List of Ottawa municipal elections

Summary

This is a list of elections held in Ottawa, Ontario. Direct elections for mayor have been held continuously since 1873.[1]

City of Ottawa mayoral election results since 1887 edit

1887 edit

  1. McLeod Stewart, 2,169[2]
  2. W. E. Brown, 1,790

1888 edit

  1. McLeod Stewart, 1,957[3]
  2. W. E. Brown, 1,643
  3. W. H. Lewis, 360

1889 edit

  1. Jacob Erratt, 2,823[4]
  2. Dr. Valade, 2,345

1890 edit

  1. Jacob Erratt, 2,620[5]
  2. W. H. Lewis, 1,419

1891 edit

  1. Thomas Birkett, 2,396[6]
  2. Dr. St. Jean, 1,459
  3. John Heney, 1,095
  4. Alex MacLean, 385

1892 edit

  1. Olivier Durocher, 2,280[7]
  2. George Cox, 2,199

1893 edit

  1. Olivier Durocher, acclaimed[8]

1894 edit

  1. George Cox, 2,289[9]
  2. C. R. Cunningham, 1,663
  3. William R. Stroud, 1,549

1895 edit

  1. William Borthwick, 3,277[10]
  2. William Cluff, 3,188

1896 edit

  1. William Borthwick, acclaimed[11]

1897 edit

  1. Samuel Bingham, 2,712[12]
  2. Levi Crannell, 2,558
  3. William Cluff, 1,869

1898 edit

  1. Samuel Bingham, acclaimed[13]

1899 edit

  1. Thomas Payment, 3,067[14]
  2. Robert Stewart, 2,424
  3. William Cluff, 2,301

1900 edit

  1. Thomas Payment, 3,626
  2. William Campbell, 3,240

1901 edit

  1. William Dowler Morris, 3,436
  2. Fred Cook, 1,590
  3. Thomas Raphael, 1,534
  4. Thomas Butler, 266
  5. Samuel J. Davis, 194
  6. William Campbell, 175

1902 edit

  1. Fred Cook, acclaimed

1903 edit

  1. Fred Cook, acclaimed

1904 edit

  1. James A. Ellis, 3,992
  2. D'Arcy Scott, 3,333
  3. J. C. Enright, 777

1905 edit

  1. James A. Ellis, 4,623
  2. William Dowler Morris, 4,146

1906 edit

  1. James A. Ellis, 4,773
  2. A. A. Taillon, 4,523
  3. William G. Black, 59

1907 edit

  1. D'Arcy Scott, 3,988
  2. Charles Hopewell, 3,800
  3. William Dowler Morris, 1,570
  4. William G. Black, 171

1908 edit

  1. D'Arcy Scott, acclaimed

1909 edit

  1. Charles Hopewell, acclaimed

1910 edit

  1. Charles Hopewell, acclaimed

1911 edit

  1. Charles Hopewell, 4,968
  2. A. E. Caron, 4,411
  3. Roberts, 331

1912 edit

  1. Charles Hopewell, 4,146
  2. E. J. Laverdure, 3,892
  3. P. D. Ross, 3,323

1913 edit

  1. James A. Ellis, 5,816
  2. E. J. Laverdure, 5,038
  3. George Wilson, 1,572

1914 edit

  1. Taylor McVeity, 7,184
  2. James A. Ellis, 6,883

1915 edit

  1. Nelson D. Porter, 7,539
  2. Taylor McVeity, 7,124

1916 edit

  1. Nelson D. Porter, acclaimed

1917 edit

  1. Harold Fisher, 6,122
  2. Nelson D. Porter, 4,392
  3. Taylor McVeity, 2,391

1918 edit

  1. Harold Fisher, acclaimed

1919 edit

  1. Harold Fisher 7,624[15]
  2. Rufus H. Parent 4,642

1920 edit

  1. Harold Fisher 7,962
  2. G. C. Hurdman 5,608

1921 edit

  1. Frank H. Plant 7,826
  2. Joseph Kent 7,804

(results after recount)

1922 edit

  1. Frank H. Plant 10,923
  2. Joseph Kent 4,698
  3. W. K. McManus 241

1923 edit

  1. Frank H. Plant, acclaimed

1924 (January) edit

  1. Henry Watters 14,641
  2. Frank H. Plant 9,969
  3. Taylor McVeity 736

1924 (December) edit

  1. John P. Balharrie 15,159
  2. Arthur Ellis 8,405
  3. W. E. Brown 1,546

1925 edit

  1. John P. Balharrie, acclaimed

1926 edit

  1. John P. Balharrie 12,336
  2. Patrick Nolan 6,354
  3. Frank H. Plant 6,273

1927 edit

  1. Arthur Ellis 11,183
  2. John P. Balharrie 8,415
  3. Patrick Nolan 7,805

1928 edit

  1. Arthur Ellis, acclaimed

1929 edit

  1. Frank H. Plant, acclaimed

1930 edit

  1. John J. Allen, acclaimed

1931 edit

  1. John J. Allen, acclaimed

1932 edit

  1. John J. Allen 16,295
  2. Andrew F. Macallum 8,898
  3. Charles J. Tulley 6,543

1933 edit

  1. Patrick Nolan 19,634
  2. John J. Allen 13,577
  3. Peter Alex Cray 387
  4. Dudley Booth 356

1934 edit

  1. Patrick Nolan 27,064
  2. Albert H. Cole 2,394
  3. William P. Clermont 1,380
  4. James Connah 327
  5. Edward E. Kesteron 266

