Jim Watson
The 2018 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 22, 2018, 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.
The electoral system used is first-past-the-post. Successful candidates do not need to have majority support of the voters in their district. Seven of the 23 successful ward councillors were elected with less than majority of votes in their districts.
Nominated May 10. Former CF reservist member. Considered running for president of Afghanistan in 2011. Past advisor to the attorney general of Afghanistan.
Nominated July 26. Bilingual teacher and former elected Council member for the Ontario College of Teachers. Bouragba is a social justice advocate and civil liberties activist. Ran for Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario trustee in 2014. Citation: Y.B. v. Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, 2017 HRTO 1240 (CanLII)
Nominated May 1. Immigrant from Guyana; operates a marketing company.[1] He ran for mayor in 2014, finishing in last place (8th) with 1,255 votes (0.51%).
Nominated July 27. City councillor for Capital Ward from 2001 to 2010. He represented Capital Ward on the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council from 1997 to 2000. Ran for mayor in 2010.
Nominated July 27. Businessman. Running on a platform of combining Ottawa and Gatineau.
Nominated July 9. Disabilities advocate.
Nominated July 11. Ran for city council in 2010 and 2014 in College Ward.
Nominated July 26. Garage operator from Vanier. Ran for city council in 2003 and 2006 in Rideau-Vanier Ward.[2] McConville was born August 30, 1962, in Eastview, Ontario (now Vanier). He dropped out of high school and would later start his garage in 1981.[3]
Nominated May 16. Self described "futurist".[4] Ran for city council in 2014 in Bay Ward and for public school trustee in 2010.
Nominated July 4. A former student of the University of Ottawa.
Nominated July 25. North Gower resident.
Mayor Jim Watson had declared his intention to run for re-election in early 2017.[5] He filed his nomination forms on May 1.
Nominated candidates
Results:
Incumbent councillor Jody Mitic announced he would not be running for re-election.[12]
Nominated candidates:
Incumbent councillor Marianne Wilkinson had announced she would not be running for re-election.[12]
Incumbent councillor Mark Taylor did not run for re-election.
Incumbent councillor Riley Brockington ran for re-election
Incumbent councillor David Chernushenko ran for re-election.
Incumbent councillor Jean Cloutier ran for re-election
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