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2014 Ottawa municipal election

The 2014 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 27, 2014, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

Mayoral candidates

Bernard Couchman

Nominated July 23. Immigrant from Guyana; operates a marketing company.

Mike Maguire

2010 mayoral candidate Mike Maguire announced he was running for mayor and was nominated on January 7, 2014. He launched his official campaign on June 25

Rebecca Pyrah

Prostate cancer activist and Carleton University student. Nominated September 11.

Michael St. Arnaud

Ran for mayor in 2010, winning 0.07% of the vote. Nominated September 11.

Anwar Syed

Engineer born in Aurangabad, India and emigrated to Canada in 1999. Ran as an independent in the 2006 Canadian federal election in Ottawa Centre, placing sixth with 0.2%. He was nominated August 15.

Jim Watson

Mayor Jim Watson declared his intention and ran again for election. He was nominated on March 24 and launched his campaign on April 27.

Robert White

White was nominated for mayor in 2010 but dropped out after a month. He was nominated on June 27.

Darren W. Wood

Wood, originally from Niagara Falls, ran as an independent in the 1999 provincial election (in Niagara Falls). He also ran for mayor of Niagara Falls in 2003 and for Niagara Falls city council in 2006. Wood had been nominated to run for city council in Stittsville Ward, but was nominated for mayor on July 17.

Dropped out

Robert Gilles Gauthier

Ran for numerous offices including mayor in 1997 and 2010. He was nominated on April 29. He later dropped out of the running.

Polls

Mayoral results

Note: Colour corresponds to main campaign colour. "(X)" denotes incumbent.

Results by ward

City Council

Orléans Ward

Incumbent councillor Bob Monette ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • R. Gordon Jensen - retired naval officer
  • Bob Monette - incumbent councillor
  • Jennifer Robitaille - ran in this ward in 2010, winning 14%

Results:

Innes Ward

Incumbent councillor Rainer Bloess did not run for re-election.

Nominated:

Dropped out:

  • Mathieu Fortin
  • Roland Stieda

Results:

Barrhaven Ward

Incumbent councillor Jan Harder ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Ian Bursey
  • Jan Harder - incumbent councillor
  • Syed Asghar Hussain

Results:

Kanata North Ward

Incumbent councillor Marianne Wilkinson ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Matt Muirhead - Teacher; Ran in this ward in 2006
  • Jeff Seeton - Tech entrepreneur; Ran in this ward in 2006 and 2010
  • Marianne Wilkinson - incumbent councillor

Results:

West Carleton-March Ward

Incumbent councillor Eli El-Chantiry ran for re-election.

Nominated:

Results:

Stittsville Ward

Incumbent councillor Shad Qadri ran for re-election.

Nominated:

Results:

Bay Ward

Incumbent councillor Mark Taylor ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Alex Cullen - former city councillor for this ward
  • George Guirguis
  • Brendan Mertens
  • Michael Pastien
  • Trevor Robinson
  • Mark Taylor - incumbent

Results:

College Ward

Incumbent councillor Rick Chiarelli ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Guy Annable
  • Rick Chiarelli - incumbent councillor
  • Craig MacAulay
  • Scott Andrew McLarens

Dropped out:

  • Basil Swedani

Results:

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward

Incumbent councillor Keith Egli ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Keith Egli - incumbent councillor
  • Cristian Lambiri - engineering manager

Results:

Gloucester-Southgate Ward

Incumbent councillor Diane Deans ran for re-election.

Nominated:

Results:

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward

Incumbent councillor Tim Tierney ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Francesca D'Ambrosio
  • Nicolas Séguin
  • Tim Tierney - incumbent councillor
  • Michel Tardif
  • Rene Tessier

Results:

Rideau-Vanier Ward

Incumbent councillor Mathieu Fleury ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • George Atanga
  • Marc Aubin - former president of the Lowertown Community Association
  • Mathieu Fleury - incumbent councillor
  • Catherine Fortin LeFaivre - communications director at a national not-for-profit
  • David George Oldham
  • Marc Vinette

Dropped out

  • Jeff Pierce

Results:

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward

Incumbent councillor Peter D. Clark ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Peter D. Clark - incumbent councillor
  • Cam Holmstrom - Metis resident of ward, Teacher, Legislative Assistant to Quebec NDP MP Romeo Saganash
  • Jevone Nicholas - Former president of the Vanier Community Association, and federal public servant
  • Tobi Nussbaum - public servant
  • Sheila Perry - former Overbrook Community Association President
  • Penny Thompson

Dropped out:

  • Marc Belisle

Results:

Somerset Ward

Incumbent councillor Diane Holmes retired.

Nominated:

  • Martin Canning - Consultant and environmentalist
  • Edward Conway - Lawyer
  • Catherine McKenney - Former aide to the deputy city manager, former assistant to Holmes.
  • Thomas McVeigh - Former head of the Centretown Citizens Community Association
  • Conor Meade - Entrepreneur
  • Jeff Morrison - Former president of the Centretown Community Health Centre
  • Sandro Provenzano
  • Silviu Riley - IT worker
  • Denis Schryburt - Gay-community activist
  • Curtis Tom
  • Lili V. Weemen

Dropped out:

Results:

Kitchissippi Ward

Incumbent councillor Katherine Hobbs ran for re-election.

Nominated:

Dropped out:

  • Dovi Chein

Results:

River Ward

Incumbent councillor Maria McRae did not run for re-election.

Nominated:

Results:

Capital Ward

Incumbent councillor David Chernushenko ran for re-election.

Nominated:

Results:

Alta Vista Ward

Incumbent councillor Peter Hume did not run for re-election.

Nominated:

Dropped out:

  • Peter Hume - incumbent councillor
  • Douglas William Smith

Results:

Cumberland Ward

Incumbent councillor Stephen Blais ran for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Stephen Blais - incumbent councillor
  • Marc Belisle (originally running in Rideau-Rockcliffe)

Dropped out:

  • Troy Dubé

Results:

Osgoode Ward

Incumbent councillor Doug Thompson declined to run for re-election.

Nominated:

  • George Darouze
  • Tom Dawson
  • Davis Jermacans
  • Jean Johnston-McKitterick
  • Liam Maguire, brother of mayoral candidate Mike Maguire
  • Bob Masaro
  • Allen Scantland
  • Mark Scharfe
  • Kim Sheldrick
  • Paul St. Jean
  • George Wright

Dropped out:

  • Justin Campbell
  • Bruce Faulkner

Results:

Rideau-Goulbourn Ward

Incumbent councillor Scott Moffatt ran for re-election.

Nominated

Results:

Gloucester-South Nepean Ward

Incumbent councillor Steve Desroches did not run for re-election.

Nominated:

  • Kevin Fulsom - day trader and writer/producer for a small video game company. Past volunteer for the Ontario NDP. Grandson of former mayor George Nelms and nephew of former Progressive Conservative MPP Frank Klees.
  • Scott Hodge - president of the Riverside South Community Association
  • Jason Kelly - local business owner
  • Michael Qaqish - former aide for councillor Desroches.
  • Bader Rashed - Owner of Canada Capital Cleaners Inc.
  • Roger Scharfe
  • Susan Sherring - Ottawa Sun columnist.

Dropped out:

  • Michael Falardeau

Results:

Kanata South Ward

Incumbent councillor Allan Hubley ran for re-election.

Nominated

  • David Abuwa
  • Allan Hubley - incumbent councillor
  • Bruce Anthony Faulkner

Results:

School Board Trustee

Ottawa Catholic School Board

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario

References

External links