1935 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,810
  2. Fulgence Charpentier 9,755
  3. Patrick Nolan 6,414
  4. Edward H. Hinchey 2,164

1936 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 22,065
  2. Albert H. Cole 3,025
  3. William Watson 1,008

1937 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 18,186
  2. William H. Marsden 12,255
  3. Caleb Green 324
  4. William Watson 284

1938 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,958
  2. William H. Marsden 11,457
  3. George H. Dunbar 6,788
  4. Caleb Green 201
  5. William Watson 133

1939 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 15,685
  2. Finley McRae 11,941
  3. S. Leonard Belaire 5,260

1940 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 19,729
  2. S. Leonard Belaire 11,692

1942 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 18,279
  2. S. Leonard Belaire 7,496
  3. C. E. Pickering 5,408
  4. Lorenzo Lafleur 3,584

1944 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 17,814
  2. C. E. Pickering 7,602
  3. V. Cyril Phelan 5,997

1946 edit

  1. J. E. Stanley Lewis 22,650
  2. Sydney T. Checkland 3,160

1948 edit

  1. E. A. Bourque 16,150
  2. Grenville Goodwin 15,229
  3. G. M. Geldert 14,547

1950 edit

  1. Grenville Goodwin 28,698
  2. E. A. Bourque 18,668
  3. G. M. Geldert 12,928

1952 edit

  1. Charlotte Whitton 37,373
  2. Len Coulter 33,498

1954 edit

  1. Charlotte Whitton 33,078
  2. David Luther Burgess 22,757
  3. E. A. Bourque 13,469

1956 edit

  1. George H. Nelms acclaimed

1958 edit

  1. George H. Nelms 28,346
  2. William J. LeClair 13,572
  3. Roy Donaldson 8,774

1960 edit

  1. Charlotte Whitton 35,532
  2. Sam Berger 33,825
  3. Ernie W. Jones 9,317
  4. Lucien A. Dube 2,675

1962 edit

  1. Charlotte Whitton 40,062
  2. Sam Berger 34,044
  3. R.J. Groves 18,245

1964 edit

  1. Don B. Reid 43,991
  2. Frank Ryan 26,996
  3. Charlotte Whitton 25,608
  4. Joseph Louis Paradis 706
  5. Alfred Lapointe 395

1966 edit

  1. Don B. Reid 59,082
  2. Donald V. Sterling 15,445
  3. John Kroeker 2,273
  4. Lucien A. Dube 947
  5. Alfred Lapointe (withdrew)

1969 edit

  1. Ken H. Fogarty 57,890
  2. John Kroeker 5,182
  3. Joseph Louis Paradis 3,781
  4. David E. Porter 2,304
  5. Lucien A. Dube 2,083

1972 edit

  1. Pierre Benoit 57,634
  2. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,520
  3. Oscar Orenstein 2,095
  4. Jack Ridout 1,602

1974 edit

  1. Lorry Greenberg 33,679
  2. Tom McDougall 29,316
  3. Stuart Langford 2,867
  4. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,584

1976 edit

  1. Lorry Greenberg 48,048
  2. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 3,377
  3. Bill Foster 3,076
  4. Mike Sammon 2,489

1978 edit

  1. Marion Dewar 51,791
  2. Pat Nicol 32,033
  3. Bernard Pelot 8,439
  4. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,858
  5. Eddie Turgeon 730
  6. Ian Orenstein 597

1980 edit

  1. Marion Dewar 49,687
  2. Pat Nicol 33,151
  3. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,357
  4. John Turmel 1,928

1982 edit

  1. Marion Dewar 57,168
  2. Darrel Kent 48,461
  3. T. Joseph McCarthy 2,060
  4. Marc Gauvin 1,725
  5. Arnold Guetta 487

1985 edit

  1. Jim Durrell 56,988
  2. Marlene Catterall 35,711
  3. R. Allan Jones 942
  4. Walter J. McPhee 886
  5. Nabil Fawzry 529

1988 edit

  1. Jim Durrell 69,813
  2. Michael Bartholomew 4,800
  3. John Turmel 3,123
  4. John Kroeker 1,704
  5. Nabil Fawzry 1,022

1991 edit

  1. Jacquelin Holzman 38,725
  2. Nancy Smith 35,525
  3. Marc Laviolette 21,101
  4. Michael Bartholomew 2,417

1994 edit

  1. Jacquelin Holzman 34,082
  2. Joan O'Neill 28,748
  3. Tim Kehoe 24,773
  4. Diane McIntyre 2,921
  5. Alexander Saikaley 1,677

