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

Jim Durrell (1981-1985)
George Brown (1986-1994)
Karin Howard (1995-1999)
Jim Bickford (1999-2000)
Wendy Stewart (2001-2003)
Maria McRae (2003-2014)
Riley Brockington (2014–present)

Election results

1980

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

1982

Riverside Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	6,856	87.53
Gregory Minion	977	12.47

1985

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

1991

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

1994

Regional Council: Ward 16
Candidate	Votes	%
	7,315	72.34
Val Parkinson	2,797	27.66

City Council: Ward 8
Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Candidate	Votes	%
Wendy Stewart	6,855	86.25
Daryl Martin	1,093	13.75

City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Candidate	Votes	%
Wendy Stewart	7,091	79.95
Dave Hagerman	1,778	20.05

2003

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Maria McRae	5,600	63.11
Todd Mattila-Hartman	1,654	18.64
Richard Smith	1,619	18.25

^[3]

2006

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Maria McRae	9,278	65.51
Blake Batson	4,885	34.49

^[4]

2010

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%
		9,595	73.08
	Ethan Sabourin	2,396	18.25
	Alex Dugal	1,139	8.67

External links

Map of River Ward (pdf)

Notes and References

https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)
Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 1999, pg C6, "Bickford cruises to victory in Mooney's Bay vote"
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 .
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 .