunt Club/Uplands. The ward spans both sides of the Rideau River between Carling Avenue and Hunt Club Road.

Prior to amalgamation, this area was part of Mooney's Bay Ward (Ward 8), which existed from 1994 to 2000. Before this, the ward was called Riverside Ward which was created in 1980 from parts of Elmdale-Victoria Ward and Gloucester Ward.

City councillors

  1. Jim Durrell (1981-1985)
  2. George Brown (1986-1994)
  3. Karin Howard (1995-1999)
  4. Jim Bickford (1999-2000)
  5. Wendy Stewart (2001-2003)
  6. Maria McRae (2003-2014)
  7. Riley Brockington (2014–present)

Election results

1980

Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
3,503 48.50
Gordon Lennox 1,877 25.99
Natalie MacPhee 1,075 14.89
Sig Schmidt 767 10.62

1982

Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
6,856 87.53
Gregory Minion 977 12.47

1985

Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
3,746 44.45
Fidel Palumbo 2,206 26.17
Marc Wallace 1,336 15.85
Tom Quinn 1,140 13.53

1988

Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
4,531 85.30
Norman Van Cleaf 781 14.70

1991

Riverside Ward
CandidateVotes%
4,140 67.88
John Ross 1,959 32.12

1994

Regional Council: Ward 16
CandidateVotes%
7,315 72.34
Val Parkinson 2,797 27.66
City Council: Ward 8
CandidateVotes%
3,645 35.02
Pat Murphy 3,024 29.06
Fred Bowie 1,468 14.11
Don Tudin 1,085 10.43
535 5.14
Alan Murphy 390 3.75
Coreen Fast 260 2.50

1997

Regional Council: River Ward
CandidateVotes%
Wendy Stewart6,85586.25
Daryl Martin 1,093 13.75
City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward
CandidateVotes%
5,005 62.00
Kathy Ablett 3,068 38.00

1999 by-election

A by-election was held on April 6, 1999 to replace Karin Howard who resigned her seat. Results:[2]

City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward
CandidateVotes%
3,314 59.26
Frances Tanner 1,578 28.22
Wayne Kennedy 305 5.45
Scott Paterson 248 4.43
Dave Allston 147 2.63

2000

City council
CandidateVotes%
Wendy Stewart7,091 79.95
Dave Hagerman1,77820.05

2003

City council
CandidateVotes%
Maria McRae5,60063.11
Todd Mattila-Hartman1,65418.64
Richard Smith1,61918.25
[3]

2006

City council
CandidateVotes%
Maria McRae9,27865.51
Blake Batson 4,88534.49
[4]

2010

City council
CandidateVotes%
7,496 59.55
Ian Boyd 1,908 15.16
Nadia Willard 1,704 13.54
Michael Kostiuk 1,480 11.76

2014

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#760A0A width="30px" 3,997 36.38
bgcolor=#000080 width="30px"   Vanessa Nicki Sutton 1,897 17.27
bgcolor=#0079C2 width="30px"   Mike Patton 1,427 12.99
bgcolor=#9BCAD2 width="30px"   Barbara Carroll 1,270 11.56
bgcolor=#174B8C width="30px"   Antonio Giannetti 1,032 9.39
bgcolor=#71828A width="30px"   Michael Kostiuk 614 5.59
bgcolor=#B3202A width="30px"   Jeff Koscik 239 2.18
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Don Francis 227 2.07
bgcolor=#00CC88 width="30px"   Colin Pennie 171 1.56
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Bruce Winchester 112 1.02
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px" 8,501 77.76
bgcolor=#008000 width="30px"   Mike Maguire 1,852 16.94
bgcolor=#20487E width="30px"   Anwar Syed 187 1.71
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Rebecca Pyrah 116 1.06
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Robert White 85 0.78
bgcolor=#007FFF width="30px"   Darren W. Wood 68 0.62
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Bernard Couchman 65 0.59
bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"   Michael St. Arnaud 58 0.53

2018

City council
Candidate Vote%
bgcolor=#8D2424 width="30px" 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

2022

City council
Candidate Vote%
9,59573.08
Ethan Sabourin2,39618.25
Alex Dugal1,1398.67

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 1999, pg C6, "Bickford cruises to victory in Mooney's Bay vote"
  3. Web site: 2003 Municipal Election Results . City of Ottawa . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029212026/http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/prev_results/elections_2003/index_en.html . 2010-10-29 . 2010-03-11 . dead .
  4. Web site: 2006 Municipal Election Results . City of Ottawa . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029212222/http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/prev_results/elections_2006/index_en.html . 2010-10-29 . 2010-03-11 . dead .