1997 edit

  1. Jim Watson 54,148
  2. Robert G. Gauthier 8,037
  3. Alexander Saikaley 4,209

2000 edit

  1. Bob Chiarelli 142,972
  2. Claudette Cain 102,940
  3. Georges Saadé 2,597
  4. Marc-André Bélair 1,846
  5. James A. Hall 843
  6. Ken Mills 773
  7. Paula Nemchin 702
  8. John Turmel 677
  9. Morteza Naini 516

2003 edit

  1. Bob Chiarelli 104,595
  2. Terry Kilrea 66,634
  3. Ike Awgu 5,394
  4. Ron Burke 2,698
  5. John A. Bell 2,027
  6. Donna Upson 1,312
  7. Paula Nemchin 1,191
  8. John Turmel 1,166

2006 edit

  1. Larry O'Brien 141,262
  2. Alex Munter 108,572
  3. Bob Chiarelli 46,697
  4. Jane Scharf 1,467
  5. Piotr Anweiler 762
  6. Robert Larter 667
  7. Barkley Pollock 432

2010 edit

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Jim Watson 131,258 48.70
Larry O'Brien (X) 64,853 24.06
Clive Doucet 40,147 14.89
Andrew S. Haydon 18,904 7.01
Mike Maguire 6,617 2.45
Robert Gauthier 1,413 0.52
Jane Scharf 1,169 0.43
Charlie Taylor 1,125 0.42
Cesar Bello 926 0.34
Idris Ben-Tahir 729 0.27
Samuel Wright 371 0.14
Robin Lawrance 300 0.11
Joseph Furtenbacher 299 0.11
Sean Ryan 360 0.13
Julio Pita 265 0.10
Robert Larter 219 0.08
Michael St. Arnaud 200 0.07
Daniel J. Lyrette 166 0.06
Vincent M. Libweshya 122 0.05
Fraser Liscumb 104 0.04

2014 edit

Mayoral candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson (X) 189,253 76.20
    Mike Maguire 46,341 18.66
    Anwar Syed 3,473 1.40
    Rebecca Pyrah 2,840 1.14
    Robert White 1,815 0.73
    Darren W. Wood 1,764 0.71
    Michael St. Arnaud 1,628 0.66
    Bernard Couchman 1,255 0.51

2018 edit

Mayoral candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson (X) 188,960 71.03
    Clive Doucet 59,156 22.24
    Bruce McConville 4,360 1.64
    Craig MacAulay 2,272 0.85
    Ahmed Bouragba 1,912 0.72
    Joey Drouin 1,893 0.71
    Hamid Alakozai 1,867 0.70
    James T. Sheahan 1,354 0.51
    Michael Pastien 1,177 0.44
    Ryan Lythall 1,115 0.42
    Moises Schachtler 994 0.37
    Bernard Couchman 964 0.36

2022 edit

2022 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Mark Sutcliffe 161,679 51.37 $537,834.79
Catherine McKenney 119,241 37.88 $542,847.97
Bob Chiarelli 15,998 5.08 $96,844.84
Nour Kadri 7,496 2.38 $71,062.45
Mike Maguire 2,775 0.88 $5,500.00
Graham MacDonald 1,629 0.52 $5,334.50
Brandon Bay 1,512 0.48 $9,478.02
Param Singh 1,176 0.37 $13,650.40
Celine Debassige 867 0.28 none listed
Ade Olumide 636 0.20 $1,966.25
Gregory Jreg Guevara 584 0.19 $2,349.61
Bernard Couchman 471 0.15 -0.21 none listed
Jacob Solomon 432 0.14 none listed
Zed Chebib 264 0.08 none listed
Total valid votes 314,760 99.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 1,500 0.47 -0.92
Turnout 316,260 43.79 +1.24
Eligible voters 722,227
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.
Sources: City of Ottawa[16][17]

References edit

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  4. ^ "The Elect". Ottawa Daily Citizen. January 8, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "The Civic Elections". Ottawa Daily Citizen. January 7, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
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  9. ^ "The City Council of 1894". Ottawa Daily Citizen. January 2, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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  11. ^ "Quiet election day". Ottawa Daily Citizen. January 7, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Bingham is mayor". Ottawa Daily Citizen. January 5, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  13. ^ "Contests in all wards". Ottawa Daily Citizen. December 28, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Frank Plant's majority of 6,225 is greatest given in history of mayoralty in the capital". Ottawa Journal. January 3, 1922. p. 4. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  15. ^ "Fisher, Plant, Kent, Champagne, and Nelson are Elected". Ottawa Journal. January 7, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  16. ^ "2022 Official election results". City of Ottawa. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Financial statements for the 2022 Municipal Elections". City of Ottawa. Retrieved August 11, 2023.